Forensic Science in Healthcare detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BME students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biomedical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to BME Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of forensic science in healthcare is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
BASICS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE
Forensic science, Introduction to the Forensic Sciences, History and Development of Forensic Science, Deductive Reasoning, Organization of a Crime Laboratory Case Studies: The Enrique Camarena Case. A Forensic Nightmare Organization of forensic science laboratories of center and state -NCRA AND NICFS, fundamental rights, criminal profiling, concept of quality control management in forensic institutions.
Unit II
OBSERVATION AND CRIME SCENE
Observational Skills – Sherlock Holmes and Deductive Reasoning – Observations by Witnesses. Case Studies. The Crime Scene -Locard’s Exchange Principle, Securing and Recording the Crime Scene, Legal Considerations at the Crime Scene, Evidence Collection and Recordation Techniques. Mock Crime Scene: Processing and Documenting a Crime Scene
Unit III
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Unit IV
BLOOD STAIN IDENTIFICATION
Detection and identification of Blood stains, Determination of species of origin, Blood Group systems, Techniques of Determination of Blood groups of Blood stains, Determination of seminal and other fluids and their Blood Grouping, DNA, DNA Phenotyping and RNA Profiling & their applications. Wildlife forensics.
Unit V
FINGERPRINT APPLICATION
Fingerprints -Fundamental Principles of Fingerprint Analysis, Classification of Fingerprints, Collection of Fingerprint Evidence, Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS), Track marks, Case Studies.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to
- Define the significance of forensic sciences
- Observe and document crime scenes
- Determine Trauma and Diseases.
- Describe the various sources of medical data related to forensic science.
- Demonstrate the visual analytical procedure of finger print application.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Saferstein : Criminalistics (1976) Prentice Hall Inc., USA.
- Deforest, Gansellen & Lee : Introduction to Criminalistics.
- Sharma, B.R. (1974) Forensic Science in Criminal Investigation and Trials, Central Law Agency, Allahabad, 1974
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biomedical Engineering 5th Sem, visit BME 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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