📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
⚖️ Forensic Medicine
Negative Autopsy, Concealed Trauma and Artifacts
- Define negative autopsy.
- Describe causes of the negative autopsy.
- Describe concealed trauma.
- Describe autopsy artefacts.
- Describe the importance of forensic artefacts.
- Describe effect of artefacts on the opinion of post-mortem report.
Infanticide, Viability and Live Birth
- Describe infanticide and its related law.
- Describe the age of viability and its medico-legal significance.
- Describe the concept of live birth and separate existence.
- Describe the Hydrostatic test and its importance.
- Explain cause of death, i.e. acts of commission and acts of omission.
- Describe sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Autopsy of an Infected Body
- Describe the protocols for autopsy of the infected dead body.
- Describe the precautions required for autopsy of an infected person.
- Enlist the diseases transferred during autopsy of infected dead body.
Fragmentary Remains and Mutilated Bodies
- Describe autopsy of fragmentary remains and mutilated body.
- Discuss the protocols adopted for autopsy of fragmentary remains.
- Describe the samples needed for autopsy of fragmentary remains.
Embalming
- Define Embalming.
- Enlist the chemicals used for Embalming.
- Describe the procedure for Embalming.
- Describe the uses of Embalming.
