PART 1 |
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S. No. | TOPIC | DOMAIN | Time(Hours) | |
Section A |
1. | INTRODUCTION
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Must Know | 1 |
2. | INDIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
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Must Know | 3 | |
Section B |
3. | PERSONAL IDENTITY OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
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Must Know | 4 |
4. | DEATH AND ITS MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECT
Transplantation Act
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Must Know | 3 | |
Section B |
5. | MEDICO-LEGAL AUTOPSY
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Must Know | 3 |
6. | EXAMINATION OF DECOMPOSED BODIES
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Must Know | 1 | |
7. | EXAMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL STAINS
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Must Know | 2 | |
Section C |
8. | MECHANICAL INJURIES
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Must Know | 5 |
9. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
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Must Know | 2 | |
10. | REGIONAL INJURIES
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Must Know | 4 | |
Section C |
11. | FIREARMS AND FIREARM WOUNDS
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Must Know | 4 |
12. | MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF INJURIES
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Must Know | 4 | |
13. | ARTEFACTS
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Must Know | 2 | |
14. | MECHANICAL ASPHYXIAL DEATHS
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Must Know | 5 | |
15. | ANAESTHETIC AND OPERATIVE DEATH
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Must Know | 2 | |
Section C |
16. | OTHER FORMS OF DEATH
|
Must Know | 2 |
PART 2 |
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Section D |
1. | IMPOTENCE, STERILITY AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
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Must Know | 3 |
2. | VIRGINITY, PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
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Must Know | 4 | |
3. | LEGITIMACY, DISPUTED PATERNITY
|
Must Know | 2 | |
4. | SEXUAL OFFENCES
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Must Know | 6 | |
5. | ABORTION
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Must Know | 3 | |
6. | INFANT DEATH
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Must Know | 4 | |
Section E |
7. | FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
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Must Know | 4 |
Section F |
8. | LAW RELATING TO MEDICAL PRACTICE
b). Right and Duties of registered medical practitioner |
Must Know | 3 |
Section G |
9. | TOXICOLOGY
|
Must Know | 20 |
Section G |
10. | FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY
|
Must Know | 2 |
Section H |
11. | Common provisions of Law as applicable to medical man and Medicolegal practice. | Must Know | 2 |
Total = 100 |
PRACTICAL SYLLABUS
S. No. | TOPIC | DOMAIN | Time (Hours) |
1. | Clinical Case Demonstration
|
Must Know | 2 |
2. | Medicolegal autopsies in cases of death due to
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Must Know | 10 |
3. | Study of dead body at autopsy for
|
Must Know | 2 |
4. | Collection, Preservation and forwarding of viscera for chemical analysis | Must Know | 2 |
5. | Dissection of neck structure, Demonstration of antemortem injury, Laryngeal structures such as Hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage with accent on artefacts caused by decomposition | Must Know | 2 |
6. | Study of foetus regarding Age, Live Birth and cause of Death etc. | Must Know | 2 |
7. | Study of weapon of offence | Must Know | 6 |
8. | Study of Firearms and ammunition
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Must Know | 2 |
9. | Examination of blood stains/ Blood by Physical, Chemical, Microscopic and spectroscopic methods | Must Know | 2 |
10. | Morbid specimen and slides | Must Know | 2 |
11. | Slides demonstration: Sexual Offences etc. | Must Know | 2 |
12. | Study of photographs and X-rays | Must Know | 2 |
13. | Study of Identification methods:
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Must Know | 2 |
14. | Identification of poisons:
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Must Know | 8 |
15. | Proformas for demonstration:
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Must Know | 4 |
Total = 50 |
DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
THEORY: One Paper (Two Parts Of 20 Marks Each) :- 40
Part I: (Section A to Section C)
Part II: (Section D to Section H)
Internal Assessment :- 10
Oral (Viva-voce) :- 10
Practical: Practical/ Clinical- :- 30
Internal Assessment :- 10
Total Marks :- 100
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. The essential of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by K.S. Narayan Reddy.
2. Modi’s Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology Edited by B.V.Subrahmanyam.
3.Forensic Medicine by Keith Simpson & Bernard Knight.