Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3MBH253forensic medicine2+0+02322.10.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Associate Degree
Department / Program Court Office Services
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course It is aimed to inform about the fields of study of forensic medicine, the evaluation of forensic cases and the procedures applied.
Course Content Basic concepts related to forensic medicine, legal regulations, general viewpoints on issues frequently encountered in forensic medicine (death and forensic autopsy, physical or mental traumas, sexual violence, domestic violence, child abuse, human rights violations, etc.), forensic medicine evaluations awareness of the subject and interpreting these assessments in professional practice.
Course Methods and Techniques The following methods are used: lecture (direct instruction), question-and-answer sessions, discussion, practical exercises and design techniques.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Instructor Sezgi Demirkale
Instructor V.Eda Babagür
Name of Lecturers Instructor SEZGİ DEMİRKALE
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Forensic Medicine - Oğuz Polat
Lecture Notes

Course Category
Social Sciences %30
Field %70

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 2 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 23 2 46
Mid-terms 1 1 1
Final examination 1 1 1
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2,5 76

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 He/she will be able to introduce himself/herself anatomically to medical science.
2 Will be able to interpret the other side of people.
3 Distinguish unhappy people who are victims and accused in terms of medicine and law.
4 It lists the subtleties of approaching and establishing a relationship with the accused-victim or a person whose relative has died.
5 Will be able to evaluate the function of forensic medicine in the process of making a just decision.
6 It states that forensic science is not just death information.
7 It will be able to assess the role of forensic medicine in the fair decision-making process.
8 They states that the science of forensic medicine is not merely about the causes of death.
9 It discusses the validity of objective evidence in law.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 forensic history
2 death information
3 Examination of the dead, duties of physicians related to death
4 Suspicious (pathological) deaths
5 Exploration procedures and autopsy science
6 Asphyxia (Death from suffocation)
7 Wounds and their types
8 Midterm Exam
9 Discrimination of wounds, their evaluation in the Turkish Penal Code
10 Birth
11 Avortement (Abortion)
12 Infanticide
13 sexual offenses
14 forensic psychiatry
15 General Review

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7
All 5
C1 4
C2 5
C3 3
C4 2
C5
C6 1
C7
C8
C9

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant