Forensic Medicine
Taught in Bosnian as SUDSKA MEDICINA — separate syllabus →
Prerequisites: According to the Study Regulation
The official English syllabus dates from the 2018 revision. The day-by-day timetable it contains describes the former two-week block teaching and no longer applies, so it is not reproduced here; the current timetable is published on the student portal →
Overall aim
Aim of this course is to give the students the basic theoretical principles of forensic medicine, including the issues of thanatology, forensic traumatology (to identify and characterize injuries on the body) expert opinion and medical law.
Course contents
8 topicsLearning outcomes
knowledge, skills, competencesThe basic theoretical principles of forensic medicine are taught, including the issues of thanatology, forensic traumatology, identification, expert opinion and medical law.
Students will acquire knowledge on the interpretation of medical observations and facts for the purposes of legal system.
After completion of the course, the students will be qualified to perform external examination of dead body, to recognize signs of death in order to issue death certificate. Further on, they will learn to identify and characterize injuries on the body, to recognize the cases of suspicious and non-natural death and to place a request for forensic autopsy. In addition, students will become competent for toxicology analysis sampling and forensic antropology.
Teaching methods
Assessment
Written tests that are in the form Multiple-choice questions (MCQ) and Extended response questions.
Oral examination.
Continuous knowledge and skills assessment will be carried out thought Partial exams, Seminars, Practical exams in Autopsy room.
Oral examination- consultation with the examiner needed.
Reading
- Saukko P, Knight B. Knight’s Forensic Pathology. 3rd ed. London: Arnold Publishers, 2004
- Di Maio DJ, Di Maio VJM. Forensic Pathology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2001
Teaching staff
- Prof. Nermin Sarajlic MD PhD
- Prof. Adis Salihbegovic MD PhD
- Assist. Prof. Emina Dervisevic MD PhD
- Nermina Korac PhD
- Amina Zorlak-Cavcic MD (teaching assistant)