Forensic Medicine - 10. 5. - 14. 5. 2021 (STUDY GROUP 34)

General information

Dear colleagues,


your forensic medicine course (10. 5. - 14. 5. 2021) will be partially online and partially in person. The course will start on Monday at 8 AM at the Institute of Forensic Medicine (Ústav soudního lékařství), Tvrdého 2a, Brno. The building is situated on the corner of the streets Tvrdého and Všetičkova, the nearest bus (tram, trolley) stops are Úvoz, Tvrdého and Žlutý kopec. Please take your respirators with you. There is no need to bring any other special aids (coats, shoes, stethoscopes...), just consider packing enough snacks since there is no buffet in the building.

Before you come to our department please go through the interactive syllabus "Forensic Medicine - 10. 5. - 14. 5. 2021 (STUDY GROUP 34)" to find out what the program will be like. On Monday there will be two lectures with dr. Vojtíšek and dr. Srník, on Tuesdays there will be another two lectures with dr. Vojtíšek and dr. Srník and on Thursday we will prepare a demonstration autopsy, visit to the muzeum of The Institute of Forensic Medicine Brno and one lecture with dr. Vojtíšek. Other days (Wednesday and Friday) will be online, please do not come on those days to the department. On Wednesday there will be two lectures via MS TEAMS sessions, on Friday there will be one lecture via MS TEAMS sessions and online test.

The topics discussed during the lessons are: Kinds of autopsies, Forensic Medicine cases, Changes after Death, Sudden Deaths, Firearms and Shot wounds, Transportation injuries, Forensic alcohology and Forensic Toxicology. For every topic there will be a simple, training test in interactive syllabus, which you must complete. These are only for you to test your knowledge and find knowledge gaps.

The course will end with online exam test on Friday, this is the test that we will evaluate and for which you will receive a mark. You will need to register to online exam term first. The test will be accesible through ROPOT Applications (Revision, Opinion Poll and Testing)  only for those who will be registered. You can only open the test once, you wil have 45 minutes to complete the test. There will be 7 questions in the test - in first 5 questions you will need to pick only one correct answer, on questions 6 a 7 you will answer using text, please write as many information as you know about those two questions. Results will be available in one week.

Do not share any of these study materials elsewhere!

In case of questions please do not hesitate and address dr. Michal Srník via e-mail (424342@mail.muni.cz) or a particular lecturer.

We are looking forward!