1. Jameson JL et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 20th Edition. McGraw-Hill Education: New York, USA, 2018.e-edition available at https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookid=2129 

2. Seller RH., Symons AB: Differential Diagnosis of Common Complaints, 6.ed. Elsevier Science, 2012. https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/browse/book/3-s2.0- C20150022286?indexOverride=GLOBAL 

Lectures and seminars as original PPT presentations in PDF format will be available for students to download from the Merlin platform, once they are held.

Stuart H. Ralston, Ian Penman, Mark Strachan & Richard Hobson. Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine, 23rd Edition. Elsevier, 2018. 

Adam Feather, David Randall & Mona Waterhouse. Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine, 10th Edition. Elsevier, 2020.

Attendance in lectures and seminars is mandatory. Teachers and students communicate via email addresses (@uniri.hr). For a detailed description of obligations during classes, see the Assessment section.

Student assessment is carried out in accordance with the current University of Rijeka Study
Regulations and the Ordinance on Student Assessment and Evaluation at the Faculty of
Medicine Rijeka (adopted by the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka).
Student work will be evaluated during classes and at the final exam. Out of a total of 100 grade
points, the student can obtain 60 grade points (60%) during classes and 40 grade points (40%) at
the final exam.
Student assessment is performed using the ECTS (A–F) and numerical grading system (1–5).
Student assessment according to the ECTS system is carried out based on the absolute
distribution and graduate-level assessment criteria.
Out of 60 grade points that can be obtained during classes, the student must obtain at least 30
grade points to take the final exam. Students who obtain less than 30 grade points will have the
opportunity to retake one midterm exam. If they do not obtain 30 grade points (grade F) on the
retaken midterm exam, they have to re-enroll in the course.
 

The student acquires grade points by completing the tasks as follows:
I. During the course (maximum 60 grade points):
a) activity on seminar classes (maximum 10 grade points)
b) obligatory written midterm exam (maximum 50 grade points)
 

Activity on seminar classes (maximum 10 grade points)
 

The student can obtain a maximum of 10 grade points with activity on seminars. On each
seminar class, the teacher gives the student 1–5 grade points based on student activity
(participation in discussions based on case studies – answers and questions about topics
associated with clinical cases).
The number of absolute points for student activity ranges from 13 to 65 (there are 13 seminar
classes), and these points are converted into final grade points according to the following table:

POINTS ACQUIRED ON SEMINAR CLASSES        GRADE POINTS
13–17                                                                                   1
18–22                                                                                  2
23–27                                                                                  3
28–32                                                                                 4
33–37                                                                                  5
38–42                                                                                 6
43–48                                                                                 7
49–54                                                                                 8
55–60                                                                                 9
61–65                                                                                 10
 

Obligatory midterm exam (maximum 50 grade points)
During the course, students must take an obligatory written midterm exam. The written
midterm exam will be held on the last seminar class. The midterm exam has 50 questions and is
worth 50 grade points (range 26–50 grade points, pass criteria are >50% of correct answers on
the test). Points on the written midterm exam are calculated into final grade points in a way
that every correct answer carries 1 point (in case the student has >50% correct answers), which
means 26 correct answers – 26 points; 50 correct answers – 50 grade points.
If the student obtains a minimum of 26 grade points on the written midterm exam, they have to
obtain a minimum of 4 grade points for activity on seminar classes, i.e. if they obtain a minimum
of 29 grade points on the midterm exam, 1 grade point for activity on seminar classes is enough.
 

II. Final exam (maximum 40 grade points):
Who may take the final exam?
Students who obtained more than 30 grade points during classes may take the final
oral exam on which they can achieve a maximum of 40 grade points.
Who may not take the final exam?
Students who obtained less than 30 grade points during classes may not take the
final exam (they must re-enroll in the course in the following academic year).
 

The final exam is an oral exam worth 40 grade points (range 20–40).
Success on the final exam is converted into grade points as follows:
success on the final exam         grade points
insufficient                                            0
sufficient                                              20
good                                                     30
very good                                            35
excellent                                              40

Other important information regarding the course:
To pass the final exam and to be candidate for final evaluation (including grade points obtained
during classes), the student must obtain a minimum of 20 grade points (sufficient) on the final
exam.
Grades in the ECTS grading system are converted into the numerical system as follows:
A – 90–100%
B – 75–89.9%
C – 60–74.9%
D – 50–59.9%
F – 0–49.9%

Course content and all information related to the course and exam dates can be found on the Faculty’s website. All student inquiries, possible problems and remarks regarding the course are communicated exclusively using the official e-mail address (@medri.uniri.hr). It is possible to arrange consultations with the teachers during working hours.