New Technologies and Future Perspectives, with special emphasis in teaching and training issues
The EASOM Summer School 2025 took place:
ZAGREB EASOM SUMMER SCHOOL
Thursday 28th – Friday 29th August 2025
ONLINE
The Summer School was organized by EASOM Zagreb-team
Prof Milan Milošević, MD PhD,
Prof Hana Brbrović, MD PhD,
Roko Žaja, MD PhD,
Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
The Theme:
The theme 2025 was “Artificial Intelligence in Occupational Medicine”, focusing on the transformative potential of AI technologies in the field of occupational health. As occupational medicine continues to evolve, the integration of AI presents unprecedented opportunities to enhance workplace health and safety, predictive analytics, and personalized occupational health interventions. This summer school will provide an in-depth exploration of these advancements through a series of lectures, workshops, and interactive sessions led by esteemed
Day 1 (Thursday, 28th of August)
| First Block: Moderation Begoña Martínez-Jarreta | ||
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome + intro | Begoña Martínez-Jarreta, EASOM President |
| 9:15 - 9:45 | Impact of digitalisation on the safety and health professional: The use of smart digital tools. | Tim Tregenza EU-OSHA |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Artificial Intelligence: Emerging roles and perspectives in Occupational Medicine | Fabriziomaria Gobba University of Modena (Italy). President of UEMS-OM |
| Short Break | ||
| Second Block: Moderation Milan Milosevic and Hana Brborovic | ||
| 11:15-11:45 | Advantages and disadvantages of applying artificial intelligence in Occupational Health | Petar Bulat University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine (Serbia) |
| 11:45-12:15 | AI in predicting and preventing occupational diseases through tailored approaches | Milan Milosevic University of Zagreb, School of Medicine (Croatia) |
| 12:15-13:15 | AI in litearature search and scientific writing | Hana Brborovic and Lovela Machala University of Zagreb, School of Medicine (Croatia) |
| Lunch Break | ||
| Third Block: Moderation Milan Milosevic and Saso Stoleski | ||
| 13:45-14:15 | Application of machine learning, statistics and computer science in the biomedical fields | Andrija Stajduhar University of Zagreb, School of Medicine (Croatia) |
| 14:15-14:45 | AI-Driven Medical Imaging for Occupational Disease Diagnosis | Ivo Dumic Cule University North (Croatia) |
| 14:45-15:15 | AI in workplace risk assessment | Saso Stoleski Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, (N. Macedonia) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Discussion and closing first day session | |
Day 2 (Friday, 29th of August)
| First Block: Moderation Milan Milosevic and Dragan Mijakoski - AI and Education and Training |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 | Learning Design in the AI Era | Mirza Zizak University of Zagreb, School of Medicine (Croatia) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Clinical use of AI in education | Sonja Jandrokovic University of Zagreb, School of Medicine President of Croatian Society for Artificial Intelligence(Croatia) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | AI in medical education and VET | Dragan Mijakoski Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, (N. Macedonia) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Integrating Digital Health Tools and AI into Clinical Reasoning Education: A European Perspective from the D-CREDO Project | Andrzej Kononowicz Head of the Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine Jagiellonian University Medical College Krakow (Poland) |
| 10:45-11:15 | From textbook to online course using AI | Ognjen Brborovic University of Zagreb, School of Medicine (Croatia) |
| Short Break | ||
| Second Block: Moderation Roko Zaja and Lode Godderis - The resident’s experience and point of view |
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| 11:30 – 13:30 | WORKSHOP: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE: EXPERIENCES, ETHICS AND LEGAL CHALLENGES, with special reference to the residents´perspective moderated by Roko Zaja (University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Croatia) With the participation of OM-residents of different European countries Schools |
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| Lunch Break | ||
| Third Block: Moderation Petar Bulat and Nicole Majery - Good practices/ practical uses of AI in occupational medicine |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | Practical use of most common AI models in occupational medicine and risk assessment | Ermanno Vitale, University of Enna (Italy) |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | New Technologies and Future Perspectives in Occupational Medicine: The Road to an AI-Based, Human-Centered Digital Ecosystem | Antonio Baldassarre and Nicola Mucci Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence and Careggi University Hospital (Italy) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Implementing a GPT model for text-recognition tasks in an occupational safety domain | Lode Godderis Catholic University of Leuven and CEO of IDEWE (Belgium) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Closing Session I - Announcement of the 2026 Summer School | Lutgart Braeckman – University of Ghent (Belgium) |
| Closing Session II - Closing Speech | Begoña Martínez-Jarreta - EASOM President, and Milan Milosevic – leader of the 2025 organising team | |
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