Duration of the study: 2 years (120 ECTS)
Title awarded at the end of the programme:
- female form: magistrica s področja javnega zdravja
- male form: magister s področja javnega zdravja
- Abbrev.: mag. s podr. jav. zdr.
Method of conducting the study: full-time study and part-time study
The second cycle professional study programme Nursing Care, option Public Health is based on the current needs of society, the health care system, and social care system.
The option of Public Health educates health workers in the field of public health, which is consistent with health promotion and the Resolution on the National Health Care Plan 2016-2025 "Together for a Health Society" (ReNPZV16-25). The epidemic of the infectious disease COVID-19 has also contributed to the understanding of the direct and indirect benefits of educated health workers in the field of public health.
The study enables the acquisition of in-depth knowledge with a range of subjects in the field of health, social, public health, and environmental sciences. Students will acquire competencies in the field of knowledge of health systems, legislation on environmental protection, public and environmental health, exposure to dangerous chemicals from the environment, physical effects on humans and their health and their deterministic physiological effects, basic ecological concepts, epidemiological methods, infectious diseases and hospital infections, systems theory and conceptual frameworks of informatics, and the impact of public policies, the private sector, climate change, and sustainable food supply.
FIRST YEAR
WINTER SEMESTER
| LECTURER | SUBJECT |
ECTS |
| Pajnkihar, Šostar Turk | Research and Research Methodology |
10 |
| Pajnkihar | Theories, Concepts and Practice of Nursing |
10 |
| Vrbnjak | Evidence Based Nursing |
5 |
| Gabrovec | Fundamentals of Public Health |
5 |
| Total |
30 |
SUMMER SEMESTER
| LECTURER | SUBJECT |
ECTS |
| Albreht | Health Systems and Organisation of Public Health |
5 |
| Šostar Turk, Blaznik | Environmental health |
10 |
| Stanimirović | Informatics and Data in Public Health |
5 |
| Elective Course 1 |
5 |
|
| Elective Course 2 |
5 |
|
| Total |
30 |
LIST OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS
| LECTURER | SUBJECT |
ECTS |
| Kraljić | Health Legislation |
5 |
| Štiglic | Public Health Statistics |
5 |
| Fajmut | Physics in Public Health |
5 |
| Rozman | Biodiversity |
5 |
| Kajfež Bogataj | Weather, climate and human comfort |
5 |
| Ličen | Health promotion |
5 |
| Robida | Introduction to the basics of improving quality and safety in nursing |
5 |
SECOND YEAR
WINTER SEMESTER
| LECTURER | SUBJECT |
ECTS |
| Alenka Kraigher | Basic Epidemiology |
5 |
| Brvar | Toxicology |
5 |
| Duh | Microbiology with hygiene |
5 |
| Muzlović | Infectious diseases |
5 |
| Elective Course 1 |
5 |
|
| Elective Course 2 |
5 |
|
| Total |
30 |
SUMMER SEMESTER
| LECTURER | SUBJECT |
ECTS |
| Roškar | Mental health |
5 |
| Šostar Turk,
Langerholc |
Selected Topics in Food Safety |
5 |
| Elective Course 1 |
5 |
|
| Vrbnjak | Master’s Thesis |
15 |
| Total |
30 |
LIST OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (SUMMER SEMESTER)
| LECTURER | SUBJECT |
ECTS |
| Jesenšek Papež | Balneology and non-pharmacological forms of spa treatment | 5 |
| Fijan | Impact of beneficial microorganisms on health | 5 |
| Simonič | Thermal and mineral waters | 5 |
| Stričević | Basics of occupational health and ergonomics | 5 |
| Vovk | Environmental degradation and ecoremediations | 5 |
| Kostnapfe | Pharmacoeconomics in public health | 5 |
LIST OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS (WINTER SEMESTER)
| Gabrovec | Management and leadership of public health practice | 5 |
| Šarotar Žižek | Health economics and health policy with the basics of management | 5 |
| Borstner | Ethics in public health | 5 |
| Verčič | Communication in public and environmental health | 5 |
| Gregorič | Public Health Nutrition | 5 |