Gerichtliche Medizin

The following topics are taught as part of the compulsory track to students of medicine: fundamentals of forensic medicine, coroner's inquest, sure signs of death, forensic medical assessment of wounds, injuries, autopsy techniques, demonstration autopsy, basics of clinical forensic medicine (sex crimes, child abuse), forensic molecular biology, forensic toxicology.

Additional elective subjects are also available, such as “Forensic Medicine on the Living” and “Forensic Molecular Biology – Fact and Fiction.”

 

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Training and further education

The institute's employees are also actively involved in training and continuing education in clinical and postmortem forensic medicine in related fields of forensic medicine. For example, continuing education courses in clinical forensic medicine and postmortem examination are offered for medical professionals, as well as courses for police and public prosecutors.