Implementation of state educational standards of higher professional education, qualification profile for Medical University graduates, the Federal law "On State Medicolegal Activity", normative legal documents regulating the procedure of determining the extent of bodily harm, as well as the fact that training services are now offered internationally, required creation of a new type of educational forensic text, which not only reflects the current level of expertise in this discipline but also meets the requirements of education science and psychology of higher education.
In this textbook, forensic medicine is presented in the form of a system of interrelated modules related to forensic traumatology, tanatology, identification. Modern methods of dealing with fundamental forensic medical problems are described. A consistent presentation of material accompanied by tables, diagrams, algorithms and illustrations provide an easy and reliable access to the necessary information for the reader.
The main purpose of the training course of forensic medicine is training students to perform the duties of forensic experts in the future. Familiarizing future doctors with offenses of medical workers that entail criminal liability is of great importance in shaping the mindset of health care providers.
The textbook was compiled in accordance with the curriculum for medical students.
Yu.I. Pigolkin,
Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences