Syllabus
The course consists of medico-legal case work attachments, lectures, small group tutorials and assigned work based upon primary literature searches and requiring written opinions on case studies.
The greater part of the teaching is one-to-one and problem-oriented, utilizing case work. For this purpose, candidates are attached to individual academic members of staff in rotation. The case work includes trauma and other injuries arising as a result of accident, suicide and homicide; sudden death from natural disease; forensic toxicology; and allied forensic sciences. There are two lecture/tutorial series namely: forensic medicine, and forensic science. A listing of the subject covered in these lectures/tutorials is given on the following pages. Small group tutorials, held once a week, supplement the content of the lecture series, allow for presentation of case studies and interpretation of observations, discuss the current literature, and create an opportunity for discussion with invited speakers from disciplines allied to forensic medicine.
