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Forensic Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:14.02.2022 09:40:53
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PAK_009 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Forensic Medicine | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jolanta Vamze-Liepiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Pathology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No. 21, pak rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67815096 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Human anatomy, histology, pathology, physics, chemistry, traumatology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Aim of the study program is to introduce students with the role of forensic medicine in medical practice and crimes against human investigation, types and tasks of forensic medical examination, issues to be solved in the process of examination of living persons and corpses, applied methodology | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The 1st class: 1) Introduction to specialty (objectives, methods, forensic expertise, including examinations if there is a suspicion regarding improper performance of professional duties of medical practitioners; binding regulatory enactments; 2) Forensic medical examination of living persons (indications, issues to be addressed in examinations; types of bodily injuries, their descriptions and assessment of severity; principles of preparation of expert opinion documentation). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The 2nd class: 1) General thanatology: signs of the corpse and medical assessment of their forensics, including determination of the time of death, examination of the corpse at the scene; types of death - non-violent and violent death; 2) Forensic medical examination of deceased persons (indications, issues to be resolved in examination, principles of preparation of documentation - expert opinion and medical certificate on the cause of death). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The 3rd class: 1) Forensic traumatology (types of injuries, damage caused by various objects, mechanical and physical factors, mechanisms of their occurrence; damage and death due to chemical factors); 2) Asphyxia and its types, diagnosis and interpretation of results. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The 4th class: 1) Forensic medical diagnostics of the effects of toxic substances on the human body; 2) Sudden death, its causes, forensic examination and diagnostics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Learning from e-studies; solving clinical cases; it is necessary to fill in the Study Questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Assessment criteria: full attendance of classes, successful completion of clinical tasks in classes (50% share); passed MCQ test in e-studies Respondus (50 questions, 1 correct answer) (50% share). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students acquire basic knowledge about the consequences of various types of traumatic and toxic factors on the human body and their diagnosis, about the types of non-violent and violent death, the possibilities of their investigation; the regulatory framework binding on forensic medicine. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Identify and describe in the medical records various types of injuries in the forensic aspect; if necessary, to prepare a Medical Certificate of death. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Apply the acquired knowledge and skills in medical practice for the recognition of physical violence against people and the timely involvement of law enforcement agencies and the subsequent determination of forensic medical examination, as well as to recognize the risks of medical errors and malpractice. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mācību materiāls RSU e-studiju vietnē- 8 tematisko prezentāciju materiāls./Study material on the RSU e-studies website - material for 8 thematic presentations. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ojārs Teteris. Tiesu medicīnas esence. Apgāds “Rasa ABC” SIA, 2004 | ||||||||
| 2 | J. Payne-James, R. Jokes, S. B.Karch, J. Manlove. Simpsons Forensic Medicine. 13th ed, 2011 | ||||||||
| 3 | D. Dolinak, E. W. Matshes, E. O. Lew. Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice. 2005 | ||||||||
| 4 | Pekka Saukko, Bernard Knight. Knight's Forensic Pathology. 4th edition. Published December 15, 2015 by CRC Press. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ferrara S. D., et al. Harmonization of Medico-legal Autopsy (Protocol). ECLM update of the principles and rules relating to medico - legal autopsy procedures London, Fall/Winter 1994-1995; updated, Dubai, January 2014 | ||||||||
| 6 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 7 | J. Payne-James, R. Jokes, S. B.Karch, J. Manlove. Simpsons Forensic Medicine. 13th ed, 2011 | ||||||||
| 8 | D. Dolinak, E. W. Matshes, E. O. Lew. Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice. 2005 | ||||||||
| 9 | Pekka Saukko, Bernard Knight. Knight's Forensic Pathology. 4th edition. Published December 15, 2015 by CRC Press. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | PubMed | ||||||||
