Boris Ilić

Senior Lecturer at University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb (Croatia), and PhD c. in Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
boris.ilic@zvu.hr
University of Applied Health Sciences
Mlinarska cesta 38, HR-10000 Zagreb
Office: Ksaver 209, room 316

About Boris Ilić

Boris Ilić has worked at the University of Applied Health Sciences for the past 14 years and is currently a Senior Lecturer. His professional interests include mental health, education, public health, geriatric care and psychiatry.

Work in education
As part of his work at the University of Applied Health Sciences, he delivers over 1,300 contact teaching hours annually to more than 1,000 students across nursing and other health professions programmes. His teaching includes lectures, seminars and practical classes in fundamental nursing care, psychiatric emergencies, mental health nursing, geriatric nursing and clinical practice.

Scientific contribution
He has authored more than 49 papers and conference contributions. His project work includes Fostering European Nurses’ Entrepreneurial Innovation Competences (FENCE, 2025–present; total project value EUR 400,000), Digital Education in Nursing (2021–2023; EUR 171,539), and Enhancement and Implementation of Clinical Practice in the Nursing Study Programme (2020–2022; HRK 2,646,284.21). He has also contributed to research on nurses’ working lives and recovery from mental illness.

International conferences
He has participated in more than 45 domestic and international conferences across several countries, including as an invited speaker and a member of organizing or scientific committees. His international activities also include Erasmus+ teaching visits and work to develop cooperation between higher education institutions. He has initiated or contributed to more than 18 humanitarian, volunteering and public health activities.

Awards
His awards include the Award for Longstanding Contribution to the Development of the Profession from the Croatian Society of Nurses in Anaesthesia, Resuscitation, Intensive Care and Transfusion (2025), Sigma European Region’s Nurse Member of the Biennium award for contribution to the chapter (2023), and the Best Graduate Award for academic achievement in the specialist graduate programme in clinical nursing (2013). He has also received acknowledgments from the University of Applied Health Sciences and its Student Council for his contributions to the institution and student activities.

Work in organizations and NGOs
He is president of the Croatian Honorary Society of Nursing, the Alpha Alpha Gamma Chapter of Sigma Nursing, the University of Applied Health Sciences Alumni Association and the University’s Works Council. He is an elected Assembly delegate of the Croatian Nursing Council and a member of the University’s Faculty Council. His professional memberships include the European Federation of Educators in Nursing Science (FINE), the European Transcultural Nursing Association (ETNA) and the European Specialist Nurses Organisation (ESNO). Earlier in his career, he served as vice-president of the University’s Student Council and held other leadership roles in its Alumni Association.

Additional education
In addition to his formal education, he has completed training in active learning and critical thinking in higher education, outcome-based teaching, clinical mentorship, and basic life support and automated external defibrillation.

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