Tjasa Zajc

Tjasa Zajc

Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Experience

  • Freelance

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    Ljubljana

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    Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Education

  • University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business Graphic

    University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

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    Thesis
    Analysis of different approaches to a rational use of drugs in hospitals: The case of Slovenian hospitals

    The study focused on how drugs are managed in six Slovenian hospitals. Analysis shows how drugs are handled in terms of distribution from the pharmacy to wards, how access to drugs is organized on wards and to what extent technologies such as EHR, RFID, barcodes are used for better and safer drug management. A large emphasis was put to the role of clinical pharmacists.…

    Thesis
    Analysis of different approaches to a rational use of drugs in hospitals: The case of Slovenian hospitals

    The study focused on how drugs are managed in six Slovenian hospitals. Analysis shows how drugs are handled in terms of distribution from the pharmacy to wards, how access to drugs is organized on wards and to what extent technologies such as EHR, RFID, barcodes are used for better and safer drug management. A large emphasis was put to the role of clinical pharmacists.

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    Activities and Societies: Editor of student magazine RIT Journalist/photographer for student magazine KLIN Short time cooperation with a student magazine Element Short time cooperation with a student newspaper Tribuna Media representative for ŠŠK (Student klub in Šaleška valley/Velenje)

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Volunteer

    Edirisa, Uganda

    - 2 months

    Edirisa is a Uganda-based social enterprise working in multimedia and ecotourism, with a strong emphasis on cultural self-respect. Edirisa's best known initiative is the award-winning Gorilla Highlands project to brand, promote and develop southwestern Uganda.

    http://www.edirisa.org/

  • EVS volunteer

    Gaziantep Genclik ve Kultur Evi/Dernegi, Turkey

    - Present 13 years 5 months

    Education

    “Ambassadors for Social Awareness” was an European Voluntary Service Project aiming at hosting 17 volunteers from Romania, Georgia, Poland, Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia in Gaziantep Genclik ve Kultur Dernegi. The activities took place in Gaziantep, Turkey. Social Awareness Campaign is implemented by Gaziantep Genclik ve Kultur Dernegi since 2008 with the objectives:
    • to raise awareness of local community on social issues,
    • to promote active citizenship and social rights among local…

    “Ambassadors for Social Awareness” was an European Voluntary Service Project aiming at hosting 17 volunteers from Romania, Georgia, Poland, Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia in Gaziantep Genclik ve Kultur Dernegi. The activities took place in Gaziantep, Turkey. Social Awareness Campaign is implemented by Gaziantep Genclik ve Kultur Dernegi since 2008 with the objectives:
    • to raise awareness of local community on social issues,
    • to promote active citizenship and social rights among local community,
    • to encourage young people to take initiative for solution of social problems on issues of:
    Discrimination
    Social Rights
    Traffic Safety
    Environment
    Human Rights
    Diversity

  • Co-editor of a children's magazine

    Pediatric clinic Ljubljana

    - 5 years

    Education

    "Utrinki" is a magazine written by children attending hospital school at University Childrens' Hospital Ljubljana. They write about their experience while bring sick, prepare different interviews with doctors, nurses and other staff and if they do any drawings or paintings in their free time, these pictures are also included in the magazine.

Projects

  • Medicine Today on Digital Health

    Medicine Today on Digital Health is a podcast about new technologies in medicine and healthcare. It's aim is to inform about relevant and promising hopes in tech advancements in medicine.

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  • Medica App Competition (Jury member)

    MEDICA App COMPETITION is a Best Medical Mobile Solution competition, looking at best apps for use in the daily routine of a doctor or in the hospital.

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  • Digitalna medicina: Kaj so sanje in kaj resničnost (Conference)

    Digitalna medicina: Kaj so sanje in kaj resničnost was a one day conference on eHealth/digital health and how it fits into the healthcare system: how are GPs adopting digitisation in healthcare? Where are the hopes and where only hypes around digital health (showing short documentary, after which a discussion with the experts was held)

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  • Digital Health Superevent (Conference)

    Digital Health Superevent was a one day international conference held in Ljubljana. Its aim was to connect different stakeholders in healthcare and increase awareness about the potential of digital health for improved healthcare and quality of life of patients.

    More info: www.healthday.si
    All the video lectures: https://healthday.viidea.net/healthday_superevent2015/

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  • (OVER)DOSE Documentary

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    This short documentary aims to explore and create an overview of the current challenges and technical solutions related to medication safety and raise awareness about the need to further improve medication-related patient safety.

    Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in health care systems across the world. Globally, the cost associated with medication errors has been estimated at $42 billion USD annually. Errors can occur at…

    This short documentary aims to explore and create an overview of the current challenges and technical solutions related to medication safety and raise awareness about the need to further improve medication-related patient safety.

    Unsafe medication practices and medication errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in health care systems across the world. Globally, the cost associated with medication errors has been estimated at $42 billion USD annually. Errors can occur at different stages of the medication use process.

    More than 237 million medication errors are made every year in England, the avoidable consequences of which cost the NHS upwards of £98 million and more than 1700 lives every year, indicate national estimates, published online in the journal BMJ Quality & Safety.

    The rapid advancement in science and technology is improving approaches to treatment in medicine, enabling increasingly precise and personalized prescribing.

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  • INFUSE Digital Health Networking Event

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    A Conference. An Opportunity for Digital Health Startups. A Party!

    The event consisted of three parts:
    1. Short international conference on the latest trends in Digital Health and eHealth. Interesting for anyone working in healthcare, medicine, digital health...
    2. LAST CALL for Grants4Apps StartUp Competition*. For Digital Health Innovators.
    3. Networking Party. For Everyone!

    Panel discussion available at: Medicine Today on Digital Health podcast, episode 12:…

    A Conference. An Opportunity for Digital Health Startups. A Party!

    The event consisted of three parts:
    1. Short international conference on the latest trends in Digital Health and eHealth. Interesting for anyone working in healthcare, medicine, digital health...
    2. LAST CALL for Grants4Apps StartUp Competition*. For Digital Health Innovators.
    3. Networking Party. For Everyone!

    Panel discussion available at: Medicine Today on Digital Health podcast, episode 12: https://medium.com/medicine-today-on-digital-health/ep-12-rethinking-the-patient-customer-payment-models-funding-options-c0e9b8983916

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  • Continental Divide Trail

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    Hiking a 1.800 miles long section from Colorado do Canada.

    The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (in short Continental Divide Trail (CDT)) is a United States National Scenic Trail running 3,100 miles (5,000 km) between Mexico and Canada. It follows the Continental Divide of the Americas along the Rocky Mountains and traverses five U.S. states — Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

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  • Hopes and hypes around digital health (Short Documentary)

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    Hopes and hypes around digital health is a short documentary about what is digital health, what are it's potentials and where expectations are overinflated. The video consist of interview with some top industry leaders:

    - Esther Dyson, angel investor, board member and advisor concentrating on emerging markets and technologies, new space and health, (USA)

    - Jorge Juan Fernández García, (Spain)

    - Matthew Holt and Pascal Lardier (Health 2.0), (USA, France)

    - Juliane…

    Hopes and hypes around digital health is a short documentary about what is digital health, what are it's potentials and where expectations are overinflated. The video consist of interview with some top industry leaders:

    - Esther Dyson, angel investor, board member and advisor concentrating on emerging markets and technologies, new space and health, (USA)

    - Jorge Juan Fernández García, (Spain)

    - Matthew Holt and Pascal Lardier (Health 2.0), (USA, France)

    - Juliane Zielonka, Managing Director at Startupbootcamp Digital Health Berlin (Germany)

    - Unity Stokes, Cofounder of StartUp Health, (USA)

    - dr. Klaus Stöckemann, Managing Director at Peppermint Venture Partners (Germany)

    - dr. Tadej Battelino, Endocrinologist, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia (Slovenia)

    - Dorjan Marušič, former Health Minister of Slovenia and Member of the Expert Panel at European Commission DG for Health and Consumers (DG Sanco), (Slovenia)

    - Ali Parsa, Healthcare Entrepreneur, Founder of Babylon and Circle, (UK)

    - Jesus del Valle, Head of Bayer Grants4Apps Digital Health Accelerator, (Germany)

    - Nathan K. LeBrasseur, MS, Assistant Professor of Physiology, Mayo Clinic, (USA)

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  • Utrinki

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    "Utrinki" is a magazine written by children attending hospital school at Pediatric clinic in Ljubljana. They write about their experience while bring sick, prepare different interviews with doctors, nurses and other staff and if they do any drawings or paintings in their free time, these pictures are also included in the magazine.

    Other creators
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Languages

  • Slovenian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

  • German

    Elementary proficiency

  • English

    Professional working proficiency

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