Syllabus
EXAMINATION IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY – DATES
Dates for the exam in Forensic Pathology will be opened for the following periods: from 22nd to 25th August and from 29th August to 1st September 2022.
Electronic registration on SIS will start two weeks before the listed dates.
Important Notification: No more dates will be open for the examination in Forensic Pathology after 15th June – MUDr. Dvořák is the only examiner and will be out of the department. Students who do not apply for any opened date until 15th June can only be examined in late July or in September.
Plzeň 27. 5. 2022
Pre-terms for the exam in Forensic Pathology will be as follows:
Friday 13th May - at 3 p.m. 4 students, at 4 p.m. 4 students
Wednesday 18th May – at 4 p.m. 4 students, at 5 p.m. 4 students
Friday 20th May – at 3 p.m. 4 students, at 4 p.m. 4 students
The exams in Forensic Pathology on 13th, 18th and 20th May will take place in Šafránkův pavilon (ŠAF A).
Further exam terms (time span from 23rd May to 17th June) will appear on SIS on Monday 16th May.
The location of exams held between 23rd May and 17th June depends on the availability of seminar rooms. – It will be announced later. 9. 5. 2022 MUDr. Miroslav Dvořák ____
Pre-terms for the exam in Forensic Pathology will be as follows:
Friday 13th May - at 3 p.m. 4 students, at 4 p.m. 4 students
Wednesday 18th May – at 3 p.m. 4 students, at 4 p.m. 4 students
Friday 20th May – at 3 p.m. 4 students, at 4 p.m. 4 students
On Monday 9th May, it will be possible to register for the above-mentioned dates on SIS, where you will also find information about the place of the exam.
Further terms for the exam (time span from 23rd May to 17th June) will appear on SIS on Monday 16th May. 6. 5. 2022
MUDr. Miroslav Dvořák
Forensic Pathology
Year IV – General Medicine
Summer semester of the academic year 2021/2022
Lecturer: MUDr. et MUDr. Miroslav Dvořák
Examiners: MUDr. et MUDr. Miroslav Dvořák, MUDr. Jitka Pažinová
Contact with the lecturer / examiner in written form only - email address: miroslav.dvorak@lfp.cuni.cz
Study materials for the course / examination:
(1) Lectures recorded in MP4 format and uploaded on MOODLE
(2) Textbook Simpson´s Forensic Medicine, 13th edition, 2011 - Only chapters dealing with the topics of lectures and exam questions.
Available at the faculty library or online, e.g. under the following link: https://drive.uqu.edu.sa/_/rajastania/files/Forensic/simpson-forensic-medicine.pdf
Lectures / Seminars:
Due to the high number of covid cases and the fact that the Department of Forensic Pathology - in general - deals with infectious diseases, the lectures/seminars will take place online. All lectures/seminars will be uploaded on MOODLE, where you can replay them at any time during the semester: 1. Forensic pathology; The appearance of the body after death; Identification of the dead 2. Blunt-force injury (including a separate presentation on Bitemark); Sharp-force injury 3. Pediatric forensic pathology (SIDS, CAN, SBS) 4. Compression of the neck; Drowning 5. Road traffic injuries 6. Handgun wounds 7. Electrical injury; Death from lightning; Injury caused by heat and cold; Carbon monoxide poisoning; Alcohol-related death
Forensic Pathology – Examination
Year IV – General Medicine
Summer semester of the academic year 2021/2022
Examination / credit – dates will be announced later (have to be coordinated with classes for Czech students and the overall schedule).
The examination is oral, there is no test. You will be assigned two questions (see List of examination questions below) and get time to prepare the answers. During the examination, you will also be awarded the credit.
Exam questions:
The appearance of the body after death
Identification of the dead
Blunt-force injury
Sharp-force injury
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Child assault – physical abuse (CAN)
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS)
Lethal gunshot injuries – handgun wounds
Compression of the neck – hanging
Compression of the neck– ligature strangulation
Compression of the neck– manual strangulation
Drowning
Forensic toxicology – carbon monoxide poisoning
Forensic alcohology – alcohol-related death
Thermal injury caused by heat/hyperthermia
Thermal injury caused by cold/hypothermia
Electrical injury, death from lightning
Road traffic injuries – pedestrians
Road traffic injuries – car occupants
Miroslav Dvorak
Head of Department
Annotation
The autopsy: External and Internal
Examination.
Examination of the scene of death.
The pathology of wounds
Poisoning deaths.