Janko JANKOVIC

• Country : SERBIA
• drjankojankovic@yahoo.com
• Occupation : Medical doctor
• EUROPHAMILI Training centre : Rennes - France
• Promotion : 2007

Background

My name is Janko Jankovic. I am from Belgrade which is the capital of Republic of Serbia and I am 28 years old. After my graduation I was working as a vascular surgeon for the period of one year. Since October 2005 I am working as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in both languages Serbian and English. I am also Assistant Professor, facilitator and organizer in the Centre School of Public Health at University of Belgrade. Right now I am attending Master of Science Program in the field of Public Health and the name of my Master of Science thesis is “Analysis of socio-economical determinants of health inequalities based on investigation of health status of population”. I realize that as non-EU country with decentralization in the health care sector we need more public health experts with developed management skills who will be able to face the different public health challenges. So the aim of Europhamili Training course is exactly that i.e. to manage transnational public health issues in Europe and to enhance quality in European higher education in the field of public health. I hope that during this intensive 3 month course I will improve my managerial, interpersonal and decision-making skills for work in public health. I am very communicative and I like to meet people from different countries and with different backgrounds. In my leisure time I play sports and I like to travel.

Publication(s)

Influences of colorectal screening programme implementation on the quality of health care

Colorectal cancer is currently the second most common form of cancer in Europe and also the second most common cause of death. Reducing mortality from colorectal cancer can be achieved by the introduction of population-based screening programmes. The main objective of our qualitative study done in Britanny (France) was to find out whether the implementation of mass screening influences the quality of other aspects of health care provided by different actors of the health care system. We performed 15 face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with health professionals in the period from 11 April until 18 May. Most of the interviewees after taking part in the screening programs became more prevention orientated and implementation of screening programmes have a positive influence on them and on the quality of their services. They became closer to their patients, spending more time speaking with them and more confident relationship was created. Thus screening can significantly improve health outcomes and quality of practice of health care system but only with implementation of organized screening approach.