Teaching forensic medicine in the University of Porto

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Teresa Magalhães (Autor) ICBAS; Ricardo Jorge Dinis Oliveira (Autor) FMUP; Santos A (Autor) FMUP

Revista

Título: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Vol. 25

Páginas: 46-49

ISSN: 1752-928X

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

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ID Authenticus: P-009-CY6

DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2014.04.011

Abstract (EN): The University of Porto (UP) provides education in Forensic Medicine (FM) through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle of studies, post-graduation and continuing education courses. This education is related to forensic pathology, clinical forensic medicine (including forensic psychology and psychiatry), forensic chemistry and toxicology, forensic genetics and biology, and criminalistics. With this work we intent to reflect on how we are currently teaching FM in the UP, at all levels of university graduation. We will present our models, regarding the educational objectives, curricular program and teaching/learning methodologies of each cycle of studies as well as in post-graduate and continuing education courses. Historically, and besides related administratively to the Ministry of Justice, the Portuguese Medico-Legal Institutes (since 1918) and more recently the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (INMLCF) also have educational and research responsibilities. Thus, it lends space and cooperates with academic institutions and this contribution, namely regarding teaching forensic sciences in Portugal has been judged as an example for other Countries. This contribution is so important that in UP, the Department of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Faculty of Medicine (FMUP) shares, until now, the same physical space with North Branch of the INMLCF, which represents a notorious advantage, since it makes possible the "learning by doing".

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 4