aVLSD7X1c Forensic Medicine - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Miroslav Hirt, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Mgr. Bc. Tomáš Vojtíšek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Michal Zelený, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Jan Krajsa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Andrea Brzobohatá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Pexa (lecturer)
MUDr. Miroslav Ďatko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Martin Zeman (lecturer)
MUDr. Kateřina Grusová (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Pivnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Květa Blatná (assistant)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Mgr. Bc. Tomáš Vojtíšek, Ph.D.
Department of Forensic Medicine – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Květa Blatná
Supplier department: Department of Forensic Medicine – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aVLPA0622p Pathology II - lecture
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students: have basic skills in thanatology, should be oriented in the problems of the origin of a lot of kinds of injuries and sudden death, have basic skills in forensic toxicology, genetics and serology including their using in practice, should be oriented in medical and criminal law in medicine, should be able to examinate dead person
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will be able to:
- understand and describe the system of Forensic Medicine service in the Czech Republic, especially the autopsies;
- understand and identify basic injury mechanisms due to external factors and poisons;
- understand the course of changes after death on the human body;
- understand the relations between medical workers and prosecuting authorities
Syllabus
  • During lessons there will be presented: the theoretical basis of forensic thanatology including changes after death
  • Sudden and unexpected death
  • Blunt injuries including proglems of traffic accidents
  • Knife wounds
  • Fireamrs injuries
  • Forensic toxicology, genetics and serology
  • Injury due to heat, cold and electricity
  • Suffocation
  • During the lectures there will be presented up-to-date informations in forensic medicine
Literature
    required literature
  • HIRT, Miroslav, Dalibor STRATIL, Tomáš PEXA and M. PEŠTÁLOVÁ. Forensic Medicine. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1999, 76 pp. ISBN 80-210-2094-6. info
    recommended literature
  • JASON, Payne-James, W.Byard ROGER, S Corey TRACEY and Henderson CAROL. Encyklopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2005. ISBN 0-12-547970-0. info
  • PAYNE-JAMES, Jason. Simpson's forensic medicine. 13th ed. London: Hodder Arnold, 2011, x, 253. ISBN 9780340986035. info
Teaching methods
The seminars contens the discussion to various topics and demonstration of practical cases. Lectures are involved in new information in the forensic discipline.
Assessment methods
The final examination consists of written test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 15 - 25 studentů na jeden kurz
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, autumn 2018, spring 2019, autumn 2019, spring 2020, autumn 2020, spring 2021, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, autumn 2024, spring 2025.
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