Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PAT 404 — Forensic Pathology

PAT department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• identify types of wounds and injuries
• describe firearm and firearm injuries
• discuss sudden unexpected death
• define identification
• explain doctor at the scene of death and in court
• recognise signs of death

Course contents

Types of wounds and injuries. Firearm and firearm injuries. Signs of death. Sudden unexpected death. Identification. Doctor at the scene of death. Doctor in court, post-mortem examination. Medical jurisprudence. Sexual offences. Criminal abortion. Hanging. Suffocation. Electrocution. Asphyxia. Drowning and investigation of poison death.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PAT 404.

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