Numbering Code	G-MED23 8M037 LJ87	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year		Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	TAKAKUWA TETSUYA (Graduate School of Medicine Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The field of forensic medicine is undergoing great qualitative and quantitative change in keeping with changes in society. Forensic pathology was originally established with a focus on crime-related injuries and murders, and it had a strong flavor of criminal medicine attempting to solve these cases from a medical perspective. In recent years, several new challenges have been added to the field of forensic pathology, including intrinsic sudden death, drug abuse, accidental death, declaring death, and DNA testing. This course has been structured after taking these issues into account.
Course Goals	Acquire skills to: 1. Diagnose human death. 2. Predict the cause of death. Students will be able to understand the general path that starts with predicting the cause of death and ends with confirming it. 3. Determine the type of death, that is, whether it is because of sickness or any other reason (unnatural death). 4. Diagnose injuries. 5. Understand the legal background for medical practice. 6. Explain the outline of blood types and DNA polymorphism and their forensic applications.
Schedule and Contents	Medical science students should attend 14 of the following classes. We will indicate the ones they must attend later. Session 1. General forensic pathology Session 2. The death of an individual and cadaver phenomena Session 3. Injuries 1-4 Session 4. Intrinsic sudden death 1, 2 Session 5. The Medical Practitioners Act and physicians' responsibilities 1, 2 Session 6. Asphyxia 1, 2 Session 7. General poisoning 1, 2 Session 8. Forensic pathology of alcohol 1, 2 Session 9. Injuries in abnormal environments Session 10. Pediatric forensic pathology Session 11. Doping 1, 2 Session 12. Blood types Session 13. DNA polymorphism and identification Session 14. Paternity testing 1, 2 Session 15. Feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Evaluation of participation in class (attendance and mini-report for each lecture) / Report. Attainment goals will be assessed according to the grading assessment guidelines for the human health sciences major set out in the academic guidelines.
Course Requirements	Must have studied medical fundamentals at the undergraduate level.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	It is recommended to attend class after having studied medical fundamentals such as anatomy and pathology.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	The following will be referred to in class but not otherwise specified. NEW法医学, 医事法 (Nankodo Co.) 法医学 (Nanzando)
References, etc.	Introduced during class