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Responsibility and education of medical biochemist in Croatian Health Care System

Medical biochemistry in Croatia is the largest sub-discipline of laboratory medicine. It includes all aspects of biochemistry, and also includes laboratory hematology with coagulation, immunology, molecular diagnostics and analytical toxicology. Medical biochemistry analysis can be performed in medical biochemistry laboratories, as a point of care testing and in the doctor’ s ward. Medical biochemistry laboratories in Croatia and medical biochemists as a profession are part of the Health Care System and their activities are regulated through The Health Care Law, The Law of the Medical Biochemistry Profession, The Rules issued by the Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists, The Law of the State and Private Health Insurance. The Health Care Law recognizes medical biochemist as one of four academically-educated personnel in health care such as Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dentistry, Master of Pharmacy and Graduate Medical Biochemist. Major responsibilities of medical biochemist are supervision of comprehensive laboratory service including management, quality assurance and informatics, research in laboratory medicine for those employed in teaching hospitals, Institutes and the University and education of undergraduates and postgraduates, and continuing education of medical biochemists and other professions in the Health Care System. There are four requirements for practicing medical biochemistry in the Health Care System in Croatia: university diploma of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry (Study of Medical Biochemistry), successful completion of the profession exam at the Ministry of Health after completion of one additional year of obligatory practical training (interim) in the medical biochemistry laboratories, membership in the Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists and licence for skilled work issued by the Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists every six years. Program of the Study of Medical Biochemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry is designed for candidates who plan to pursue a career in medical biochemistry laboratories within the Health Care System or a career in pure and applied medical biochemistry research and education. Creative work and research in medical biochemistry requires broad formal training in basic natural sciences and medicine and extensive laboratory experience. Graduates can proceed further education on PhD study or specialization. According to the Rules for Specialization in the Health Care System defined by the Ministry of Health, medical biochemists can specialize either in Medical Biochemistry or in Analytical Toxicology. According to the current rules, only medical biochemists graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry are eligible to proceed towards the further four-year specialization in medical biochemistry. The Health Care Law issued by the Croatian Government in 1993 established a mandatory program of continuing professional education.

medical biochemistry; Croatian Health Care System

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