Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Forensic Histology III
Course Code
RTM_032
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 prepare forensic medicine residents to take the forensic histology course in order to be able to pass the certification exam and work independently in the specialty.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.To describe the microscopic changes in tissue in cases of violent and sudden death.
Skills
1.Perform histological examination methods and manipulations, remove and send objects for histological examination, recognize in histopreparations for pathologies, as well as the characteristic signs of various types of death and tissue changes, assess the time of survival of the trauma (process), make a histological diagnosis, interpret the results of histological examination in the opinion of the forensic medical examination of the corpse.
Competences
1.Carry out histological examinations and use them in practical forensic examinations.
Assessment
Individual work
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Familiarize yourself with the latest literature, prepare a presentation on one of the topics of the seminar.
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Examination
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Examination |
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Oral and written examination of theoretical knowledge at the end of each year's course: (3 theory questions), assessment of practical skills in recognizing 5 histopreparations, providing their description and establishing a histological diagnosis. Assessment of knowledge and 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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On site
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Study trip
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Topics
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Changes in organs caused by diabetes, histological picture.
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Seminar
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Study trip
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Determination of diatom plankton in cadaveric material and fluid from the wing bone cavity.
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Seminar
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Study trip
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System diseases, histological picture
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Seminar
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Study trip
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Lung pathologies, classification, morphology, microscopy. Viral and bacterial pneumonia. COVID-19. Aspiration pneumonia. Infarct pneumonia
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Placement
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Topics
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1) Equipment and reagents used in histological examination; 2) Biological material removal technique, preparation, 3) processing and investigation methodology (routine methods, histochemical and immunohistochemical examinations in forensic practice, determination of plankton in cadaver tissue and fluid from the wing bone cavity, glycogen determination, etc.); 4) Pathomorphology of violent death; 5) Forensic traumatology; 6) Determination of the nature and time of occurrence of mechanical damage
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7) Types of mechanical asphyxia and their morphology; 8) Exposure to high and low temperatures and the morphology of the damage caused; 9) Forensic toxicology – changes in tissues due to various types of poisoning; 10) Sudden death; Death from acute and chronic pathologies. 11) Death from infections. 12) Death due to technical and atmospheric electricity; 13) Postmortem tissue changes (autolysis, putrefaction, etc.); 14) Determining the time of death; 15) Histological examination documentation,
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Manipulations to be performed: Tissue removal methodology in autopsy and their fixation, histomaterial excision, microscopic examination of at least 50 autopsy materials (300 histological preparations), computer processing of examination results, formulation of forensic histological conclusions (histological diagnoses), photography and computer processing of histopreparations, interpretation of histological examination results in expert opinion .
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
5.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
4
Length (weeks):
4
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Whitwell H., Milroy C., Daniel du Plesis, Forensic Neuropathology, 2nd ed. CRC Press, 2021
2.
Vincent J.H. Di Maio, D.Kimberly Molina, Di Maio’s Forensic Pathology, 3rd ed., 2021
3.
Cristoforo Pomara. Forensic and Clinical Forensic Autopsy: Atlas & Handbook. 2nd ed., 2020
4.
R.B.Dettmeyer. Forensic Histopathology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2nd ed. 2018
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Cancer staging handbook 7th ed. Springer, 2011
6.
В.Г. Науменко Н.А. Митяева «Гистологический и цитологический методы исследования в судебной медицине». Москва. «Медицина» 1980.
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Ю.И. Афанасьева «Гистология» Москва. «Медицина» 1989.
Additional Reading
1.
W.Janssen. Forensic Histopathology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, Tokyo, 1984.
2.
М.Я. Студеникин «Гипоксия плода новорожденного» Москва. «Медицина» 1984.
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Р.В. Бережной «Руководство по судебно-медицинской экспертизе отравлений» Москва. «Медицина» 1980.