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Forensic Medicine

Para-Clinical

Forensic Medicine Department

The term “forensic medicine” refers to a variety of medical specialties that examine and diagnose victims of harm or fatalities brought on by unnatural or unnatural causes, such as poisoning, assault, suicide, or other violent crimes, and then utilise their findings to support legal claims. The multi-disciplinary area of forensic medicine includes the practice of forensic pathology, forensic psychiatry, forensic dentistry, forensic radiography, and forensic toxicology. Clinical forensic medicine and pathological forensic medicine are the two main subfields of forensic medicine, and both have different patient populations.

Course Description & Detail

At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

  • Appreciate the significance of the topic and its fundamental concepts.
  • Understand the applicable legal, judicial, and inquest processes for medico-legal and medical practise. Capable of conducting medicolegal postmortem/autopsy findings and results of other pertinent investigations for a logical conclusion and
  • framing the opinion on cause, manner, and time since death.
  • Able to store and send pertinent items, track evidence (including viscera in poisoning instances), conduct autopsies, and turn over the results to the proper authorities.
  • Capable of recognising medicolegal cases, performing medical examinations in such cases, and creating medicolegal reports in accordance with local laws.
  • Possesses knowledge of the medical profession's duties and rights, the law's penalties for violating the code of ethics, the different types of medical negligence, and his professional colleagues' obligations.
  • Able to perform medicolegal tasks and diagnose and treat cases of acute and chronic poisoning.
  • Being familiar with the fundamentals of analytical, environmental, and occupational toxicology, including toxicovigilance and predictive toxicology.
  • Aware of the most recent developments in forensic medicine and toxicology and their relevance to the law.

Faculty

Dr. Puttaswamy

Professor

Dr. Puttaswamy

Dr. Vidyullatha V Shetty

Professor & HOD

Dr. Vidyullatha V Shetty

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