Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Medical Forensics I
Course Code
RTM_003
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Forensic science
ECTS
5.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ojārs Teteris
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Forensic medicine expert
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Ojārs Teteris
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To provide forensic medicine residents with the necessary basic knowledge in the medical forensics course in order to prepare residents for certification and independent practice as a forensic medicine expert in the specialty of forensic medical examination of living and dead persons.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Outline and describe research methods in medical forensics and forensic anthropology.
Skills
1.Apply the acquired knowledge in practical laboratory studies, determining the nature of damage, the mechanism of occurrence, studying blood traces and layers, identifying weapons or persons, remove and send tissues and samples for examination from dead persons for further medical forensic investigation. To carry out expert examinations on identification of persons, determination of parameters characterizing the type of injury and contact surface, identification of persons by bone remains, forensic photography under the supervision of the course leader (3-5 units)
Competences
1.To carry out expert examination of dead persons and tissues and organs removed from them.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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Prepare a presentation on one of the topics of the seminar, by in-depth research of the literature and archives of clinical cases.
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Examination
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1.
Examination |
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Testing of theoretical knowledge and assessment of practical skills with a situational task. Assessment of knowledge and practical skills in a 10-point system.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Study trip
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Topics
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Methods of medical forensic investigation.
Identification of persons by bones (age, gender, length determination methods, etc.).
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Study trip
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Topics
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Forensic ballistics, gunshot wounds, their expertise
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Study trip
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Topics
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Forensic medical examination of bodily injuries caused by sharp and blunt objects
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Placement
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Study trip
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Topics
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Acquiring skills and experience on: determining and evaluating the properties of objects to be investigated, learning the following medical forensic investigation methods: 1) Injuries caused by blunt objects, identification of the traumatic object used, 2) Injuries caused by sharp objects, identification of the traumatic object used 3) Injuries caused by physical factors 4 ) Identification of a person based on bones, 5) Gunshot wounds, 6) Mechanism of formation of blood traces, 7) X-ray
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Placement
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Study trip
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Topics
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Acquisition of skills and experience for the following manipulations: 1) visual examination of damage,
2) methods of restoration of biological objects
3) stereomicroscopic examination,
4) measurement of objects and damage,
5) examination of objects in ultraviolet and infrared rays,
6) determination of metals on expertise objects,
7) mathematical investigation (modeling) methods,
8) photographing objects
9) description of damages.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
5.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
3
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
LR Tiesu ekspertu padomē apstiprinātās izmeklēšanas metodes: Šautu ievainojumu, trulu, asu priekšmetu radītu ievainojumu pētniecības metodes, personu identifikācijas metode, asins pēdu pētniecības metode, RFSA metode, 2013.
2.
Eriksons S.A. Identifikācijas pamati. Rīga, LPA, 2000, 151 lpp
3.
Robinson E.M. Crime Scene Photography. Academic Press, Elsevier, 2007
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Paškova V.I., Tomiļin V.V. Laboratoriskās un speciālās izmeklēšanas metodes tiesu medicīnā. Maskava, Medicina, 1975, 455 lpp
5.
Popovs V. Tiesu ballistika. Sankt-Peterburga, 2002
6.
Vincent J.H. Di Maio, D. Kimberly Molina. Di Maio’s Forensic Pathology. 2021, 3rd Edition.
7.
J. Pokines, S. A. Symes. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy. CRC Press, 2013
8.
Valsts tiesu medicīnas ekspertīzes centra un tiesu medicīnas eksperta darbību noteicošie pamatdokumenti
Additional Reading
1.
J.P. Wyatt, T. Squires, G. Norfolk, J. Payne-James. Oxford Handbook of Forensic Medicine. Oxford Medical Handbooks, 2011
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R. Byard, J. Payne-James,T racey Corey, Corol Henderson. Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Elsevier, 2010
3.
Bernard Knight. Simpson’s forensic medicine. London, 1990, 10th edition, 324 p.
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Alan A. Watson, David J. Gee. Lecture notes on forensic medicine. Gower, 1989, 229 p.
5.
B. Knight. Forensic Pathology. Arnold, 2001, London.
6.
S. H. James, P. E. Kish, T. P. Sutton. Principles of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: Theory and Practice. CRC Press, 2005.
Other Information Sources
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Teteris O. Tiesu medicīnas esence. 2004, Rasa ABC
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Interneta resursi