Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Forensic Pathology IV
Course Code
RTM_030
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Forensic science
ECTS
13.00
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 improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the Forensic Pathology according to the requirements of Speciality of Forensic Medicine Experts to prepare the doctor for certification in the speciality of a forensic expert according to the laws and regulations of Latvian Republic.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Understand how to perform forensic medical examination and patho-anatomical autopsy.
Skills
1.Independently inspect a corpse at the scene of the incident and draw up an appropriate inspection report, know how to find important biological traces, independently perform a forensic medical and patho-anatomical autopsy of a corpse, remove the necessary samples for laboratory research, draw up a scientifically based expert opinion, know how to testify about the performed expertise at a court hearing or conduct a new or additional expertise during the court hearing.
Competences
1.Competence acquired during studies to independently perform forensic medical examinations of corpses, ability to perform procedural actions intended for a forensic medical expert in criminal proceedings, civil proceedings or administrative proceedings, acquired prior knowledge and skills for performing scientific-research and pedagogical work, ability to continue further education and introduce innovations in one's work, learned medical and the code of ethics of a forensic expert, the ability to communicate with specialists and the public, as well as to provide emergency medical assistance.
Assessment
Individual work
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To learn autopsy technique and instrumentation.
Prepare reports (papers) for seminars.
Carry out pedagogical work with students, younger residents.
To learn literature and forensic terminology in foreign languages.
Independently prepared Power point presentations according to the seminar plan with practical demonstration and analysis of own and other samples of VTMEC archive expertise relevant to the topic of the seminar (at least 3 literature sources on each topic and 3 practice examples).
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Examination
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Reports on the cadaver forensic medical examinations performed in each of the 4 course cycles, case analysis, testing of practical skills, testing of theoretical knowledge, evaluating theoretical knowledge and practical activity in a 10-point system. Monthly and annual assessment of professional competence, ethical compliance and mutual communication skills. Assessment of the learning process by the head of the study program 2 times a year. In the 4th year of study, examination of practical skills and manipulation skills (practical exam) in an autopsy in the presence of a commission of experts before the final exam of the theoretical resident; testing of theoretical knowledge in the residency final exam, in accordance with the residency final exam and certification procedure in the specialty of forensic medicine expert.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Research of clothing damage in cases of blunt, knife-cut, cut, gunshot injuries, specifics depending on the fabric material.
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Biomechanical properties of bone tissue and skin. Determining the sequence of wounds and fractures. Determining the mechanism of fracture occurrence. Biomechanical properties of bones and blood vessels, ligaments and their influence on trauma morphology and outcome. Changes in bone strength in osteoporosis, fused fracture, impact on muscle damage. determining the degree.
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Forensic anthropology. Determining the age of the human skeleton and burial. Exhumation. Taking samples from the burial site.
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Forensic radiology, its possibilities.
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Causes and complications of hypertension, morphological and microscopic changes
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Research methods in forensic stomatology. Lesions of teeth and facial skeleton, mechanism of their occurrence. Identification of individuals by facial skeletal features and teeth.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
13.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
6
Length (weeks):
10
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Miruša cilvēka tiesu medicīniskā ekspertīze (izmeklēšana) / LR Tiesu ekspertu padomē apstiprināta metode, 2017
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Vadlīnijas “Dzīvas personu un mirušo un tiesu medicīniskās ekspertīze”, VTMEC, 2021.10.07.
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Miesas bojājumu noteikšanas un novērtēšanas metode, v.3, 2018.03.15. (Kritēriji miesas bojājumu smaguma pakāpes noteikšanai, veicot medicīnisko ekspertīzi, LR Krimināllikums, 3.pielikums)
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Tiesu medicīnas ekspertīzes veikšanas metode gadījumos, kas saistīti ar ārstniecības personu profesionālo darbību, VTMEC, 2014
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J.Payne-James, Jones R.M. Simpson’s forensic medicine. London, 2020, 14th ed., 324 p.
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Senn David R., Richard A. Weems. Manual of Forensic Odontology, 5th ed., 2021
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Vincent J.H. Di Maio, D.Kimberly Molina. Di Maio’s Forensic Pathology, 3rd ed. 2021
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Cristoforo Pomara. Forensic and Clinical Forensic Autopsy: Atlas & Handbook, 2nd ed., 2020
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Tiesu medicīnas praktikums. Rīga, RSU, 2007
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LR Kriminālprocesa likums, 2005., ar labojumiem līdz 2021.
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Tiesu ekspertu likums, 2016
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Likums "Par miruša cilvēka ķermeņa aizsardzību un cilvēka audu un orgānu izmantošanu medicīnā" ar grozīj. līdz 2019.06.13.