📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
⚖️ Forensic Medicine
Trace Evidence
- Define and describe trace evidence.
- Classify trace evidence.
- Explain Locard’s exchange principle.
- Describe the composition of blood and characteristics of different blood cells.
Blood Group Systems
- Describe basic genetic principles related to blood groups and their inheritance.
- Describe blood grouping based on:
- Red-cell antigens
- Blood proteins
- Enzymes
- White-cell antigens
- Describe methods of blood-group determination, including:
- Direct agglutination
- Ring test
- Gel diffusion
- Immunoelectrophoresis
- Indirect agglutination.
Medico-Legal Applications of Blood Groups
- Explain applications of blood-group evidence in:
- Inheritance claims
- Rh hazards
- Transfusion errors and adverse reactions
- DNA profiling
- Disputed paternity and maternity.
Bloodstains
- Describe examination of bloodstains by:
- Physical methods
- Chemical methods
- Physicochemical methods
- Microchemical methods
- Spectroscopic methods
- Immunological and enzymological methods for species determination
- Describe the medico-legal importance of bloodstains.
Collection and Preservation of Biological Material
- Describe principles of collection and preservation of:
- Blood
- Swabs and smears
- Saliva
- Semen
