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Al Maarefa College for Science & Technology

CURRICULUM AND THE BLUE PRINT OF THE EXAM

Topics / Lecture Date / Exam I
08/10/2015
MECHANICAL INJURIES: 2 Lectures
  • Definition and classification of wounds
  • Medico-legal importance of the wound
  • Estimate the date of wound occurrence.
  • Different types of wounds
  • Abrasion
  • Contusion
  • Lacerated Wounds
  • Incised Wound
  • Stab Wounds (puncture Wounds)
  • Fractures
  • Complications of wounds.
  • Regional injuries : Head injury, cut throat injuries and Road traffic accident injuries*
  • Thermal injuries : Injuries due to heat and cold, Frostbite, Burns, Scalds and *
  • Injuries due to Electricity, Lightening*
/ 4L
27/08/2015-
03/09/2015 / 25 MCQ
2. DEATH( 3 lectures)
•Differentiate properly between the cause of death, the mode and manner of death
•Describe different phases of death
•Discuss the molecular life
•List the diagnostic criteria to diagnose somatic death and sure signs to avoid burial of comatose pt.
•Discuss the accurate tests for diagnosis of
•Brainstem death and s condition of their application.
•Realize the importance of the followings:
•- Time of death
•- Manner of death
•- Difference between natural and unnatural death. / 03/09/2015
3. POST MORTEM CHANGES, DEATH cont.
I Irreversible loss of respiratory function
II. Irreversible loss of cardio circulatory functions
III. Irreversible loss of brain functions
IV. Algor mortis (postmortem coldness)
V. Livor mortis (postmortem Lividity )
VI. Rigor mortis (postmortem rigidity)
VII. Cadaveric spasm
VIII Loss of muscle contractions
IX. Putrefaction.
Estimation of time since death.
Sudden unexpected death, deaths from starvation,
Cold and heat and their medico-legal importance. / 10/09/2015 / 15 MCQ
Lecture Date / Exam II/MCQ
12/11/2015
3. RAPE 2 Lectures
  • Definition,types of rape:
  • The medical examination
  • Samples to be collected in victim
  • Medical examination of accused
  • Complications or dangers of rape
  • Medicolegal aspects
Tutorial / 17/09/2015 / 12 MCQ
EXAM 1( 40 Q = 20%)
  • MECHANICAL INJURIES
  • DEATH
  • POST MORTEM CHANGES, DEATH
/ 07/10/2015
4. PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY: 1 Lecture
Diagnosis of Pregnancy in Living
o Period of Gestation
O Delivery.
o Medicolegal Importance
o Evidences of Delivery in Dead / 1L
15/10/2015 / 8 MCQ
5. ABORTION: 1 Lecture
Medico - Legal Problems involved in Termination of Pregnancy
  • Abortion and Medical Termination of pregnancy.
  • Abortion.
  • Criminal Abortion
  • Justifiable Abortion (Therapeutic)
/ 1L
15/10/2015 / 10 MCQ
6. INFANTICIDES: 2 Lectures
i)Definition, Causes, Manners and Autopsy features
ii) Determination of age of Fetus and Infant
iii)Signs of live-born, stillborn and dead born child / 2L
22/10/2015 / 10 MCQ
VIOLENT ASPHYXIA: 1 Lecture
  • Asphyxia,
  • Hanging,
  • Strangulation,
  • Suffocation and
  • Drowning
/ 2L
29/10/2015
Tutorial and revision of Exam 2 / 05/11/2015
Exam 2 ( 40 Q = 20%)
  • RAPE
  • PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
  • ABORTION
  • INFANTICIDES
/ 12/11/2015
WOUND BALLISTICS (FIREARM WOUNDS)
1 Lecture
o Injuries Caused by Rifled Firearms (Gunshot Wounds)
. Smooth Bore Firearm Injury (Shotgun Injuries) 213
o Autopsy Examination
REGIONAL INJURIES. 3 Lectures
  • Head Injury
  • Scalp Injuries
  • Injury to Skull
  • Injury to Meninges and Brain
  • Injury to Brain
/ 19/112015
26/11/2015
Proposal for Slid show exam ( Skills) = 5marks / 3/12/2015
Research presentation / 10/12/2015
17/12/2015
Tutorial : 2 Lectures / 24/12/2015

* Highlighted topics in gray will be conducted only if there is enough time.

Exam I/MCQ

07/10/2015. Equal 20marks

Exam II/MCQ

12/11/2015. Equal 20 marks

STUDENT’s RESEARCH. Equal 15 marks

Proposal for Slid show exam ( Skills) = 5marks

Final Exam = 40%

FORENSIC MEDICINE BLUE PRINT, MCSTSemester 2 2015