Forensic terminology with emphasis on the understanding of the underlying pathology of traumatic, sudden, and unexpected deaths encountered.
The course deals with medico-legal investigation of death and injury due to natural causes, accidents, and violence. It covers analysis/investigation of transportation injuries, of homicides and suicides due to various causes, and of sexual crimes.
This course integrates basic and clinical science disciplines in one system-based course to compose a working knowledge of the principles of medical, scientific, and technical evidence-gathering and the presentation of such evidence in the courts of law.