Personal Injury Assessment

Code:

MCF13_6

Acronym:

MCF13_6

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Forensic Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - SP (of 11-09-2017 to 31-07-2018)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Forensic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCF	11	Current Studies Plan	1	-	6	40	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide professionals involved or likely to be involved in issues of evaluation and repair of bodily post-traumatic harm, with knowledge and skills for conducting clinical forensic expertise in this area or in the orientation of bodily harm repair.

Learning outcomes and competences

The unit’s contents, while not comprehensively addressing all of the complexity and magnitude of the problems inherent to bodily harm assessment, address the main key points in order to create a broad understanding of the topic, while allowing students to develop capabilities to deepen their knowledge according to their intervening area. The contents were developed to raise the students’ sensitivity and critical judgment, thus promoting their problem solving ability.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. General methodology of bodily harm assessment. Causality nexus, previous state, consolidation


2. Assessment in Penal Law: Assumptions legal assessment and reparation of bodily harm. General principles of bodily harm assessment. Offenses to physical integrity


3. Assessment in Civil Law: Evolution, current situation and future perspectives. Expertise mission. Patterns of damage and its assessment and valorization. Temporary and permanent damages. Table of Disabilities, tridimensional scales and Compensation Table. The forensic medical report. The assessment in case of severe handicap. Particularities in the case of children and elderly


4. Assessment in Labor Law: Assumptions legal assessment and reparation of bodily harm. Types of forensic medical exams (single, review and medical boards). Temporary and permanent damages. National Table of Disabilities for Labor Accidents and Occupational Diseases. The forensic medical report.

Mandatory literature

Magalhães T et al; Recomendações gerais para a realização de relatórios periciais de clínica forense relativos ao dano pós-traumático, Revista Portuguesa do Dano Corporal XIX:53-61, 2010
Magalhães T et al; Recomendações gerais para a realização de relatórios periciais de clínica forense no âmbito do Direito Penal, Revista Portuguesa do Dano Corporal XIX:63-68, 2010
Magalhães T et al; Recomendações gerais para a realização de relatórios periciais de clínica forense no âmbito do Direito Trabalho, Revista Portuguesa do Dano Corporal XIX:69-78, 2010
Magalhães T et al; Recomendações gerais para a realização de relatórios periciais de clínica forense no âmbito do Direito Civil, Revista Portuguesa do Dano Corporal XIX:79-90, 2010

Complementary Bibliography

Magalhães T; Estudo tridimensional do dano corporal: lesão, função e situação. Sua aplicação médico-legal, Almedina, 1998
Vieira DN & Quintero JA; Aspetos práticos da avaliação do dano corporal em Direito Civil, Caixa Seguros, 2008

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures followed by practical sessions approaching clinical cases and case studies.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	80,00
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Total:	120,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The written assignment's grade will be the final grade of the curricular unit.