At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will be able to explain the rules for applying the nursing profession. 2) Will be able to use principle technical and scientific information and methodology necessary for solving forensic cases. 3) Will be able to explain evaluations and regulations related to medicine and forensic medicine in the Turkish Law. 4) Will be able to establish relation with legal concepts and cases or events with legal and medical content. 5) Will be able to report to legal courts in report form the legal concepts related to cases or events with legal and medical content.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION
In this course the basic concepts related to forensic nursing practices; forensic traumatology,forensic gynecology, forensic pathology and thanotology, social forensic medicine, forensic psychiatry, forensic toxicology, forensic serology and forensic genetics and after subjects and important legal concepts related to the Turkish Law in connection with basic legal principles are explained.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Forensic Medicine: definition and brief history, Expertise
2nd Week
Nurses's legal responsibility and rights
3rd Week
Injuries related to mechanical force, Injuries related to physical factors: freezing, burns, electrical and radiation damage
Forensic pathology and Thanatology : Concept of death
6th Week
Corpse examination and discovery
7th Week
Postmortem changes
8th Week
Determining cause of death, determining time of death
9th Week
Forced deaths, natural deaths, examination of situation scenes: practical applications
10th Week
Identification: Forensic anthropology, forensic serology, use of molecular genetic methods in forensic medicine - collecting evidence for the purpose of DNA analysis
11th Week
Asphyxia and asphyxia related forced deaths
12th Week
Forensic toxicology
13th Week
Social Forensic Medicine: Violence, Child exploitation and neglect, Human rights abuses
14th Week
Forensic Gynecology: Sexual attacks, Trauma in pregnancy, Maternal deaths, Forensic autopsy, Clinical forensic medicine
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
-Knight B. (2004), Forensic Pathology, Great Britain, ARNOLD, LONDON- Third Edition. -Di Maio V J. Di Maio D., ( 2000), Forensic Pathology, USA: CRC press, Newyork - Second Edition -Polat O. (2007), Tüm Boyutlarıyla Çocuk İstismarı.Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık;. 1. Baskı -Soysal Z. Çakalır C., (1999), Adli Tıp( Cilt I, Cilt II, Cilt III), İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Yayınlarından, Rektörlük No: 4165, Fakülte No: 224. -Soysal Z. Eke M., Çağdır S., (1999), Adli Otopsi ( Cilt I, Cilt II, Cilt III), İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Yayınlarından, Rektörlük No: 4164, Fakülte No: 223. -Soysal Z. (2003), Adli Obstetrik / Jinekoloji ( Cilt I, Cilt II), Adli Tıp Kurumu Yayınları -9. -Polat O.( 2000), Adli Tıp, DER Yayınları No: 290. -AŞCIOĞLU Ç. Tıbbi Yardım ve El Atmalardan Doğan Sorumluluklar. Ankara 1993. -BÜKEN E., BÜKEN NÖ. "Tıpta Malpraktis ve Etik Yönleri", Yaşama Dair Etikçe Bir Bakış, Arda B. Büken NÖ. Duman YÖ. Öztürk H. Şahinoğlu S. Yetener M. Yıldız A. Ankara Medical Society Publ. 2002. p:86-112. -BÜKEN E., BÜKEN NÖ. Yasal ve Etik Yönleriyle Türkiye'de Tıbbi Malpraktis, Çağdaş Tıp Etiği, Demirhan Erdemir A., Öncel Ö., Aksoy Ş.(Eds). Nobel tıp kitabevleri. 2003. p: 163-178. -HANCI H., Hekimin Yasal Sorumlulukları ve Hakları, İkinci Baskı Toprak Ofset ve Matbaacılık Ltd. Sti.,İzmir,1999. -BÜKEN E., 1990 - 2000 Yılları Arasında Adli Tıp Kurumu Birinci ve İkinci İhtisas Kurullarına Obstetrik ve Jinekolojik Tıbbi Uygulama Hatası İddiasıyla Gönderilen Olguların Adli Tıp Açısından İrdelenmesi, T.C. Adalet Bakanlığı Adli Tıp Kurumu Başkanlığı Uzmanlık Tezi, İstanbul, 2002 -KÖROĞLU E, Sağlık Mevzuatı, Hacettepe Yayın Birliği, 2. Bas., Ankara,1987. -KÖROĞLU H., Türk Mahkemelerinde Bilirkişilik ve Bilirkişi Kurumları, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara 2001. -SAYEK F., Sağlıkla ilgili Uluslararası Belgeler, Türk Tabipleri Birliği Merkez Konseyi Yayını,Ankara, 1998 -TAŞKIN A. Organ ve Doku Nakillerinde Hekimin Cezai Sorumluluğu. Adil Yayınevi, Ankara, 1997. -Borçlar Kanunu, Kanun Numarası: 818, Kabul Tarihi: 22.04.1926, Resmi Gazete Yayım Tarihi: 359/29.04.1926. -Adli Tıp Kurumu Kanunu, Kanun Numarası: 2659, Kabul Tarihi: 14.04.1982,Resmi Gazete Yayım Tarihi: 17670/20.04.1982. -Hasta Hakları Yönetmeliği, Resmi Gazete Yayım Tarihi: 23420/01.08.1998. -BAYRAKTAR K. Hekimin Tedavi Nedeniyle Cezai Sorumluluğu. İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi, Doktora Tezi, İstanbul, 1972.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Discussion,Lecture,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
40
Total(%)
40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
60
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
1
1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
8
112
Preparation for Final exam
1
7
7
Course hours
14
2
28
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
5
5
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
2
2
Homework
Total Workload
155
Total Workload / 30
5,16
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
