Forensic Medicine 2-Week

(2 Credits)

This elective will provide an orientation to basic forensic medicine for medical students. Daily activities include observation of large numbers of medicolegal autopsies, review of in-hospital deaths and out of hospital death scenes, participation in departmental conferences, and accompanying forensic pathologists to court when they testify as expert witnesses at criminal trials. Students also will have an opportunity to observe the operation of medical examiner toxicology, forensic biology and molecular genetics laboratories and forensic anthropology.