Forensic Pathology

Code:

PD_CF55

Acronym:

PD_CF55

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Forensic Sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - SP (of 13-09-2021 to 31-07-2022)

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDCF	7	Ciências Forenses_13	1	-	9	42	243
		Current Studies Plan	1	-	9	42	243

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To develop knowledge, skills and competences in forensic pathology, allowing students to actively participate in the crime scene investigation, in forensic autopsies, in the evidence and other biological samples collection, as well as in the elaboration of the autopsy report and in the discussion of the results in the forensic expertise setting.

Learning outcomes and competences

Being the concern to provide students with knowledge, skills and competencies that enable them to actively participate in a forensic autopsy, teaching methodology is adequate through practical classes, in order to allow the training of gestures which are expectable in a real situation and that are important to attain in this context.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Autopsy management


2. Crime scene investigation


3. Body identification


4. Lophoscopy


5. Clothing examination


6. Forensic photodocumentation


7. The general forensic autopsy technique


8. Specific forensic autopsy techniques


9. Biological samples selection and sampling techniques for the different ancillary exams


10. Physical and biological evidence management


11. Ballistics


12. Samples management for histopathological exams


13. Forensic autopsy report

Mandatory literature

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Crime scene and evidence collection handbook, 1999
DiMaio, V; Forensic Pathology, CRC Press, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

42 hours of clinical practice (participation in forensic medical exams of victims of trauma of diverse etiologies, with a ratio teacher:student of 1:2.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	2,00
Estudo autónomo	84,00
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Total:	126,00

Eligibility for exams

Students will be evaluated though a written assignment (original research or monograph), its oral presentation and discussion, being its score equivalent to the final grade of the curricular unit.

Calculation formula of final grade

Written assignment (70%) + oral presentation (30%) = 100%