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Faculty of Law
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Forensic Science

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
HUK0257 Forensic Science 2/0/0 DE Turkish 3
Course Goals
Basic concepts of Forensic Medicine, regulations, frequently encountered practices in forensic medicine (and related definitions of death, physical or psychological trauma, sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse, etc.) and professional practice issues during the general point of view the terms used in forensic reports and give general information


Prerequisite(s) None
Corequisite(s) None
Special Requisite(s) None
Instructor(s) Professor Nadir Arıcan
Course Assistant(s) Res. Asst. Ümit Melih METİNTAŞ
Schedule Tuesday,16.00-17.45.
Office Hour(s) n.arican@iku.edu.tr u.metintas@iku.edu.tr
Teaching Methods and Techniques Oral presentation, Discussion, Powerpoint slide presentation, Video, Interactive methods
Principle Sources 1)Polat O., İnanıcı MA, Aksoy ME. Adli Tıp Ders Kitabı. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi. İstanbul 1997 

2)Koç S. Can M. Birinci Basamakta Adli Tıp. İstanbul Tabip odası Yayınları, İstanbul. 2009

3)OBE McLay WDS. Clinical Forensic Medicine. Second Ed. Greenwich Medical Media. London. 1996

4)Aykaç M. Adli Tıp. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi. İstanbul 1993

5)Soysal Z. Adli Tıp. İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Yayınları. 1999.
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Death- Organ and tisuue transplantation-Euthenasia, Postmortem changes OP, Case study,PP presentation
2. Week Toxycology ve toxic gases- alcohol - substance abuse OP, PP presentation
3. Week Postmortem examination - autopsy OP, - video
4. Week Sexual assault PP presentation, OP
5. Week Injury - I PP presentation, OP
6. Week Injury- II PP presentation, OP
7. Week Domestic violence- Child abuse- Forensic psychiatry PP presentation, OP
8. Week Asphyxia PP presentation, OP
9. Week Asphyxia PP presentation, OP
10. Week Scene investigations - Identification PP presentation, OP
11. Week Forensic report PP presentation, OP
12. Week Ethic and human rights PP presentation, OP
13. Week Expert witness - Responsibilities of doctors PP presentation, OP
14. Week Medical Malpractice PP presentation, OP
15. Week Final exam test
16. Week Final exam test
17. Week Final exam test
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Final Exam 1 100


Program Outcomes
PO-1Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources;
PO-2Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-3Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements;
PO-4Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written;
PO-5Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language;
PO-6Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility;
PO-7Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems;
PO-8Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case;
PO-9Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-10Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-11Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law;
PO-12Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing;
PO-13Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions;
PO-14Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process;
PO-15Have knowledge on European Union Acquis Communautaire and operation of its institutions;
PO-16Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity;
PO-17Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems;
PO-18Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches;
PO-19Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale;
PO-20Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms;
PO-21Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process;
PO-22Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group;
PO-23Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-24Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals;
PO-25Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits;
PO-26Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up;
PO-27Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1Knows Expert Witness and Forensic of units of the national level Knows the general approach of the Practice of Forensic Medicine Understand the institutional and legal arrangements
LO-2Knows legal regulations about Juidicial approach to forensic cases and expert witness
LO-3Knows related to death (clinical death, brain death, brain-stem death) concepts the medical and legal size. The process of death, postmortem changes will have informed level. Knows Legal concept of criminal cases by the time of death identify the scope for the use
LO-4Knows legal size of organ and tissue removal and storage and transplantation knows inadequacy and proposed solutions of law of tissue and organ transplantation
LO-5Knows the concept of Postmortem examination, forensic autopsy and medical autopsy Knows the purpose of forensic autopsy and legal arrangements . Knows forensic report types, importance and basic principles according to Turkish Penal Code
LO-6Knows purpose of Forensic identification - the concepts of medical identity
LO-7Knows the importance of assessments in terms of forensic psychiatric patients. Knows to importance of forensic psychiatric evaluations in adults and children-related definitions of the concept of criminal responsibility, and knows the principles of medical ethics and legal appraisal
LO-8Knows approach to expert witness ethically and legal regulations
LO-9Understands the legal definitions of sexual assault cases
LO-10Knows human rights violations and related act. Knows the patient-physician relationship, knows the concepts of informed consent and malpractice
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
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