FORENSIC MEDICINE AND MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
INCLUDING TOXICOLOGY (Click here for a photographic image of the Department)
1. Goal
The broad goal of teaching undergraduate students Forensic Medicine is to
produce a physician who is well informed about Medico-legal responsibility
during his/her practice of Medicine. He/She will also be capable of making
observations and inferring conclusions by logical deductions to set enquiries on
the right track in criminal matters and associated medico-legal problems. He/She
acquires knowledge of law in relation to Medical practice, Medical negligence
and respect for codes of Medical ethics.
2. Educational objectives
(a) Knowledge
At the end of the course, the student shall be able to
i. identify the basic Medico-legal aspects of hospital and general practice
ii. define the Medico-legal responsibilities of a general physician while
rendering community service either in a rural primary health centre or an urban
health centre
iii. appreciate the physician’s responsibilities in criminal matters and respect
for the codes of Medical ethics
iv. diagnose, manage and identify also legal aspect of common acute and chronic
poisonings
v. describe the Medico-legal aspects and findings of post-mortem examination in
cases of death due to common unnatural conditions and poisonings
vi. detect occupational and environmental poisoning, prevention and epidemiology
of common poisoning and their legal aspects particularly pertaining to Workmen’s
Compensation Act
vii. describe the general principles of analytical toxicology
(b) Skills
A comprehensive list of skills and attitude recommended by Medical Council of
India Regulation, 1997 desirable for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of
Surgery (MBBS) Graduate for Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
At the end of the course, the student shall be able to
i. make observations and logical inferences in order to initiate enquiries in
criminal matters and Medico-legal problems
a. to be able to carry on proper Medico-legal examination and
documentation/Reporting of Injury and Age
b. to be able to conduct examination for sexual offences and intoxication
c. to be able to preserve relevant ancillary materials for medico - legal
examination
d. to be able to identify important post-mortem findings in common unnatural
deaths
ii. diagnose and treat common emergencies in poisoning and chronic toxicity
iii. make observations and interpret findings at post-mortem examination
iv. observe the principles of medical ethics in the practice of his profession
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(Note: The above is as per the syllabus for MBBS course as prescribed by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik)