Overall Aims of Course Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course Provides Students with: Aim 1 Basics of forensic medicine to recognize types of laws and their relation to medical practice. Aim 2 Understanding of basics of medical ethics, medico-legal aspects of health problems, malpractice and medical errors and the importance of preservation of evidences of significance for legal procedures. Aim 3 Ability to medically document and describe different injuries, death and post-mortem changes. Aim 4 Understanding of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical features and complications of common acute life threatening intoxications; to demonstrate Aim 5 Essential skills in diagnosis and management plan for common acute poisoning cases. Aim 6 Ethical rules in relationships with patients, colleagues and medical profession. Intended Learning Outcomes of Course (ILOs) Recall of Knowledge and Understanding: By the end of the course, students will be able to: Course ILO Program ILO a1 Identify the role of and criminal laws in medical practice. A11 a2 Define the basics of medico-legal aspects of hospital and general practice. A11 A12 a3 Describe items of human rights charter. A11 a4 Discuss elements of medical malpractice. A11 A12 a5 Discuss main points of personal identification in living and dead and the important ages of medico-legal importance. A4 a6 Identify proper diagnosis of death from the medical and legal points of view. A5
b9 Design the initial course of management to stabilize of acute life threatening intoxications. B7 Professional and Practical Skills By the end of the course, students will be able to: Course ILO Program ILO c1 Criticize and report medical malpractice cases. C10 c2 Identify and comment on individual’s age from a radiological specimen. C4 C10 c3 Identify and write a comment on different injuries. C10 c4 Write medico-legal reports and death certificates that fulfill the whole medico-legal requirements. C10 c5 Obtain and record medical history of intoxicated cases. C2 c6 Perform general and special clinical examination of intoxicated cases and detect emergency life threatening conditions. C3 c7 Identify pathologic findings in different images, ECG, ABG and laboratory test results. C4 c8 Practice Basics of health and patient’s safety and safety procedures. C6 c9 Perform Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a C7 c10 Perform endotracheal intubation on a model. C7 c11 Perform gastric lavage on a model. C7 c12 Test for the presence of toxins in urine. C7 c13 Identify toxin elimination substances and mention their indications, contraindications and route of administration. C1 c14 Identify and write a comment on different toxicological plants. C1 c15 Communicate clearly, sensitively and effectively with patients and their care givers, regardless of their social, cultural or ethnic background. C8 General and Transferable Skills By the end of the course, students will be able to: Course ILO Program ILO
Formative Assessment Assessments - Online quizes (MCQs) a1-a15 b1-b8 - Summative Assessment Continuous Assessment Home Assignments a1-a15 b1-b8 Presentations, Projects d3-d11 End-Round Written [MCQ ] a1-a15 b1-b8 Final WRITTEN EXAM a1-a15 b1-b8 PRACTICAL and CLINICAL EXAM c1-c15 ORAL EXAM a1-a15 b1-b8 Time Schedule Week Method All through the year Formative Assessment: Online Quizes All through the round Home Assignments Week 6 Presentations – Projects Weekly Assessments in POS Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 8 (end-round) Continuous Assessment MCQ exam End-Round Practical and Clinical Exam To be considered the final exam
Forensic Pathology (2001): DiMaio. V. & DiMaio D. Second edition. CRC Press London, New York Goldfrank's Toxicological Emergencies (2007): Hoffman, R. & Nelson, L. (Eds.). McGraw-Hill, New York 7.3 Recommended Color Atlas of Forensic Pathology (2000): Dix. J. CRC Press London, New York Haddad and Winchester’s Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose (2007): Shannon, M.; Borron, S. W.; Burns, M. (Eds.). Saunders Elsevier 7.4 Periodicals, Web Sites, etc 7.5 Others Course Coordinator Date: Prof. Dr.Yasser 8/10/2012 أستاذ ورئيس قسم الطب الشرعي والسموم أ.د/ مني القطب موسي