V semester:

Pathology course consists of lectures and practicals (histopathology-microscopic slide demonstrations, seminars, autopsies and e-classrooms).

1. Lectures will be held according to the general schedule, Mondays and Tuesdays from 12.00 h, large classroom at the Deanery.

2. Also, recorded lectures will be posted on your study platform on Mondays and Tuesdays, according to the general schedule.  If you have any questions pertaining lectures already posted you can email dr Tomić and she will forward those questions to designated teachers. We can also schedule in person or online consultations if there are any topics you have issues with. 

3. Students will be divided into 2 groups for practicals: each week one group will have microscopy and the other group will have a seminar, which will alternate next week-group that had a seminar will have histopathology and so forth. Your seminars and histopathology labs are due on Wednesdays, from 16.15 hours.  Venue is Tempus classroom, 2nd floor, for histopathology, and Seminars will be held on the 3rd floor of the same building (building of Humane sciences, at the School of public health classroom). 

4. On Dec 3rd and Jan 7th, due to various reasons, makeups are planned (students will be notified in due time).  Your schedule will be posted regularly in the NEWS section and you will be informed if there are any changes

5. Autopsy practicals are scheduled for VIth semester, here are the rules (disregard this notice until VIth semester): Autopsy is scheduled every Friday from 09.00 hours.  Students need to be ready at 8.45, meaning that they need to be at the venue at that time. Autopsy venue is Institute of Forensic medicine. If there is no autopsy ready  at 09.00, students are required to wait until 10.00 hours-if after 10.00 hours there is still no autopsy scheduled, students will be dismissed by their teaching assistant. Autopsy groups will be posted soon in the NEWS section plus you will be informed via email.  Before attending autopsy students are required to read HANDBOOK OF HOSPITAL AUTOPSY PRACTICALS that was provided at the start of fifth semester-it will introduce them to history, legislation, protocols, techniques  and special forms of autopsies.  Autopsy is performed with the outmost respect for the deceased, so any form of loud or disrespectful communication and/or use of mobile phones (making videos, taking pictures etc.) is strictly forbidden. Since autopsy requires a certain amount of physical strain, we recommend that you take your meal early in the morning and come hydrated; also we do not recommend attending autopsy in high heels or any sort of slippery uncomfortable footwear.  If you feel nauseous or dizzy at any time during the course of the autopsy, you need to promptly  inform your teaching assistant. After the autopsy, when our lab prepares histopathology slides, you will also have e-classrooms, and will be informed about the schedule in due time. Before the autopsy you will be provided with personal protective gear (caps, gloves, green coats, foot protection). We recommend taking your Handbook of hospital autopsy practicals with you since there you have pages designated for taking notes and drawings during 3 mandatory autopsies in your curriculum.  E-classrooms will be held online and will be interactive, approx 3 weeks after each autopsy (depends on availability of glass slides). 

3. Last week of semester is designated for slide reviews ( all slides from V semester) and, if there is any need, makeups. 

4. Students will have 3 colloquia: topics for each you will find in general schedule. First colloquium topics: General pathology, Neoplasia (Jan 5th 2026 before lecture, Tempus classroom, starting from 16.15 h)
5. Attendance and activity points: Students are encouraged to gain activity and attendance points, max 10 points in total per school year (refer to "grading policy"). 

Pathology schedule for 2025/2026 is posted  in detail in the "NEWS" section.