00701 - Forensic Medicine

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student is able to - evaluate the legal and ethical aspects related to healthcare activities such as professional responsibility, secrecy, consent, mandatory healthcare treatments; - fulfill the duties imposed by law: drafting of certificates, mandatory reports including the report and the report to the Judicial Authority; - know which crimes can be prosecuted ex officio and upon complaint which may come to the attention of the doctor; - know the medico-legal aspects related to abortion, voluntary termination of pregnancy, conscientious objection provided for by law 194; - learn notions relating to forensic toxicology, forensic genetics, medico-legal traumatology and thanatology; - acquire knowledge relating to social insurance: accidents at work, occupational diseases, invalidity

Course contents

Practice of health professions. Unauthorized practice of the profession.

Professional secrecy.

Legal qualifications. Reports to the judicial authority. Crimes that can be prosecuted ex officio of interest for the doctor.

Medical records and certificates.

Consent and refusal of health treatments. Mandatory health treatments. Other aspects of Law 219/17.

Professional liability in the healthcare sector.

Overview of thanatology, determination of death.

Overview of traumatology.

Voluntary termination of pregnancy. Conscientious objection.

Occupational injuries and occupational diseases.

Pensionable invalidity and protection of disability in the welfare sector (outline).

Readings/Bibliography

CICOGNANI FALLANI PELOTTI - Medicina Legale, Esculapio, ultima edizione

AAVV - Medicina Legale per medici e studenti del corso di studi in medicina e chirurgia, Idelson Gnocchi, ultima edizione

Any other updated text of Legal Medicine.

Other material will be provided by the teacher during the course.

Teaching methods

Lectures. Discussion of cases.

Assessment methods

The exam will focus on the issues indicated in the "Course contents" section.

The exam consists in a multiple-choice test, with four answers for each question.

Students are asked to select one correct answer from the choices offered as a list.

A total of 65 questions will be included: n.26 on Forensic Medicine, n.26 on Occupational Medicine and n.13 on General and Social Pedagogy.

To get the maximum final score (30/30 cum laude) students should answer correctly to more than or equal to 63 questions. If the number of right scoring is 61 or 62 then the final score will be 30/30. Minimum final scoring (18/30) will be awarded for 36 correct answers and pass-scoring for each subject. Final score will be proportionally calculated for intermediate results.

Time for completing the test: 60 minutes.

Teaching tools

PC, video projector.

Office hours

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