1 Human anatomy and physiology - A quick trip around the body explaining the body’s systems with diagrams
2 Principles of medicine, clinical examination and scientific method including common medical notation
3 Forensic autopsy– medical practicalities and principles of autopsies, procedural aspects, legal aspects of death
4 Medical aspects of death and physical changes after death
5 HM Coroner and sudden deaths (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) - inquests
6 Procurator fiscal and sudden deaths
7 Natural disease as a cause of death
8 Injuries and their interpretation: major trauma injury types – gunshot, head injuries, accidental and non-accidental
9 Asphyxia, this includes strangulation and suffocation
10 Drowning and hypothermia
11 Fire deaths including explosions, burns, and carbon monoxide poisoning
12 Child deaths including ‘baby-shaking’ and abuse in children, Sudden infant deaths
13 Sexual offences
14 Odontology
15 DNA
16 Toxicology, drugs and poisons
17 Examination of detained persons
18 Deaths in custody including prison
19 Deaths in other State settings: hospitals
20 Legal system and prosecutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
21 Role and duties of the expert: expert vs treating doctors
22 Confidentiality, consent, negligence, disclosure, privilege
23 Court case work: admissibility, case management, abuse of process.
