ÚSTAV SÚDNEHO LEKÁRSTVA

Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity P. J. Šafárika a Fakultnej nemocnice L. Pasteura v Košiciach

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1^st teaching week: What is forensic medicine? Medical aspects of death. Changes after death.

2^nd teaching week: Identification of the living and dead. Forensic dentistry. The mass disaster. Blood stains, groups, DNA and identification.

3^rd teaching week: The examination of wounds. Regional injuries. Firearm and explosive injuries.

4^th teaching week: Murder, suicide or accident? Transportation injuries.

5^th teaching week: Asphyxia and pressure on the neck and chest. Immersion and drawning.

6^th teaching week: Effects of injury. Unexpected and sudden death from natural causes.

7^th teaching week: Pregnancy and abortion. Death and injury in infancy. SIDS. Child abuse and neglect. Sexual offences.

8^th teaching week: Injury due to heat, cold and electricity. Medical malpractice.

9^th teaching week: Forensic histopathology. Vital signs and vital reactions. Timing of wounds.

10^th teaching week: General aspects of poisoning. Kinds of poisons. Alcohol.

11^th teaching week: Drugs of dependence and abuse.

12^th teaching week: Medicinal, corrosive and metallic poisons.

13^th teaching week: Agro-chemical, gaseous and miscellaneous poisons.

14^th teaching week: The doctor and the law. Conclusions.

SUBJECT: Forensic Medicine and Medicine Law
YEAR OF EDUCATION: 5^th
TERM: summer
STUDY BRANCH: General Medicine
PRACTICAL CLASSES
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK: 2

1^st teaching week:  Medico-legal investigation of deaths. Death certification. The estimation of the time of death. Demonstration of changes after death at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

2^nd teaching week: Doctor at the scene of crime. Types of autopsies. External and internal post-mortem examination. Exhumation. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

3^rd teaching week: Identification. Forensic dentistry. Tattoos. Identity of decomposed or skeletalised remains. Mass disasters and the doctor. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

4^th teaching week:  Duty of the doctor in wounding cases. Visiting in the serohematological lab. Samples required for DNA profile testing. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

5^th teaching week:  The doctor’s duty in firearm, explosive injuries and deaths. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

6^th teaching week:  The examination of pregnancy, abortion and death in infancy. The estimation of maturity of a new-born baby or fetus. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

7^th teaching week: The doctor’s duty in the examination of sexual offences. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

8^th teaching week:  Neglect, starvation and abuse of human rights. Medical malpractice. Evaluation of histopathological findings in forensic medicine. Visiting in the histopathological lab. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

9^th teaching week:  Medico-legal aspects of poisoning. The collection and storage of samples for toxicological analysis. Visiting in the toxicological lab (I). Demonstration of the toxicological tests and methods of investigation.

10^th teaching week: Medico-legal investigation of alcohol abusing. Scheme of examination for impairment of ability to drive.Visiting in the alcohol labs. Current case demonstration and analysis at the autopsy room or videodemonstration.

11^th teaching week: Analysis of drugs of dependence and abuse. Visiting in the toxicological lab (II). Demonstration of the methods of drug investigation.

12^th teaching week:  What have to know a doctor about forensic medicine and medical jurisprudence? Forensic documentation. An expert opinion. Duties of physicians in general.

13^th teaching week:  External examination drill at the autopsy room to issue a death certificate. Consulting of the cases on the Internet forensic discussion board.

14^th teaching week: Repetition. Computer test on forensic medicine and medicine law.