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Forensic Medicine

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2020-2021

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 28 hours

practices: 28 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 56 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAK-IGU-T
  • 4 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Clinical modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

OAP-PA2-T completed

Exam course:

no

Course headcount limitations

min. 5

Topic

Forensic medicine is a branch of medicine applied for the purposes of justice. For the achievement of these purposes in practice forensic medicine uses the knowledge comprised in various theoretical and clinical parts of medicine. Therefore, forensic medicine is a very complex science, which has different specialties, e.g. serology, toxicology, traumatology, genetics, etc.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction. - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 2. Legal systems - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 3. Rules of Autopsy. - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 4. Post-mortem (Crime scene) investigation - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 5. Helthcare law. - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 6. Medical Malpractice - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 7. Asphyxia - Dr. Tóth Dénes
  • 8. Asphyxia - Dr. Tóth Dénes
  • 9. Firearm Injuries - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 10. Firearm Injuries - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 11. Identification - Dr. Tóth Dénes
  • 12. Identification - Dr. Tóth Dénes
  • 13. Forensic DNA examinations - Dr. Poór Viktor Soma
  • 14. Forensic DNA Examinations - Dr. Poór Viktor Soma
  • 15. Forensic Toxicology - Dr. Mayer Mátyás
  • 16. Forensic Toxicology - Dr. Mayer Mátyás
  • 17. Sexual offences - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 18. Sexual offences - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 19. Workplace diseases. Compensation - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 20. Workplace diseases - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 21. Traffic Accidents - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 22. Traffic accidents - Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • 23. Abortion - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 24. Infanticide - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 25. Illegal drugs - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 26. Illegal drugs - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 27. Clinical Forensic Medicine - Dr. Simon Gábor
  • 28. Clinical Forensic Medicine - Dr. Simon Gábor

Practices

  • 1. Changes after death
  • 2. Changes after death
  • 3. Autopsy case demonstration
  • 4. Autopsy case demonstration
  • 5. Vital signs and reactions
  • 6. Vital signs and reactions
  • 7. Wounds and injuries
  • 8. Wounds and injuries
  • 9. Head and spinal injuries I
  • 10. Head and spinal injuries II
  • 11. Burns
  • 12. Electrocution
  • 13. Serology, paternity tests
  • 14. Serology, paternity tests
  • 15. Alcohol (introduction)
  • 16. Alcohol (introduction)
  • 17. Toxicology (introduction)
  • 18. Toxicology (introduction)
  • 19. Identification, skeletal remains
  • 20. Identification, skeletal remains
  • 21. Organ Transplantation
  • 22. Forensic Histology
  • 23. Autopsy case demonstration (changes after death, post-mortem examination)
  • 24. Autopsy case demonstration (changes after death, post-mortem examination)
  • 25. Autopsy case demonstration (changes after death, post-mortem examination)
  • 26. Autopsy case demonstration (changes after death, post-mortem examination)
  • 27. Autopsy case demonstration
  • 28. Autopsy case demonstration

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

0

Literature developed by the Department

0

Notes

0

Recommended literature

P. Sótonyi (ed.): Lecture Notes of Forensic Medicine, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest
B. Knight (ed.: E. Arnold): Simpson?s Forensic Medicine, 10th edition

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Colloquium
Absences accepted according to the exam rules.

Mid-term exams

No

Making up for missed classes

Individual agreement

Exam topics/questions

A/1. Patient?s and physician?s rights
A/2. Medical negligence and malpractice
A/3. Common law. Continental law. Criminal and Civil Law
A/4. Post-mortem examination, Exhumation
A/5. Rules of autopsy. Autopsy Report
A/6. Sexual deviations. Sexual crimes (excluding rape)
A/7. Illegal drugs: depressants
A/8. Illegal drugs: stimulants, hallucinogenics
A/9. Adverse effects and overdose: Benzodiazepine, barbiturate, paracetamol. Detection methods.
A/10. Ethylene glycol, methanol intoxication. Paraquat, DDT
A/11. Carbon-Monoxide intoxication. Cyanide
A/12. Drunkenness. Absorption and elimination of ethanol. Pathologic drunkenness
A/13. Organ transplantation: Law and ethics
A/14. DNA Fingerprinting
A/15. Vital signs and reactions
A/16. Legal aspects of mental disorders. Criminal responsibility. Wills and testimentary capacity
A/17. Forensic Histopathology

B/1. Sudden natural death in adult. SIDS
B/2. Post-mortem changes of the body
B/3. Hypothermia, electrocution
B/4. Injuries caused by blunt force
B/5. Injuries caused by sharp force
B/6. Firearm injuries
B/7. Motor vehicle accidents
B/8. Asphyxial death: suffocation, choking, traumatic asphyxia
B/9. Fatal pressure of the neck
B/10. Immersion Death
B/11. Rape and unlawful sexual intercourse
B/12. Abortion
B/13. Battered child, infanticide
B/14. Identification: general aspects. Methods of identification
B/15. Identification of skeletal remains
B/16. Head injuries
B/17. Chest and abdominal injuries
B/18. Burns

Examiners

  • Dr. Farkas Lászlóné (Dr. Könczöl Franciska)
  • Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • Dr. Simon Gábor
  • Dr. Tóth Dénes

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Dr. Kozma Zsolt
  • Dr. Kuzma Mónika
  • Dr. Mayer Mátyás
  • Dr. Poór Viktor Soma
  • Dr. Simon Gábor
  • Dr. Tóth Dénes
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