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Faculty of MedicineFaculty of MedicineAin Shams UniversityAin Shams University
Postgraduate StudiesPostgraduate Studies
Medical Doctorate in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Program Code: (FT700)
Program Guide and Logbook
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
I – Welcome StatementII - Mission StatementIII – Senior supervisor and affiliated departments and HospitalsIV – Program specifications 1 - Basic Information 2 - Professional Information 3 – Academic standards 4 - Curriculum structure and contents 5 - Program courses: 6. Program admission requirements: 7. Regulation for progression and program completion Medical Doctorate In Forensic medicin and Toxicology(FT700) course specifications a - Basic Information b - Professional InformationV - General informationVI – Your log book 1 - Introduction 2 - Supervisors 3 - Tables for training records 4 – Log book previewVII - Head of department approval for the exam entry
Detachable forms:
VIII – Thesis follow upIX - Evaluation forms
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I – Welcome Statement:The Department of of Forensic Medicine and Clinical
toxicology welcomes you to the Doctorate degree in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. As a department we are committed to medical student education and continuously strive to improve your educational experience.This handbook presents information guide and logbook activity of the (Doctorate) degree in Forensic Medicine and Clinical toxicology administered by the the Forensic Medicine and Clinical toxicology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University.
II - Mission Statement:The mission of the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University is
• The preparation of a competent graduate, who is able to compete on both national and regional levels, capable of life long learning, training and tutoring, while adhering to the codes of practice of medical health services and ethics.
• The college as well, seeks continuous development of programs and courses. It also enhances expansion of applied scientific research and health programs for community services and environmental development.
The mission of this degree is to graduate a comptent consultant in forensic medicine and forensic pathology, recognizes the types of laws and their relation to medical and medico-legal practice, understands essentials of forgery and counterfeits, discriminate between authentic and disguised questioned document, understands and apply the medico-legal aspects of forensic psychiatry, practice basics of medical ethics in medico-legal litigations, expresses competency in dealing with different medico-legal aspects of malpractice claims and medical errors, demonstrates essential practical skills in interpreting autopsy findings and analytical results and to expresses personal attribute
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of compassion, honesty, and integrity in relationships with different forensic sciences specialties, colleagues, courts and the medical profession.
III – Senior Supervisor and A ffilated Departments
Senior Supervisor
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IV – Program Specifications
A- Basic Information1. Program title:
Medical Doctorate In Forensic and Toxicology (FT700)
2. Program type: Single
2. Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
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3. Department:
Forensic Medicine and ClinicalToxicology
5. Co-ordinator
6. Assistant-ordinator
7. Last date of program approval:
B- Professional Information
1. Program aims:
Aknowledge the main medical, scientific and legal concepts, techniques and methods in order that the candidate has sufficient competence to understand human diseases, conditions and behaviour in a forensic setting.
An understanding of the basic organisational structures involved in the practice of forensic medicine and forensic sciences both locally and internationally.
Discriminte authentic documents from non authentic documents
Awareness of principles of questioned document examination and analytical procedures adopted.
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To give participants the confidence and skills to apply basic principles of forensic medicine in different contexts.
To encourage the acquisition of general scientific skills relating to autopsy procedures in investigating the cause and mechanism of death in suspected criminal cases.
To train participants on how to do critical analysis of medicolegal findings, interpretation and reporting of information and data of legal significance.
To offer a fresh and stimulating approach to the major legal laws in connection with forensic medicine practice, ethical and human right principles that govern the medico-legal approaches, malpractice claims and common medical errors.
Apply medico-legal aspects regarding forensic psychiatry practice on request from court.
To assert the principles of human and patients rights in minds of future physicians.
To realize the concepts that humans have the rights to live in dignity, respect, justice, protection, freedom, and equality without discrimination due to race, religion, believes, colour, or ethenic conditions that should be adopted during clinical and medicolegal practice.
To become oriented that every person has the right to physical and mental integrity andsecurity.
To be acquinted with different articles of charter of patient rights that should not be violated.
Apply the main items of patient rights during clinical and medicolegal practice.
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2. Intended learning outcomes (ILOs):
a. Knowledge and understanding:
By the end of the program the candidate will be able to:
a1- list gross anatomical structure of body regions of practical significance in forensic medicine.
a2- Understand the normal and pathological structure of organs of major medico-legal consequences.
a3- Identify the role of the civil and criminal laws in medical and forensic practices.
a4- Define ethical aspects of health practice.
a5- State human rights charter and patient rights charters.
a6- Define the elements of medical malpractice claims.
a7- Differentiate between the types of traumatic injuries, their causative instruments and the cause of death.
a8- List correctly the structure of medical reports and death certificates that fulfill the whole medico- legal requirements.
a9- Define the different autopsy techniques and tools to perform.
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a10- Recognize the types of medicolegal evidences, how to collect and preserve them.
a11- Define type of documents alteration as well as security threats to documents to determine forgery.
a12- Describes methods of forgery and counterfeiting of handwritings.
a13- identify instances of forgery how to analyze them. a14- Investigate medico-legal cases in a proper way to reach a
definite conclusion.
a15- Demonstrate essential practical understanding of legal cases encountered in forensic practice.
b. Intellectual capabilities:
By the end of the program the candidate will be able to:
b1- Manifest skills in dealing with questioned documents and to relate and apply the principle to their work environment.
b2- Anticipate problems dealing with the types of fraud and become aware of the specialized training course of staff development in document examination techniques and processes.
b3- Detect fraudulent documents, identify imposters, question and profil techniques in the workplace.
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b4- Integrate basic anatomical, pathological, laboratory, and radiologic findings to mdicolegal evidences that Explain problems of medical claims and legal litigations.
b5-Explain legal words in medicolegal reports for court.
b6-Be precise in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting medicolegal data.
b7- counsel consultants in cases of medical uncertainty.
b8-Formulate research questions that is pertinent to the court needs in suspected cases with medico-legal consequences.
c. Professional and practical skills :By the end of the program the candidate will be able to:
c1- Develop effective fraudulent document detection examination procedures
c2- Use state-of-the-art skills to detect and examine questioned documents c3- Demonstrate essential practical skills in forensic practice. c4- Investigate medico-legal cases in a proper way to reach a definite conclusion.c5- Describe full medico-legal report appropriate to
circumstances, police warrant, court requests , autopsy findings, laboratory, pathological and radiologic findings.
c6- Investigate effectively cases of child abuse and sexual assault of legal consequences.
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c7- Assess and interpret crime scene investigation evidences.
c8- Apply principles of human rights in medicolegal investigations.
c9- Provide evident skills in adopting medical ethics and professional secrecy in legal practice.
d. General and transferable skills:
By the end of the program the candidate will be able to: d1- Use information technology for personal development and professional collaboration practice.
d2- Develop information search strategies.
d3- Manifest effective and efficient use of available resources.
3. Academic standards: (Benchmarks) Academic reference standards guided by
- Forensic medicine of Monash University.
- Forensic medicine of Dundee University.
4. Curriculum structure and contents:
4a- Program duration: 6 Semesters Three years4b- Program structure:
i. Number of Credit Hours Required: 60 Credit Hours
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ii. Doctorate Degree: practical /Clinical Thesis 15 Credit Hoursiii. First Part: Basic Science Courses 6 Credit Hours iv. Second Part: Forensi Medicine andToxicolgy 22 Credit Hours
Elective Courses 2 Credit Hours v. Log Book: 15 Credit Hours
5. Program Curriculum:والسموم ) الشرعى الطب فى الدكتوراة FT 700 ) درجة
Medical Doctorate In Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (FT700)المناهج
المعتمدة الساعات ال#كود الدراسية المقرراتالعلمى البحث أساسيات دورة الجامعة متطلبات
1 FT7001 والتزوير التزييف
الأول الجزء 1 FT7002 الامراض فى الشرعية الطبية النفسية المسئولية 1 FT7003 الطبية المهن ممارسة وأخلاقيات كود 1 FT7004 الانسان حقوق مبادىء 1 FT7005 الطبية والمسئولية القانون 1 FT7006 الشرعية الطبية الآدلة أنواع 15 الرسالة 5 FT7007 الشرعى الطب
الثانى 5 الجزء FT7008 التشريحية الصفة أداء 3 FT7009 للتسمم الشرعية الطبية والادمان الوجهة 4 FT7010 والتحاليل الشرعية الطبية السمية ال#كيمياء 5 FT7011 وصفة شرعية طبية لقضايا تشريحية تطبيقات
2 E7024 E7026 E7011 E7041
من واحدة مادة الطالب يختار: التالية المقررات
الطبى الآحصاءالكمبيوتر إستخدام
المناعة علمالنووى والحمض الوراثة
إختيارية مقررات
15 الأنشطة كراسةالمجموع 60
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5. Program Curriculum:
5.1. Compulsory
والسموم )درجة الشرعى الطب فى FT 700 ) الدكتوراةMedical Doctorate In Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (FT700)
المناهج المعتمدة الساعات ال#كود الدراسية المقررات
العلمى البحث أساسيات دورة الجامعة متطلبات 1 FT7001 والتزوير التزييف
الأول الجزء 1 FT7002 فى الشرعية الطبية المسئولية
النفسية الامراض 1 FT7003 المهن ممارسة وأخلاقيات الطبية كود 1 FT7004 الانسان حقوق مبادىء 1 FT7005 الطبية والمسئولية القانون 1 FT7006 الشرعية الطبية الآدلة أنواع 5 FT7007 الشرعى الطب
الثانى 5 الجزء FT7008 التشريحية الصفة أداء 3 FT7009 للتسمم الشرعية الطبية والادمان الوجهة 4 FT7010 والتحاليل الشرعية الطبية السمية ال#كيمياء 5 FT7011 وصفة شرعية طبية لقضايا تشريحية تطبيقات
5.2. Electives:
2 E7024 E7026 E7011
من واحدة مادة الطالب يختار: التالية المقررات
الطبى الآحصاءالكمبيوتر إستخدام
إختيارية مقررات
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E7041 المناعة علمالنووى والحمض الوراثة
6. Program admission requirements:
درجة): 7المادة ( على للحصول الطالب لقيد يشترطالدكتوراه :-
أو -1 التخصص مادة في الماجستير درجة على حاصال يكون أنالجامعات إحدى من بها المتصلة األساسية المواد إحدى
لها . معادلة درجة على أو على -2المصرية العمل جهة موافقةالدراسة التدريب- 9 .متطلبات ومصاريف الرسوم تسديد
في المطلوبة المستندات وإستيفاء األجهزة وإستهالكدراسية- 10 0) 2الملحق ( فصول خمس لمدة للدراسة التفرغ
. يتم أن ويمكن الثاني الجزء امتحان دخول قبل األقل علىأو المستشفيات احد فى األقل على المدة لنفس التدريب
الشروط أستيفاء بعد الكلية من المعتمدة العلمية المراكز. المختصة األقسام تحددها التى
7. Regulation for progression and program completionاألولى : ): 8مادة ( العام فى مرتين الدكتوراه لدرجات التسجيل يتم
حتى نوفمبر أول من والثانية أغسطس آخر حتى يوليو أول آخر من0ديسمبر
دراسيين ): 9مادة ( فصلين على جامعى عام كل فى الدراسة توزعويبدا . أكتوبر أول فى االول يبدا اسبوعا عشر خمسة منهما كل مدة
. لمدة مكثف صيفى دراسى فصل تنظيم مع فبراير منصف فى الثانىللفصل . التسجيل يتم و اسابيع من ستة اسبوعين قبل الدراسى
. المسجلة المقررات حسب الشروط إستيفاء بعد االقل على بدايتهعن الواحد الفصل فى الدراسى العبء يزيد أن ساعات 6والينبغى
بداية. من اسبوعين خالل المقررات تعديل للطالب ويجوز معتمدةخالل ( ). االنسحاب له يجوز كما االضافة او بالحذف الدراسى الفصل
. فيه راسبا احتسابه دون المقرارت احد من اسابيع سته
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): 17مادة ( شهرا وثالثون ستة الدكتوراه على للحصول الدراسة مدة ( ) متكامال تدريبيا برنامجا الطالب خاللهم يجتاز دراسية فصول ست
الخامس بالباب الموضحة المعتمدة للساعات طبقا بالقسممتابعة كتيب فى منه المطلوب خاللها يسمح األنشطة ويستوفى وال
م المطلوب أرباع ثالثة إستيفاء قبل اإلمتحان بدخول من له نهالمعتمدة . الساعات
للدكتوراه ): 18مادة ( األول الجزء في الدراسة وجد مدة فصلإنفيه النجاح يشترط وال إمتحانا الطالب بعده يجتاز واحد دراسيالتدريب خاللها ويشترط الثاني الجزء في للدراسة لإلنتقال بالكامل
الجامعية المستشفيات المراكز بإحدى ولجنة أو القسم من المعتمدةالخارج أو بالداخل سواء بالكلية العليا يتم الدراسات أن على
المعتمدة للساعات طبقا الدراسة . إستكمالالرسالة ): 19مادة ( موضوع بتسجيل الدكتوراه لدرجة الدارس يقوم
القيد وال مع على تللدرجة عامين مرور قبل الرسالة مناقشة جوز. درجات لها يخصص وال للدرجة التسجيل
متطلبات ): 20مادة ( بإستيفاء الدكتوراه لدرجة الدارس يقومالكلية ومتطلبات التسجيل قبل الرسالة الجامعة قبلومناقشة
الثاني الجزء إمتحان على .دخول الحصول هي الجامعة ومتطلباتمجموع ( اإلنجليزية اللغة في التويفل ) 550شهادة ومتطلبات درجة
بالكلية العليا الدراسات لجنة من معتمدة دورات حضور هى الكليةإجتياز أو الطبي واإلحصاء الطبية والدراسات التخطيط مجال فى
. اللجنة تحددها خاصة إختباراتالدكتوراه ): 21مادة ( لدراسة المعتمدة تسعون الساعات و ست
و الماجستير اثناء دراستهم تمت ساعة ثالثون و ست منها ساعةستون عشرة معتمدة ساعة يضاف خمس منها ويخصص األقل على
متابعة لكتيب وست األنشطة ساعة للرسالة ساعة عشرة وخمساألول للجزء األقل على وجد ساعات . إن
لمجلس ): 22مادة ( ويجوز سنوات خمس الدكتوراه لدرجة القيد مدةالدراسات لجنة موافقة وبعد الكلية مجلس طلب على بناءا الجامعة
من سنوية تقارير إلى وإستنادا القسم مجلس طلب بعد بالكلية العلياواحد عام بإضافة السماح الطالب على المشرفين أقصى جميع وبحد
. الدكتوراه درجة على للحصول القيد تاريخ من سنوات ثمانا ت): 23مادة ( المواد لتزم أقسام مع باألشتراك المعنية القسام
ب المختلفة المرتبطة التقييم وسائل تشمل موضوعية إمتحانات وضع
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إكلينيكية وإختبارات ، اإلختيارات ومتعددة وقصيرة طويلة أسئلة منالمناهج كراسة تشمل أن على المختلفة المهارات تقيس مقننةبالكلية . العليا الدراسات لجنة من وتعتمد ذلك تفاصيل
للدكتوراه ): 24مادة ( النهائى االمتحان درجات درجة 1500مجموع. 300منها الف المعدل اليها ويضاف وجد إن األول للجزء لىصدرجة
يوازى بما . 400التراكمىعام ): 25مادة ( كل من ونوفمبر أكتوبر في األول الدور إمتحان يعقد
. عام كل من ومايو أبريل فى الثاني الدور إمتحان ويعقدعلى ):26مادة ( الحصول بعد الدكتوراه مواد فى النجاح %60يكون
درجة .من حدة على كل والشفوي واالكلينيكى والعملي التحريري
Item Mark
Poin
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GPA
scor
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حالةالطال
Stud
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stat
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During semester
End of semeste
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First semester (If present) 80 300 380
Second semester 80 80Third semester 80 80Fourth semester 80 80Fifth semester 80 80Sixth semesterFinal exam
Written
1200 * 1200OralPractical /Clinical
Total 400 1500 1900
للنقاط: طبقا الطالب درجات تعادل ملحوظةالتالى الوجه :على
A 4:فأكثر % 90 -1
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نقاط
أقل% 85من- 2 حتى %90من
:3.67 نقاط
A-
أقل% 80من -3 حتى%85من
:3.33 نقاط
B+
أقل% 75من -4 حتى%80من
:3.00 نقاط
B
أقل% 70من -5 حتى%75من
:2.67 نقاط
B-
أقل% 65من -6 حتى%70من
:2.33 نقاط
C+
أقل% 62من- 7 حتى%65من
:2.00 نقاط
C
أقل% 60من -8 حتى%62من
:1.67 نقاط
C-
من -9 Fصفر:%60أقل
5. Program courses:
Forgery and counterfeit FT 7001والتزوير FT7001 التزييف
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
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Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: First semester
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Forgery and counterfeit FT 7001
Credit Hours: One Credit Hour
Lecture 3 Tutorial: 6 Practical & SDL:12
Total: One credit hour
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1- Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
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1. Enhance participants' knowledge and understanding in the management of all type of documents as well as security documents.
2. Improve skills in dealing with questioned documents and to relate and apply the principles in their work environment.
3. Anticipate problems dealing with the types of fraud and become aware of the specialized training curricule for staff development in document examination techniques and processes.
4. Increase staff awareness and skills, together with a clear process for dealing with issues effective work practices. A well trained staff is valuable and a productive asset for any organization.
5. Perform an organized intellectual thinking in preparation of expert reports and case analysis.
6. Analyze the handwriting sample of a classmate using the tweleve different characteristics.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: 1. Describe the principles of handwriting examination.
2. Understand the factors that cause changes in handwritings.
3. State the differences between forgery and fraud.
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4. Illustrate the differences between disguised writings and simulation.
5. State the standards of comparison of handwriting.
6. Recognize the techniques of alteration of documents.
7. Identify the methods of analysis of handwritings.
8. List the twelve point of comparison of handwritings.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
1. Provide intellectual skills in schematic approach for basic information and guides in the management of documents that are resistant to fraud and conform to International Standards.
2. Analyse the twelve different examplers used in handwriting analysis.
3. Provide evidences of effective examination tools in the workplace.
4. Perform an organized intellectual thinking in preparation of expert reports and case analysis.
5. Provide advice on the effectiveness of security documents and printing.
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6. Intrpret principles of document security features and basic travel document security features.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
1. Establish genuineness or nongenuineness, or to expose forgery, or to reveal alterations, additions or deletions.
2. Identify or eliminate persons as the source of handwriting.
3. Differentiate types of Forgeries, simple, simulation and tracing.
4. Examine the handwriting for line quality and describe it.
5. Analyze the handwriting sample of a classmate using the tweleve different characteristics.
6. Write reports or give testimony, when needed, to aid the users of the examiner's services in understanding the examiner's findings."
7. Provide an example for the twelve different characteristics used in handwriting analysis.
d- General and transferable skills
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By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
1. Maintain honesty and integrity in all communication activities with colleagues and others with whom forensic pathologist must interact during their practical lives.
2. Utilizes problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
3. Manages time, prioritaires workloads and Recognizes and manages personal emotions.
4. Communicates the medico-legal information in written, oral or electronic forms.
10 Course content: Forgery and counterfeit FT 7001
والتزوير FT7001 التزييف
Credit hours: 1 Credit hour
TopicsNo. of hours
L T P SDL
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Handwriting identification and the judicial process.
.Difintion of forgery and counterfeit.
Medicolegal aspects of handwriting comparison.
Genuineness or nongenuineness or to expose forgery.
Alterations, additions or deletions. Care and handling of documents. Equiping a laboratory for
handwriting examination. Standards of comparison of
handwriting. Principles of discrimination of
handwriting. Extrinsical factors influencing
handwriting. Intrinsical variables of
handwritings. Handriting analysis and
comparison procedures.
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L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning
3 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 50 points distributed between:
4.1 written exam to assess knowledge 30 Points
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4.2 Spotting practical exam to assess skills 10 points
4.3 Clinical medicolegal case exam 10 points
Medicolegal aspects of forensic psychiatry (FT 7002)
النفسية االمراض فى الشرعية الطبية المسئولية) FT7002 (
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: First semester
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
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Title: Medicolegal aspects of forensic psychiatry (FT 7002)
Credit Hours: One Credit Hour
Lecture 8 Tutorial: 7 Practical & SDL:
Total: One credit hour
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
2- Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1) Describe the basic law for psychiatrists and forensic psychiatry practice.
2) Understand the roles, responsibilities and ethics of forensic psychiatry.
3) Differeniate between speculation and restraints and how to investigate them legally.
4) Define child abuse and neglect and methods of abuse and prepare forensic reports.
5) Apply crime classification, profiling and psychological autopsy in forensic practice.
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6) Analyze cases of sexual harassment and prepare medicolegal psychiatric report properly.
7) Express competency in neuropsychiatric assessment in toxic exposure cases.
8) Investigate cases of torture and prepare a proper medicolegal report.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. Describe the civil and criminal laws concerning forensic psychiatry.
a2. State the statutes and administrative regulations.
a3. Understand the roles, responsibilities and ethics of forensic psychiatry.
a4. Recognize the differences between insanity, diminished capacity, and malingering.
a5. Illustrate the conditions of competency to stand trials and to enter a plea to testify.
a6. State the standards of child custody and parental competence.
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a7. . Identify the psychological and psychiatric measures in forensic practice.
a8. List the forensic psychiatric aspects of terrorism, torture, and brainwashing.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: b1. Provide intellectual skills in applying the roles,
responsibilities, and ethics of forensic psychiatry.b2. Analyze psychiatric assessment of cases to determine insanity.b3. Demonstrate efficiency in detecting the competency of a
suspect to enter a plea and testify.b4. Provide evidences of effective examination of child abuse
and sexual harassment cases. b5. Perform an organized intellectual thinking in preparation of
expert reports and case analysis. b6. Provide advice in cases of speculations and restraints and
write a medicolegal report.b7. Interpret neuropsychiatric assessment findings in toxic
exposure cases.B8. Analyze data collected in cases of torture to interpret
physical, psychological, and evidential findings to prepare a through report of torture cases.
c- Professional skillsBy the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Apply basic law for forensic psychiatric practice.
c2. Manifest competency in ethical aspects of forensic psychiatry.
c3. Identify or eliminate persons as victims of torture, terrorism, child abuse or sexual harassment. .
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c4. Report cases of malingering of suspected criminals in situations of insanity defence.
c5. Determine persons who can stand trial or to enter a plea and testify.
c6. Adopt psychological and psychiatric measures in forensic practice.
c7. Prepare accurate medicolegal report after properly investigating cases of child abuse and neglect.
c8. Write reports or give testimony, when needed, to aid the court in appling justice in crimes.
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Maintain honesty and integrity in all communication activities with colleagues and others with whom forensic pathologist must interact during their practical lives.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in varieties of practical situation.
d3. Manages time, prioritaires workloads and Recognizes and manages personal emotions.
d4. Communicates the medico-legal information in written, oral or electronic forms.
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Course content:Medicolegal aspects of forensic psychiatry (FT 7002)
النفسية االمراض فى الشرعية الطبية المسئولية ) FT7002 (
Credit hours: 1 Credit hour
Topics No. of hoursL T P SDL
A. Basic law for psychiatrists:- Civil and criminal laws- Statutes and administrative
regulationsB. The roles, responsibilities, and
ethics of forensic psychiatry.C. Insanity defence.D. Diminished capacityE. Confideniality and privilegeF. MalingeringG. Comptence to stand trialH. Comptence to enter a plea and
testifyI. Voluntariness of confessionJ. Terrorism, torture and brainwashingK. Right to treatment or refuse
treatmentL. Seculation and restraints
M. Child abuse and neglectN. Child custody /parental competenceO. Sexual harassmentP. Forensic aspects of substance abuseQ. Crime classification, profiling, and
psychological autopsy
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R. Psychological and psychiatric measures in forensic practice
S. Neuropsychiatric assessment in toxic exposure casesL: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning
3 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 50 points distributed between:
3.1 written exam and MCQ to assess knowledge 30 Points
3.2 Oral exam 20 points
Code of ethics, bioethics, and professional secracy (FT7003)
FT ( ة كود وأخالقيات ممارسة المهن الطبي7003 (
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
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Departments offering the course Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: First part
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Code of ethics, bioethics and professional secracy (FT7003)
Credit Hours: One Credit Hour
Lecture: 8 Tutorial: 2 Practical:10
Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
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1. Define and apply the main elements of values of medical ethics in his practical work.
2. Acquire a scientific background of the laws and regulations of professional secrecy.
3. State the types of informed consent, its structure and the legal implications.
4. Recognize the value of confidentiality as an ethical principle and how to implement in practice.
5. Differentiate between legal requirements and ethical values and how to deal with in conflicts.
6. Understand the duties of physicians and forensic pathologist towards the community.
7. Recognize the duties towards his profession and the requirements to keep professional secrecy.
8. Describe the attitude of forensic pathologist towards his colleagues.
9. Identify the principles and duties stated in law towards victims or cadavers of legal litigations.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
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a1. Develop rich understanding of core issues in medical ethics
values in medical and legal practices.
a2. Recall the basic ethical principles values (informed concent, confidentiality, beneficence, autonomy, and non-maleficence) in the field of medico-legal practice.
a3. Apply the ethical guidelines in major conflicts in clinical and forensic practices.
a4. Understand conditions of disclosure of professional secrecy.
a5. Be aware of their roles towards his collegues, profession and the community.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Illustrate proper conduct on conditions of conflicts between professional secrecy and his personal protection in cases of legal allegations.
b2. Apply the ethical guidelines in major conflicts in clinical practice. This includes clinical research, end of life care, financial conflicts, organ transplantation, gene therapy and gene research.
b3. Develop tools for analyzing ethical issues in medicolegal practice.
b4. Resolve ethical dilemmas in clinical practice.
c- Professional skills
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By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Solve medico-legal claims regarding medical approaches of physicians with patients.
c2. Assess medical files of deaths due to poisoning properly to confirm the cause of death.
c3. Apply principles of medical ethics during forensic practice and handling of evidences and data.
c4. Manifest evidences of conduct that should not allow a conflict of interest to influence judgment.
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Be prepared for the longlife learning needs of the ethical problems encountered in practice.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
d3. Communicates the ethical data in written, oral or electronic forms.
d4. Use information technology effectively in applying ethical values in legal practice.
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3-Course content:Code of ethics, bioethics, and professional secracy (FT7003)
) 7003 ( ة كود وأخالقيات ممارسة المهن الطبيCredit hours: 1 Credit hour
Topics No. of hoursL T C/P SDL
1. Background of medical ethics and professional secrecy.2. Values in medical ethics and its application in legal liability 3. Informed consent (definition, types, structure, limitations, and application in medical and legal practice.4. Confidentiality (definition, types, structure, limitations, and application in medical and legal practice.5. Benificence and its application in legal litigations.6. Autonomy and medico-legal practice.7. Non-Maleficence and Confilects
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of interest.8. Futility and justice and dignity.9. Ethical issues of forensic approaches to poisoning claims.10. Duties towards the community.11. Duties towards the profession.12. Duties towards the patients, victims and cadavers.13. Duties towards the colleagues.14. Application s in forensic practice.
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L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning
4 - Student Assessment Methods: Weighing of assessment (Marks): 50 points distributed between:Written And MCQ exams 30 Points Practical exam 20 points
Human rights principles (FT 7004)
اآلنسـان حقـوق ) FT7004 ( مبادىء
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
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Departments offering the course: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: First semester
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title Human rights principles Code: (FT 7004)Credit Hours: One Credit HourLecture 7 Tutorial: 3 Practical & SDL: 10Total: One credit hourCo-coordinator:B - Professional Information3- Course Aims: The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Describe the main articles of universal declaration of human rights.
2. Recognize that human dignity of all people is the foundation of justice and peace in the world.
3. Identify justice, tolerance, and dignity as public moral imperatives.
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4. Foster attitude of tolerance, respect, solidarity, and responsibility.
5. Develop awareness of how human rights can be translated into social and political reality.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. List the main components of the universal declaration of human rights.
a2. State the main principles of patient rights charter.
a3. Recognize that all persons have the rights to a secure, healthy, ecologically sound environment.
a4. Understand that all persons shall be free from any discrimination in regard to actions and decisions that affect the environment, the faculty, and health practice.
a5. Realize that freedom of speech, belief, fear, and want are the the highest aspiration of the people.
a6. Discriminate between justice, dignity and respect applications in medical practice.
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a7. Identify that everyone has the rights to an effective access to health services without discrimination due to age, race, religions, beliefs and thoughts.
a8. Recognize the laws and legal protections that regulate human rights.
b- Intellectual skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Provide intellectual approaches in respecting persons and patients.
b2. Respect moral and cultural beliefs, and religious and philosophical conviction.
b3. Demonstrate efficiency to detect violation of human rights during medicolegal investigtaion.
b4. Provide evidences of effective applications of patient rights principles during examination of child abuse and sexual harassment litigation cases.
b5. Perform an organized intellectual respect to privacy and confidentiality in preparation of expert reports and case analysis.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: c1. Apply basic human right principles in forensic medicolegal practice.
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c2. Manifest competency in application of patient rights in aspects of court litigations.
c3. Identify or eliminate persons as victims of human rights violation in medical malpractice claims.
c4. Strengthen respect for human personality and its dignity.
c5. Build programs and capacities for human rights education at his working hospitals and institutions
c6. Adopt equality before law, nondiscrimination on ground of religion, race, caste, sex, and beliefs.
c7. Prepare accurate medicolegal report that follow up the principles of human and patient principles.
c8. Write reports or give testimony, when needed, to aid the court in appling justice in crimes.
d- General and transferable skillsBy the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Maintain honesty and integrity in all communication activities with colleagues and others with whom forensic pathologist must interact during their practical lives.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in varieties of practical situation.
d3. Manages time, prioritaires workloads and Recognizes and manages personal emotions.
d4. Communicates the medico-legal information in written, oral or electronic forms.
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Topics No. of hoursL T P SDL
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1) Universal declaration of human rights:
History - Precursors- Drafting- Adoption
Structure Permeable Human rights set out in declaration Commemration Significance and legal effect Praise and criticism
2) The Patients' Rights Charter: Definitions Main patient rights principles
3) Medicolegal implications4) Patient responsibilities
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L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning3 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 50 points distributed between:
3.1 written exam and MCQ to assess knowledge 30 Points
3.2 Oral exam 10 points
3.3 practical exam 10 points
Laws and Medicolegal responsibilities (FT7005)
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) FT 7005 ( القانون والمسئولية الطبية
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: First part
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Medicolegal responsibilities and medical malpractice Code: (FT 7005)
Credit Hours: One Credit Hours
Lecture: 7 Tutorial: 5 Practical:6
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Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Understand differences between moral and legal responsibilities of physicians and surgeons.
2. List Legal considerations of medical and surgical practices.
3. Identify the different laws that regulate medical and medicolegal practice.
4. Discriminate between civil and criminal laws and their relations with medical practice.
5. Recall articles of civil and criminal laws that are applied on situations in medical practices.
6. Determine elements of medical malpractice claims.
7. Define medical errors, their legal definition, types and the yardstick of assessments.
8. Describe types of infirmities or injuries of legal consequences, standards and proof of them.
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9. Conclude evidences of fault- perminant infirmity relationship to proof medical malpractice.
10. Apply the principles of human and patient rights charters in his handling of legal materials.
11. Illustrate evidences of adopting principles of medical ethics in his medico-legal practice.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. List the different laws and regulations that regulate medical and legal practice.
a2. Understand the role of civil and criminal laws in medical and legal practice.
a3. Recognize the elements of medical malpractices to save victim rights.
a4. Define medical errors, types, their burden of proof criteria and the legal consequences.
a5. Differentiate between contract and negligent responsibilities in medical or surgical faults.
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a6. Explain differences between simple and grave medical errors and legal punishment in each.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1.Compare civil and criminal responsibilities of physicians regarding who to assert, responsibility to claim, burden of proof, types of evidential proof, punishment and statute of limitation.
b2. Define elements of malpractice.
b3. Precise a civil law responsibilities of physicians and surgeons.
1. Conclude aspects of criminal liabities and torts (negligence, carelessness and/or non-prudence).
2. Summarize conditions of criminal trials of physicians, surgeons and/or forensic pathologists.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:1. Apply principles of laws regulating medical and forensic
practices and their legal considerations.2. Summarizes artices of civil, criminal, ethical, prescriptions,
forgery, counterfeit and professional secrecy laws concerned with medical, surgical and forensic practices.
3. Solve medical malpractice claims referred from courts depending on medical evidences.
4. Assess medical files of deaths due to poisoning properly to exclude medical torts.
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5. Write a legally perfect medico-legal report justifying findings in accordance to laws articles.
d- General and transferable skillsBy the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs of the ethical problems encountered in practice.
2. Utilizes problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
3. Communicates the ethical data in written, oral or electronic forms.
4. Use information technology effectively in applying ethical values in legal practice.
3-Course content:
Credit hours: One Credit hoursTopics No. of hours
L T C/P SDL
1. Laws and regulations controlling medical practice.
2. The civil and criminal laws and applications on practices.
3. Differences between civil and criminal suits on physicians.
4. Human & patients rights during medico-legal practice.
5. Responsibility (types, elements and yardstick).
6. Medical malpractice lawsuits.7. Conditions of civil liabity of forensic
pathologists.8. Common criminal lawsuits encountered
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in practice.9. Articles of laws concerened with medical,
surgical practice.10. Medico-legal approaches to malpractice
suits.11. Intentions and ignorance and medicolegal
responsibilities.12. Case study training of malpractice claims.13. Medico-legal responsibilities during
medical practice of: -- Emergency Medicine.- General Medicine. - Surgery. - Pediatrics.- Gynecology & Obstetrics. - Radiology.
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L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning4 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 50 points
Written And MCQ exams 30 Points
Oral exam 20 Points
Medicolegal Evidences (FT 7006)
الشرعية الطبية اآلدلة ) FT 7006 ( أنواع
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: First semester
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Medicolegal Evidences (FT 7006)
Credit Hours: One Credit Hour
Lecture 6 Tutorial 4 Practical & SDL: 10
Total: One credit hour
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
4- Course Aims:
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The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Describe common types of physical evidences.
2. Understand the significance of physical evidences.
3. Define the basics of digital forensic evidences.
4. Differeniate between physical and digital evidences.
5. Express comptency in chain of custody procedures for forensic evidence.
6. Apply correct analytical procedures and techniques for common physical evidences.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. Describe common types of physical evidences.
a2. State the significance of physical evidences in forensic reconstruction of crimes.
a3. Understand the basics of digital forensic evidences.
a4. Recognize the forensic evidence handling guidelines.
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a6. State the risk analysis for evidence collection.
a7. Recognize the chain of custody of evidence collection and analysis.
a8. Define types of forensic laboratories including serology, toxicology, and biology laboratories.
a9. List the anlalytical tools and methods used for analysis of physical evidences.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Justify the procedures used to gather evidence from a crime scene.
b2. Evaluate the techniques used to analyse physical evidences.
b3. Demonstrate efficiency in choice of techniques to analyse chemical evidences.
b4. Provide evidences of effective examination of biologic evidence collected from a simulated scene.
b5. Perform an organized intellectual thinking in preparation of expert reports and case analysis.
b6. Construct a possible crime activity from the collected and analysed evidences.
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b7. Interpret data obtained from evidences to determine risks during evidence collection.
b8. Provide skillful interpretation of digital forensic evidences analysis data to reach a conclusion.
b9. Choose the proper analytical technique for examination of digital forensic evidence.
b10. Provide medicolegal consultation to the court or lawyers regarding digital forensic evidence.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Gather forensic evidence from a simulated crime scene using appropriate methods.
c2. Use chemical techniques to analyse physical evidence from a simulated crime scene.
c3. Identify or eliminate evidence found at acrime scene due to high risk factors.
c4. Report the analysis of evidence from a simulated crime scene.
c5. Adopt proper chain of custody in collecting, preserving, shipping, analysis, and reporting.
c7. Prepare accurate medicolegal report after properly investigating forensic evidences.
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d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:d1. Maintain honesty and integrity in all communication
activities with colleagues and others with whom forensic pathologist must interact during their practical lives.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in varieties of practical situation.
d3. Manages time, prioritaires workloads and Recognizes and manages personal emotions.
d4. Communicates the medico-legal information in written, oral or electronic forms.
3: Course content:Credit hours: 1 Credit hour
Topics No. of hoursL T P SDL
- Common types of physical evidences.
- The significance of physical evidences.
- Identification of evidences.- Forensic evidence handling
guidelines.- Chain of custody of evidences.- Risk analysis for evidence collection.- Collection procedures for forensic
evidence.- Materials used in visualisation of
evidences.- Preservation of physical evidences.- Shipping of evidences.
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- Analytical procedures of forensic evidence.
- Crime scene reconstruction.- Fundamentals of digital forensic
evidence.- Preparation and construction of a
medicolegal report.- Principles of forensic photograpgy.
L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning
3 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 50 points distributed between:
3.1 written exam and MCQ to assess knowledge 30 Points3.2 Practical exam 20 points
Forensic Medicine(FT7007) ) FT7007 ( الطب الشرعى
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
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Departments offering the course Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: Second part
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Forensic Medicine Code: FT 7007
Credit Hours: 5 Credit Hours
Lecture: 18 Tutorial: 20 Practical: 15
Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Determine the cause of death, the mechanism and manner of death.
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2. Identify the characteristics that differentiate the manner of death.
3. Assess the time of death and injury.
4. Interprte collected data to decide the mode of dying when necessary and possible.
5. Document injuries, deduce mechanisms of development and suggest causative instruments.
6. Provide expert testimony if the case goes to trial.
7. Write a legally perfect medical report and death certificates.
8. Recognize the types of forensic evidences necessary for criminal investigation.
9. Examine cases of child abuse, sexual harassement, and torture properly and report them.
10. Investigate cases of forensic psychiatry referred from court and write medicolegal reports.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
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a1. Develop rich understanding of core issues in medical ethics values in medical and legal practice.
a2. Differentiate between various types of traumatic injuries and their causative instruments.
a3. Discuss the legal significance of causation of head injuries.
a4. Realize the types of legal evidences and their methods of collection.
a5. Recognize the legal aspects of sexual assaults to save victim rights.
a6. Define different sexual abuses and their legal implications.
a7. Explain causes of sudden infant death syndrome.
a8. List the types of sexual offences or deviation and their signs to able to diagnose them.
a9. Choose the accurate methods of sample preservation for medico-legal purposes.
a10. Describe the forensic indications for DNA typing and how to preserve samples for court request.
a11. Interprt data recovered from examination of a suspected victim of torture and report them.
a12. Perform forensic psychiatry analysis of torture cases to report legal responsibility of the accused.
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a13. Recognize the differences in applications of civil & criminal laws in primary care practice.
a14. Define elements of malpractice.
a15. Employ human rights and patient rights in medicolegal practice of cases referred from courts.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Define elements of malpractice in forensic pathological practice and adopt scientific approaches.
b2. Employ human rights and patients rights in medicolegal investigation of legally suspected cases.
b3. Express competency in applying ethical codes in legal practice.
b4. Differentiate between types of injuries and their causative instruments.
b5. Discriminate thermal and electrical injuries and relate possible causes of infliction and deaths.
b6. Interpret medicolegal data collected to perform a through medicolegal report..
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
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c1. Apply legal considerations of primary care and forensic practices.
c2. Solve medical malpractice claims referred from courts depending on medical evidences.
c3. Assess medical files of medical deaths and poisoning properly to confirm the cause of death.
c4. Write a legally perfect medical report and death certificates.
c5. Judge traumatic wounds from fabricated wounds.
c6. Identify traumatic injuries and discriminate them from defense and fabricated injuries.
c7. Determine age of injuries and post injury survival time.
c8. Detect chest, abdominal, and head injuries in X – ray and CT films.
c9. Differentiate between antimortem and postmortem injuries and causation.
c10. Discriminate between different causes of violent asphyxia deaths and investigate them properly.
c11. Examine cases of suspected violent sexual harassement and report the findings to the court.
c12. Perform comlpete investigation of cases of torture, document their physical and psychological findings and report them to the legal authorities and court.
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d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs of the ethical problems encountered in practice.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.d3. Communicate the ethical data in written, oral or electronic forms.
d4. Use information technology effectively in applying ethical values in legal practice.
d5.Work effectively within a team.
d6. Cope with a changing work environment.
3-Course content:Forensic Medicine (FT7007)
) FT 7007 ( الطب الشرعى
Credit hours: 5 Credit hours
Topics No. of hoursL T C/P SDL
1. Medico-legal investigative system.2. Professional liability and Attendance at
court.3. Mass disasters and forensic investigation.4. Crime scene investigation.5. The medical report and the death
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certificates.6. Timing of death7. Identification of living and dead persons
and remains.8. Death and postmortem changes.9. The pathology of sudden death.10. Cause, mechanism and manner of death.11. Investigation of the cause of death.12. Pathology of blunt trauma wounds.13. Blunt trauma injuries of chest, abdomen
and extremities.14. Transportation injuries, accidents, skull
and brain injuries.15. Disability assessment (degree and
compensation).16. Firearm injuries.17. Injuries due to physical agents.18. Violent asphyxia and immersion deaths.19. Sexual assault examination of living and
deaths.20. Death in custudy and torture
investigations and reporting.21. Medicolegal aspects of pregnancy,
delivery and abortion.22. Sudden infant death syndrome and
infanticides.23. Eletocution and lighting.24. Hypothermia and hyperthermia deaths.25. Emboli deaths (blood thrombi, amniotic
and fat emboli).26. Deaths due to natural diseases.27. Sudden death during or immediately after
a struggle.28. Radiation injuries.29. Forensic lights.30. Finger print examination and brain
fingerprint.31. The role of imaging techniques in
forensic applications.
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L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning4 - Student Assessment Methods: Weighing of assessment (Marks): 250 points
Written And MCQ exams 120 Points
Oral exam 50 Points
Practical exam 80 Points
The medicolegal autopsy (FT7008)
) FT7008 ( أداء الصفة التشريحية
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: Second part
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Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: The medicolegal autopsy Code: FT (7008)
Credit Hours: 5 Credit Hours
Lecture: 30 Tutorial: 25 Practical:35
Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Determine the objectives of medicolegal autopsy.
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2. Identify the causes of negative autopsy.
3. Realize the tools necessary to perform autopsy.
4. Document injuries, deduce mechanisms of development and suggest causative instruments.
5. Interprte collected autopsy data to decide the mode of dying when necessary and possible.
6. Describe the procedure of autopsy.
7. Differentiate between different autopsy incisions and their medicolegal implications.
8. Develop practical orientation and application of medicolegal autopsy.
9. Provide expert testimony if the case goes to trial.
10. Write a legally perfect medical report and death certificates.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. Develop rich understanding of the core issues of objectives of
medicolegal autopsy.
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a2. Describe the legal procedures that should be adopted before performing autopsy.
a3. Differentiate between types of autopsy incisions and their indications in practice.
a4. List causes of negative autopsy.
a5. Understand autopsy artifacts.
a6. Realize the types of legal evidences and their methods of collection of organs and fluids.
a7. Define the methods of preservation of collected samples and chain of custody during autopsy.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Define the indications of autopsy.
b2. Employ human rights and patients rights in clinical care.
b3. Express competency in applying ethical codes in medicolegal practice.
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b4. Differentiate between types of injuries detected during autopsy and their causative instruments.
b5. Discriminate thermal and electrical injuries and relate possible causes of infliction and deaths.
b6. Interpret medicolegal data collected to perform a through medicolegal report..
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
1. Apply legal considerations of primary care and forensic practices.
2. Solve medical malpractice claims referred from courts depending on medical evidences.
3. Assess medical files of deaths due to poisoning properly to confirm the cause of death.
4. Write a legally perfect medical report and death certificates.
5. Judge traumatic wounds from fabricated wounds.
6. Identify traumatic injuries and discriminate them from defense and fabricated injuries.
7. Determine age of injuries and post injury survival time.
8. Detect chest, abdominal, and head injuries in X – ray and CT films.
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9. Differentiate between antimortem and postmortem injuries and causation.
10. Discriminate between different causes of violent asphyxia deaths and investigate them properly.
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs of the ethical problems encountered in practice.
2. Utilizes problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
3. Communicates the autopsy data in written, oral or electronic forms.
4. Use information technology effectively in applying ethical values in legal practice.
5. Work effectively within a team.
3-Course content:Credit hours: 5 Credit hours
Topics No. of hoursL T C/P SD
L1. Medico-legal investigative system. 2. The objectives of an autopsy.3. Preliminaries to an autopsy.4. Autopsy tools.5. Attendence of an autopsy.6. Examination of the scene.7. Property, clothing, and identification.
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8. External examination.9. Internal examination.
Types of incisions. Opening the thorax Examination of the abdomen. Removal of the viscera. Removing the neck structures. Removal of thoracic content. Removal of abdominal organs. Removal of pelvic organs. Removal of the brain. Removal and examination of the spinal
cord.10. Examination of the organs.
The neck structures The lungs and heart and great vessels. The brain.
11. Microbiology and Toxicology examination.12. Forensic photography.13. The autopsy report.14. Negative autopsy.15. Resuscitation injuries and postmortem artifacts.16. Exhumation17. The role of imaging techniques during autopsy.18. Practical training in the morgue and/or
hospitals.19. Cases study (Problem Oriented Learning)
training.
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Oral exam 50 Points
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Medicolegal aspects of poisoning and abuse (FT6009)
المسئولية الطبية الشرعية للتسمم واإلدمان
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: Second part
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Medicolegal aspects of poisoning and abuse Code: FT 6009
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Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours
Lecture: Tutorial: Practical:
Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Understand the medico-legal considerations adopted in handling of poisoning cases.
2. List types of poisons used to facilitate robbery.
3. Identify the medico-legal concerns implemented in suspected drug use in sports.
4. Apply articles of civil and criminal laws on situations of poisoning suits.
5. Assess the toxicokinetecs and toxicodynamics of various drugs and chemicals.
6. Evaluate general management principles of poisoned patients.
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7. Detect target organ toxicity of drugs and chemicals and their mechanisms of development.
8. Recognize the clinical picture presentations of different intoxications to determine the accuracy of diagnoses in malpractice claims their medicolegal implications.
9. Analyze the lines of treatment procedures adopted with acute poisoning cases of claims of malpractice to determine their significance.
10. Determine elements of medical malpractice and cause of death in poisoning lawsuit.
11. Define drug abuse, their legal definition, types and the yardstick of assessments.
12. Recognize toxicological disasters and methods of investigation and sampling.
13. Detect discrepancies between clinical diagnosis of poisoning, laboratory results, pathologic findings and autopsy findings in unexplained cause of poisoning deaths.
14. Investigate cases of poisoning or deaths resulting from smuggling and body baking.
15. Discuss the legal aspects of drug and solvent abuse and dependence.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a- Knowledge and understandingBy the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
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a1. List the causes, scene investigation, sampling techniques and reporting in toxicological disasters.a2. Understand role of drugs and chemicals in facilitating sexual abuse crimes and their investigations.a3. Recognize the methods of body baking and manifestations of toxicity in such cases.a4. Define the use of drugs and chemicals in sports and doping, and the legal consequences.a5. State the types of drug abuse, their legal definition, types and the manifestations of dependence.a6. Explain medicolegal responsibility of physicians of their assistants, nursing and paramedic’s faults.a7. Understand the toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of drugs and chemicals.a8. Identify the different clinical presentations of acute poisoning
of drugs and chemicals to be able to assess the accuracy of diagnoses of different intoxications in medicolegal claims.
a9. Analyze the medical files of cases of intoxications with various gases, drugs and chemicals in order to detect any medicolegal errors in diagnosis, malpractice in management or negligence in follow up of patients.
a10. Write a correct medicolegal report regarding the legal responsibility of physicans in lawsuit cases.
b- Intellectual skills. By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Investigate thoughtful cases of deaths in hospitals and clinics due to poisoning. b2. Conclude elements of malpractice in management of acute intoxication in lawsuit cases.b3. Do medicolegal investigations in sexual crimes aided with drugs use.
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b4. Manage a crime scene investigation plan for toxicological disasters.b5. Interpret data of cases of body baking and manifestations of toxicity in such cases.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:1. Investigate lawsuit cases of poisons used to facilitate
robbery.2. Discriminate between accidental, suicidal and homicidal
cases of poisoning.3. Discuss the legal aspects of drug and solvent abuse and
dependence.4. Solve medical malpractice claims referred from courts
depending on medical evidences.6. Assess medical files of deaths of substance abuse properly
to exclude medical negligence.7. Write a legally perfect medico-legal report justifying
findings in accordance to laws articles.8. Perform correct interpretation of clinical presentations of
acute poisoning cases, their possible toxicokinetics and dynamics, and lines of treatments to solve malpractice claims.
9. Assess the accuracy of interventions adopted with intoxicated patients in ICU to determine their needs in clinical situations, the correct procedures adopted, and sequelae for legal concerns.
10. Write a through medicolegal report regarding claims of malpractice or negligence during management of intoxicated patients.
d- General and transferable skillsBy the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
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1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs of the ethical problems encountered in practice.
2. Utilizes problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
3. Communicates the data in Witten, oral or electronic formes.
4. Use information technology effectively in applying ethical values in legal practice.
5. Analyze and use numerical data including the use simple statistical methods.
3-Course content:
Topics No. of hoursL T P SD
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1. Laws and regulations controlling poisoning practices.
2. Drugs used in facilitating robbery.3. Medico-legal aspects of dopping.4. Applications of civil and criminal laws on
poisoning cases.5. Medico-legal handling of toxicological
disasters situations.6. Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of
drugs, gases and chemicals.7. Toxidromes of clinical presentations in
poisoning cases.8. Analytical tools adopted with
intoxications and their legal significances.
9. Assessing the correcteness of medical performance of physicans towards poisoned patients regarding diagnoses, managements, and follow up.
10. Interpretation of laboratory data presnt in medical files.
11. Evaluation of interventions performed in
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wards or in ICU.12. Medico-legal aspects of substance and
solvent abuse.13. Medical malpractice lawsuits.14. Conditions of civil liabity of forensic
pathologists.15. Common criminal lawsuits encountered
in practice.16. Intentions and ignorance and medicolegal
responsibilities.17. Investigation of poisoning deaths.18. Medico-legal aspects of smuggling and
body backing.19. Lawsuit applications on poisoning and
abuse.
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Written And MCQ exams 100 PointsOral exam 20 Points
Practical exam 30 Points
Forensic analytical chemistry (FT7010)
) 7010 ( الكيمياء الطبية الشرعية
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University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: Second part
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic InformationTitle: Forensic analytical chemistry Code: (FT7010)Credit Hours: 4 Credit HourLecture: 15 Tutorial: 15 Practical:
30Total: Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
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The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Acquire an appropriate scientific background of the types of forensic laboratories, objectives and techniques of forensic laboratory examination, and tools used during laboratory analyses.
2. Understand the role of chemical laboratories in forensics examination of corpses and livings.
3. Descibe methods of collection of forensic evidences, methods of recovery and preservation, way of chipping, and the chain of custody.
4. List tissue extraction mthods adopted in forensic practice and analytic procedures in use.
5. Perform the practical procedures adopted in preparation of analytical samples.
6. Choose the proper analytical procedure required for each forensic analytic situation.
7. Detect possible analytical results abnormalities and suggest possible mechanisms of occurrence.
8. Explain possible analytical artefacts and discripances in values detected.
9. Express a degree of comptency in writing forensic analytical reports.
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2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. Recognize the objectives of forensic and criminal samples analytical methods.
a2. Understand the different subdivisions of forensic laboratories.
a3. List the typess of forensic evidences and how collect each item for analytic examination.
a4. Recognize the analytical tools that help in forensic ananlysis and the role of each of them.
a5. Identify different pathologyy tools and their role during performing forensic autopsy.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Exlpain the methods and procedures applied by the forensic laboratories to identifymarkers from the forensic biological evidentiality samples such as blood, semen, and other body fluid and stains.
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b2. Describe items of physical evidence at crime scene, and methods of collection, preservation, analysis, comparison and reporting.
b3. Identify the legal issues involved in crime scene processing and evidence collection.
b4. Explain fundamental crime scene processing techniques with various types of physical evidences.
b5. Predict the role of the forensic scientists as expert witnesses.
c- Professional skillsBy the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Predict the analytical tool techniques indicated for each forensic evidence examination.
c2. Interpret analytical results findings with other forensic investigation evidences.
c3. Discriminate between recent and old stains, collect them from services and extract them.
d- General and transferable skillsBy the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Work effectively within a team.
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d2. Take responsibility for personal and professional learning and development.
d3. Utilize problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
d4. Communicates the analytical data in written, oral or electronic forms.
d5. Manages time, prioritizes workloads and reciognizes and manages personal emotions.
-Course content:Credit hours: 4 Credit hour
Topics No. of hoursL T P SDL
1. Fundumentals of forensaic laboratory.
2. Basic techniques in forensic laboratory.
3. Introduction to rapid colorimetric screening test.
4. Spectrophotometry principles and applications.
5. Basics of immunoassays methods and interpretations.
6. Principles of thin layer ghromatography and applications.
7. Gas chromatography principles and applications.
8. Quality control in forensic medicine laboratories.
9. Basic principles of forensic analysis: Collection techniques of forensic
samples Containers and contaminants
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Preservation of samples and preservatives
Packaging and continuity Chain of custody in handling of
forensic samples Quality control in forensic
sampling procedures10. Types of forensic evidences:
Hair and fibers. Semen. Saliva. Stains. Nails Blood (fessh, old, dried stains) Vomits and execrata, Cloths. Tools. Finger prints.
11. Extraction methods of forensic organs samples
12. Analytical techniques applied in forensic analysis
13. Reporting of forensic analysis data
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1.1 written And MCQ exams 25 Points
4.2 Practical exam to assess skills. 25 Points
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4.3 Oral exam 10 Points
Applications of medicolegal practice lawsuit cases (7011)
تشريحية وصفة شرعية طبية لقضايا ( تطبيقات7011 (
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: MD degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Academic Level: Second semester
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
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Title: Applications of medicolegal practice lawsuit cases Code (FT7011)
Credit Hours: 5 Credit Hour
Lecture Tutorial: Practical & SDL:
Total: 5 credit hour
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
3 Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Realize the tools necessary to perform autopsy.
2. Document injuries, deduce mechanisms of development and suggest causative instruments.
3. Interprte collected autopsy data to decide the mode of dying when necessary and possible.
4. Describe the procedure of autopsy.
5. Differentiate between different autopsy incisions and their medicolegal implications.
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6. Differeniate between speculation and restraints and how to investigate them legally.
7. Realize the tools necessary to perform autopsy.
8. Interprte collected autopsy data to decide the mode of dying when necessary and possible.
9. Describe the procedure of autopsy.
10. Differentiate between different autopsy incisions and their medicolegal implications.
11. Define child abuse and neglect and methods of abuse and prepare forensic reports.
12. Analyze cases of sexual harassment and prepare medicolegal psychiatric report properly.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. Describe the civil and criminal laws concerning forensic psychiatry.
a2. State the statutes and administrative regulations.
a3. Understand the roles, responsibilities and ethics of forensic psychiatry.
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a4. Recognize the differences between insanity, diminished capacity, and malingering.
a5. Illustrate the conditions of competency to stand trials and to enter a plea to testify.
a6. State the standards of child custody and parental competence.
a7. Recognize the techniques of alteration of documents.
a8. Identify the psychological and psychiatric measures in forensic practice.
a9. List the forensic psychiatric aspects of terrorism, torture, and brainwashing.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Provide intellectual skills in applying the roles, responsibilities, and ethics of forensic practice.
b2. Analyze psychiatric assessment of cases referred from courts to determine insanity.
b3. Demonstrate efficiency to detect the competency of a suspect to enter a plea and testify.
b4. Provide evidences of effective examination of child abuse and sexual harassment cases.
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b5. Perform an organized intellectual thinking in preparation of expert reports and case analysis.
b6. Provide advice in cases of speculations and restraints and write a medicolegal report.
b7. Interpret autopsy assessment findings in toxic exposure cases.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Apply legal considerations of primary care and forensic practices.
c2. Solve medical malpractice claims referred from courts depending on medical evidences.
c3. Assess medical files of deaths due to poisoning properly to confirm the cause of death.
c4. Write a legally perfect medical report and death certificates.
c5. Judge traumatic wounds from fabricated wounds.
c6. Identify traumatic injuries and discriminate them from defense and fabricated injuries.
c7. Determine age of injuries and post injury survival time.
c8. Detect chest, abdominal, and head injuries in X – ray and CT films.
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c9. Differentiate between antimortem and postmortem injuries and causation.
c10. Discriminate between different causes of violent asphyxia deaths and investigate them p
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Maintain honesty and integrity in all communication activities with colleagues and others with whom forensic pathologist must interact during their practical lives.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in varieties of practical situation.
d3. Manages time, prioritaires workloads and Recognizes and manages personal emotions.
d4. Communicates the medico-legal information in written, oral or electronic forms.
3. Course content:
Applications of medicolegal practice lawsuit cases (7011)
تشريحية وصفة شرعية طبية لقضايا ( تطبيقات7011 (
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Credit hours: 5 Credit hour
Topics No. of hoursL T P SDL
Practical training:-Case attendance at the morgue of zeinhomCase attendance and training at the ministry of justice, ramses.
Attendence and training in:-Traumatology units cases training in hospitals.- Problem oriented case studies.
Assisting in medicolegal reports of the consultancy unit.
Reporting and analyzing cases referred from the university
Reporting child abuse cases present at the pediatric department
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3 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 250 points distributed between:
3.1 written exam and MCQ exams 50 Points
3.2 Oral exam 25 points
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3.3 Autopsy exam 50 points
3.4 clinical forensic exam 50 points
3.5 Commentary exam 75 points
6.Electives courses:
Medical Statistics (E7024)
أآلحصاء الطبىUniversity: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: Master degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course Community Medicine/or اآللى الحاسب مركز
Academic Level: Second part
Date of specification approval:A- Basic Information
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Title: Medical Statistics Code: E 7024
Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
Lecture: Tutorial: Practical:
Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Understand the basics of medical statistics.
2. Analyze medico-legal data using medical statistics.
3. Select the proper samples and sampling techniques.
4. Recognize computer SPSW program of statistics (formally SPSS).
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
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By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. List the types of descriptive statistics (cross tabulation, fre1uencies, and descriptive ratio statistics).
a2. Understand Bivariate statistics (means, t-test, ANOVA, correlation and nonparametric tests.
a3. Recognize Prediction for numerical outcomes: linear regression.
a4. Define Prediction for identifying groups (factor analysis, cluster analysis and disciminant).
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Analyze data using different descriptive statistics methods.
b2. Conduct bivariate statistics on research study data and interpret the results.
b3. Predict numerous outcomes correctly through using proper statistical analysis methods.
c- Professional skills
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By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Apply to use SPSW computer program to perform statistical analysis.
c2. Calculate the mean, student t-test and correlation coefficient on a given data and document results.
c3. Choose the proper samples needed for statistical analysis for each research and statistical studies.
c4. Conduct accurate sampling method for each situation and interpret the significance of results.
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs of the ethical problems encountered in practice.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
d3. Communicates the data in written, oral or electronic forms.
3-Course content:
Medical statistics (E7024)
أآلحصاء الطبى
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Topics No. of hoursL T C/P SD
L1. Samples and sampling methods.2. Descriptive statistics.3. Bivariate statistics.4. Prediction for numerical
outcomes.5. Prediction for identifying groups.6. SPSW (formally SPSS) program
and its applications.
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4 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 100 points
Written and MCQ exam 50 PointsPractical exam 5o Points
ECDL/ICDL (E7026)
إستخدام الكمبيوتر
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
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Program on which the course is given: Master degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course مانحة جهة أىالدولية للشهادة
Academic Level: Second part
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: ECDL/ICDL Code: E 7026
Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
Lecture: Tutorial: Practical:
Total:
Co-coordinator:
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B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Understand the basics of ECDL/ICDL program.
2. Improve his confidence and skills in IT.
3. Choose the right software tool for the job or study.
4. Apply concepts of information technology.
5. Use the compute and manage files.
6. Perform spreadsheets and database management.
7. Skillied in word processing, presentation and information &communication.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. List the seven domains of ECLD/ICDL certificate.
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a2. Understand concepts of information technology.
a3. Recognize word processing software and applications of Excell softwre.
a4. Define information &communication in the field of medico-legal practice.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Analyze data using different spreadsheets and Exell softwre.
b2. Conduct word processing statistics on research study data and interpret the results.
b3. Predict computer problems encountered during use and manage them.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Apply to use word processing and spreadsheets computer programs to career statistical analysis.
c2. Use computer in his work to perform presentations and do databases.
c3. Manage the medico-legal files correctly in compute and save them.
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c4. Choose the proper IT program needed for analysis for each research and occupational studies.
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
d3. Communicates the data in written, oral or electronic forms.
3-Course content:ECDL/ICDL (E7026)
إستخدام الكمبيوتر
Topics No. of hoursL T C/P SD
L1. Concepts of information
technology.2. Using the computer and
managing files.3. Word processing.4. Spreadsheets (Excell
program).5. Database.6. Presentation.7. Information and
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L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning
4 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 100 points
ECDL/ICDL certificate 100 Points
N.B: The certificate of license date must be after the registration date of the degree.
Immnology (E7011)
علم المناعة
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: Master degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course Microbiology department
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Academic Level: Second part
Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Immunology Code: E 7011
Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
Lecture: Tutorial: Practical:
Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Understand the basics of immunology.
2. Improve his skills in interpreting data indicating a role of immune system in causing deaths.
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3. Choose the right immunological explanation in explaining the mechanism of death of a victim.
4. Apply concepts of immunology in research studies.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. List the cells and organs of the immune system.
a2. Understand concepts of antigen-antibody reactions.
a3. Recognize Major Histocompatibility Complex.
a4. Define T&B-cell receptors, maturation, activation and differentiation.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: b1. Analyze cell-mediated effectors responses.
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b2. Conduct through investigation of deaths due to hypersensitivity reactions
b3. Predict role of cytokines in causation of death and how to avoid their effects.
b4. Select the proper immunological method in performing research.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Apply immunological concept and data in interpreting the cause and mechanism of death.
c2. Select the best way to investigate alleged ceses of hypersensitivity reaction deaths in hospitals.
c3. Use the best immunological experimental systems in conducting research in his career.
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
3-Course content:Immnology (E7011)
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علم المناعة
Topics No. of hoursL T C/P SD
L1. Cells and organs of the immune
system.2. Antigens.3. Antibodies: structure and function.4. Organization and expression of
immunological genes.5. Antigen-Antibody interactions
principles and applications.6. Major Histocomptability
Complex.7. Antigen processing and
presentation.8. T-cells receptors.9. T-cells maturation, activation and
differentiation.10. B-cells generation, activation and
differentiation.11. Cytokines.12. The complement system.13. Cell-mediated effector responses.14. Leucocytes migration and
inflammation. 15. Hypersensitivity reactions.16. Immune response to infectious
diseases.17. Autoimmunity.18. Immunological experimental
research methods and techniques.
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4 - Student Assessment Methods:
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Written and MCQ exams 60 Points
Practical exam 40 Points
Genetics and DNA (E7041)
) E7041 ( الوراثة والحمض النووى
University: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Program on which the course is given: Master degree in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Major or Minor element of the program: Major
Department offering the program: Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Departments offering the course Microbiology department
Academic Level: Second part
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Date of specification approval:
A- Basic Information
Title: Genetics and DNA Code: (E 7041)
Credit Hours: 2 Credit Hours
Lecture: Tutorial: Practical:
Total:
Co-coordinator:
B - Professional Information
1-Course Aims:
The aims of this course are to enable students to:
1. Understand the basics of genetics.
2. Improve his skills in interpreting genetic testing in medicolegal cases.
3. Choose the right DNA and examination methods applied in forensic practice.
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4. Apply concepts of PCR analysis in research studies.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) from the Course:
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
a- Knowledge and understanding By the end of the course the candidate will be able to: a1. List genetic material and the structure of the DNA and the chromosomes..
a2. Understand the methodologies of preparation of genetic material for investigation.
a3. Recognize PCR analysis techniques and applications in legal practice
a4. Define the indications and application of X and Y chromosomes in legal liotigation cases.
b- Intellectual skills.
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
b1. Analyze analytical results of DNA analysis.
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b2. Conduct through investigation of unkown deaths using DNA analysis for identification.
b3. Predict role of DNA and PCR in investigation of medicolegal cases.
b4. Select the proper Analytical technique applicable in the field of forensic investigations.
c- Professional skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
c1. Apply genetic concepts and data in interpreting the cause and mechanism of death.
c2. Select the best way to investigate alleged ceses of disputed paternity.
c3. Apply DNA and PCR testing in medicolegal investigations.
c4. Interpret the laboratory findings to link or exclude suspects of criminal trials.
c5. Use the best genetical experimental systems in conducting research in his career.
d- General and transferable skills
By the end of the course the candidate will be able to:
d1. Be prepared for the long life learning needs.
d2. Utilize problem solving skills in a variety of practical situation.
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3-Course content:Genetics and DNA (E7041)
Topics No. of hoursL T C/P SD
L- Nature of genetic material.- Structure and function of
genes.- Mitosis and meiosis.- Chromosomal anomalies.- Genetic markers.- DNA 1. Structure2. Technique for analyses.3. Polymerase chain reaction.4. Short tandom repeat.- Indication for X and Y
chromosomes analyses for DNA.- Forensic applications of DNA
analysis1. Identification of unkown cadavers.2. Disputed paternity.3. Examination of suspected
weapons.4. Investigation of crime scene.5. Practical application for testing
DNA
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L: Lecture, T: Tutorial, C/P: Clinical or Practical and SDL: Self directed learning
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4 - Student Assessment Methods:
Weighing of assessment (Marks): 100 points
Written and MCQ exams 60 Points
Practical exam 40 Points
5 -- List of References5.1- Course Notes (paper and / or electronic)…1.Department book and handouts………………………………………2. Tutorial handouts ……………………………………5.2- Essential Books (Text Books)
1. Forensic Pathology edited by Bernard Knight…2. Forensic pathology edited by Demio3. Encyclopedia of forensic sciences edited by Seigel
5.3- Recommended Books1. Clinical forensic medicine2. Forensic medicine edited by Gordon 3. Handwriting identification edited by Huber and
Headrick.
5.4- Periodicals, Web Sites, etc1. Forensic medicine international.2. American journal of forensic medicine.
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3. Journal of legal medicine.
V- General Information 1 – Monitoring Of Training and Submission Of Training Reports
You must keep proper and updated records in your logbook to reflect the activities encountered in your training. Your logbook must be duly endorsed by an authorized signatory at the end of each semester.
You will be continuously assessed by your supervisors, in consultation with head of department. An assessment will be submitted within 2 weeks of completion of each semester.
2 - Miscellaneous Information:
Injury and/or Blood or Body Fluid Exposure: During regular working hours, you should immediately report an exposure incident to --------------------------. If exposure occurs after regular working hours or during a weekend or holiday; please call the ----------------------------------------. For injury, please report to the Emergency Department. Please also be sure to inform the supervisors of an exposure incident and/or injury.
3 - Action Completion Of Clinical Training
Once all training sessions are completed the log book should be signed by the senior supervisor and the head of the department and then should be submitted to post graduate Secretariat.
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4- ReferenceThe Training Guide is available at the post graduate Secretariat and could be downloaded from the following website is
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VI – Your log book
1- IntroductionThe aim of this book is to give you a guide to the
expectations for each item. It will be a guide for both you and your teachers to what you should be seeing and doing.
It will give you a list of the important topics that you should think about and should be covered in:
1. Clinical or practical sessions or2. Tutorials3. Self-directed learning (SDL)
For each item there is also a list of1. Clinical conditions or Practical sessions to
be seen or attended 2. Practical procedures to be seen and done
Remember
This document is only a guide. It is not an exhaustive list. It is not just a checklist to score points. It is a guide to encourage you to read and learn more. This book is for your benefit. It will form a record of your clinical training and experience.
2 - Supervisors
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3–Tables for Training Records
Candidates are required to fulfill 75% of the listed activities in order to be eligible for the exam entry. The minimum number required for each activity = 75%. You are free to attend more and record your extra attendance.
Conferences attendance(NB. Minimum number required is …10……..)
No
Dat
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Plac
e
Topics Supervisor signature
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Seminars attendance(NB. Minimum number required is …20…
No Date Place Topics Supervisor signature
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Thesis attendance(NB. Minimum number required is……10..)
No Date Place Name of the thesis
Supervisor signature
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Clinics attendance (NB. Minimum number required is 20)
No Date Place Name of the Clinic Supervisor signature
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Clinics attendance
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(NB. Minimum number required is 20)
No Date Place Name of the Clinic Supervisor signature
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Tutorials Attended(NB. Minimum number required is…20……..)
No Date Place Name of the tutorial
Supervisor signature
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Tutorials Attended(NB. Minimum number required is………..)
No Date Place Name of the Supervisor
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tutorial signature
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Activities Attended (NB. Minimum number required is……10…..)
No Date Place Name Supervisor signature
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Activities Attended (NB. Minimum number required is……10…..)
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No Date Place Name Supervisor signature
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Autopsy attendance(NB. Minimum number required is………..)
No Date Place Name Supervisor signature
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Autopsy attendance(NB. Minimum number required is………..)
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No Date Place Name Supervisor signature
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Case presentations(NB. Minimum number required is…10…..)
No
Date Place Diagnosis
Supervisor signature
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Practical skills (Agreement Scale)RequirementsCandidates are required to fulfill 75% of the listed activities in order to be eligible for the exam entry. The minimum number required for each activity = 75%. You are free to attend more and record your extra attendance. Minimum number required to attend is……….. Minimum number required to assist is……….. Minimum number required to be done independently is……….. Grade …… is required to pass)
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Disputed Paternity
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Others(Teaching Experience, Research Experience, Projects, Publications, Field tasks, Administrative Experience, Administrative Experience)
5 - Log book preview
The candidate logbook will be reviewed and patients seen/ skills performed summarized by diagnosis groups during the semester evaluation and at the end of the course in the table below.
Summary
Semester 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th TotalActivity No No No No No No
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Supervisor signiture
VII - Head Of Department Approval For The Exam Entry________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
VIII – Thesis Follow upـــــــــــــــــــــــام الســــــــــــــــــــــــنوى النصف التقرير / لـعالتاريخ/
/ الطالب عن) ( الدكتوراة لدرجة المقيد/ بقسمالمشرفين االساتذة السادة تقرير
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و العلمية المـــــادة جمعالمقدمة كتابة
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالجمع
شـوطا قطعبدأالعملى الجزءمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحليل
شـوطا قطعبدأالنتائج مناقشةمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحرير
مع النهائية المراجعةالمشرف
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
تماما إنتهت
الســـــــــادة رأىالمشرفين
قيد إســـتمرارالطالب
القيد مد
قيد شــــــطب الطالب
لجنة تشـــكيل تم المناقشة
نعم ال
تــــــــاريخ التشكيل
/ /
القيد / شطب مدالكلية وكيلالمشرفين السادة توقيع
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ـــــــــــــــــــــــام الســــــــــــــــــــــــنوى النصف التقرير / لـعالتاريخ/
/ الطالب عن) ( الدكتوراة لدرجة المقيد/ بقسمالمشرفين االساتذة السادة تقرير
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و العلمية المـــــادة جمعالمقدمة كتابة
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالجمع
شـوطا قطعبدأالعملى الجزءمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحليل
شـوطا قطعبدأالنتائج مناقشةمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحرير
مع النهائية المراجعةالمشرف
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
تماما إنتهت
الســـــــــادة رأىالمشرفين
قيد إســـتمرارالطالب
القيد مد
قيد شــــــطب الطالب
لجنة تشـــكيل تم المناقشة
نعم ال
تــــــــاريخ التشكيل
/ /
القيد / شطب مدالكلية وكيلالمشرفين السادة توقيع
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ـــــــــــــــــــــــام الســــــــــــــــــــــــنوى النصف التقرير / لـعالتاريخ/
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/ الطالب عن) ( الدكتوراة لدرجة المقيد/ بقسمالمشرفين االساتذة السادة تقرير
و العلمية المـــــادة جمعالمقدمة كتابة
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالجمع
شـوطا قطعبدأالعملى الجزءمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحليل
شـوطا قطعبدأالنتائج مناقشةمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحرير
مع النهائية المراجعةالمشرف
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
تماما إنتهت
الســـــــــادة رأىالمشرفين
قيد إســـتمرارالطالب
القيد مد
قيد شــــــطب الطالب
لجنة تشـــكيل تم المناقشة
نعم ال
تــــــــاريخ التشكيل
/ /
القيد / شطب مدالكلية وكيلالمشرفين السادة توقيع
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ـــــــــــــــــــــــام الســــــــــــــــــــــــنوى النصف التقرير / لـعالتاريخ/
/ الطالب عن) ( الدكتوراة لدرجة المقيد/ بقسمالمشرفين االساتذة السادة تقرير
و العلمية المـــــادة جمعالمقدمة كتابة
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالجمع
شـوطا قطعبدأالعملى الجزءمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحليل
شـوطا قطعبدأالنتائج مناقشةمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحرير
مع النهائية المراجعةالمشرف
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
تماما إنتهت
الســـــــــادة رأىالمشرفين
قيد إســـتمرارالطالب
القيد مد
قيد شــــــطب الطالب
لجنة تشـــكيل تم المناقشة
نعم ال
تــــــــاريخ التشكيل
/ /
القيد / شطب مدالكلية وكيلالمشرفين السادة توقيع
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ـــــــــــــــــــــــام الســــــــــــــــــــــــنوى النصف التقرير / لـعالتاريخ/
/ الطالب عن) ( الدكتوراة لدرجة المقيد/ بقسمالمشرفين االساتذة السادة تقرير
و العلمية المـــــادة جمعالمقدمة كتابة
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالجمع
شـوطا قطعبدأالعملى الجزءمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحليل
شـوطا قطعبدأالنتائج مناقشةمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحرير
مع النهائية المراجعةالمشرف
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
تماما إنتهت
الســـــــــادة رأىالمشرفين
قيد إســـتمرارالطالب
القيد مد
قيد شــــــطب الطالب
لجنة تشـــكيل تم المناقشة
نعم ال
تــــــــاريخ التشكيل
/ /
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ـــــــــــــــــــــــام الســــــــــــــــــــــــنوى النصف التقرير / لـعالتاريخ/
/ الطالب عن) ( الدكتوراة لدرجة المقيد/ بقسمالمشرفين االساتذة السادة تقرير
و العلمية المـــــادة جمعالمقدمة كتابة
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالجمع
شـوطا قطعبدأالعملى الجزءمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحليل
شـوطا قطعبدأالنتائج مناقشةمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
من إنتهىالتحرير
مع النهائية المراجعةالمشرف
شـوطا قطعبدأمحدودا
على أوشكاإلنتهاء
تماما إنتهت
الســـــــــادة رأىالمشرفين
قيد إســـتمرارالطالب
القيد مد
قيد شــــــطب الطالب
/ / تــــــــاريخ نعم لجنة تشـــكيل تم
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التشكيل ال المناقشة
القيد / شطب مدالكلية وكيلالمشرفين السادة توقيع
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VIII – Evaluation Forms
Evaluation Form (at the end of each semester(To be completed at -------------------------------------Candidate SupervisorLocation
Aim of training ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agreed educational objectives and timescale in which objectives should be achieved. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Candidate________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Supervisor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of next meeting
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VIII – Evaluation Forms
Evaluation Form (at the end of each semester(To be completed at -------------------------------------Candidate SupervisorLocation
Aim of training ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agreed educational objectives and timescale in which objectives should be achieved. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Candidate________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Supervisor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of next meeting
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VIII – Evaluation Forms
Evaluation Form (at the end of each semester(To be completed at -------------------------------------Candidate SupervisorLocation
Aim of training ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agreed educational objectives and timescale in which objectives should be achieved. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Candidate________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Supervisor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of next meeting
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VIII – Evaluation Forms
Evaluation Form (at the end of each semester(To be completed at -------------------------------------Candidate SupervisorLocation
Aim of training ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agreed educational objectives and timescale in which objectives should be achieved. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Candidate________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Supervisor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of next meeting
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VIII – Evaluation Forms
Evaluation Form (at the end of each semester(To be completed at -------------------------------------Candidate SupervisorLocation
Aim of training ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agreed educational objectives and timescale in which objectives should be achieved. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Candidate________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Supervisor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of next meeting
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VIII – Evaluation Forms
Evaluation Form (at the end of each semester(To be completed at -------------------------------------Candidate SupervisorLocation
Aim of training ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Agreed educational objectives and timescale in which objectives should be achieved. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Candidate________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comments by Supervisor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Date of next meeting
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Degree Program Evaluation Form by The CandidateTo be completed at the end of your degree. Please consider each pair of statements and decide which most clearly reflects your view and tick one box or answer the question.
I. Individual Information1. Are you a graduate of ASU?
yes no to some degree2. Year and semester when studies began:
II. General Questions1. What are the advantages/disadvantages of the general study environment at the University ASU?
2. What were your expectations when you applied to the degree?
3. Do you feel that the degree program prepares you well for your future studies or employment according to the demands and expectations of those institutions?
yes no to some degree
4. Has the time limit of the program (two or three academic years) caused you any difficulties or inconveniences?
yes no to some degree
III. Structure of Degree Program1. Did you receive enough guidance in planning your study schedule in the beginning of the program?
yes no to some degree
2. What were the main difficulties in the planning of your study schedule?
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3. What is your general opinion on the structure of the degree program?
4. In your opinion, does the degree program offer a good balance of lectures, seminars, conferences, and book exams?
yes no to some degree
a) General Studiesi) Do you feel that you have received enough guidance on academic writing?
yes no to some degree
ii) Do you feel that you have acquired sufficient knowledge on research skills (eg. quantitative and qualitative research methods)?
yes no to some degree
b) Courses
i) Have you had some special difficulties in completing some of the courses? Please specify.
ii) Has there been a sufficient variety of courses offered for your optional studies?
yes no to some degree
iii) Have you received enough guidance for the preparation of your thesis?
yes no to some degree
IV. Concluding Points1. Did the degree program meet your expectations?
yes no to some degree2. What aspects of the degree program do you particularly like?
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3. What aspects of the degree program do you particularly dislike?
4. What are your suggestions on how to improve the program?
Thank you!
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