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Prepared copies of the most recent scientific articles of each of the teaching units will be available to students. Websites are an important source of information related to individual teaching topic.

Students are expected to attend classes regularly, participate actively and to ask questions. Students are advised to prepare for each teaching units, reading and reviewing prepared teaching materials.

During the course each student/group of students will give a presentation of the results, in the form of 15-20 minute oral presentation, followed by 10-15 minutes of discussion. Successfully completed presentation of results, and active participation in the discussions will be part of the final grade in addition to the written exam.

The study program will be monitored and evaluated according to the prescribed regulations of the School of Medicine, University of Rijeka and the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. Students will evaluate their teachers and their classes in anonymous survey.