ABSTRACT

Basic knowledge for forensic dead body examination is given at an awareness level to first year students of our medical faculty where a PBL programme is implemented. Postmortem changes, postmortem examination methods in forensic cases are given as comprehensive knowledge tools and skills training to the third year students in a specific module. In this one-week long modu-le, computer and mannequin/model assisted practice are used for the forensic dead body examination skills training. At the beginning of this practice, a mini scenario is used to reach the learning objectives. The importance of the forensic inquiry, exa-mination of the clothing and the body, determining the post-mortem changes and the wounds are the learning objectives. The students are studying in small groups which are assisted by an educator. Students’ skill acquisitions are evaluated at the end of the block at a station similar to the practice.

The aim of this paper is to introduce a computer and manne-quin assisted forensic dead body examination practice in preg-raduate education and to share our experiences about the pro-cess of the practice.