TOXICOLOGY AND LEGAL MEDICINE Single channel
Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: ROMINA SCARSELLONE
Module 1: PHARMACOLOGY
- Activity type
- Scienze medico-chirurgiche
- SSD
- BIO/14
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 10 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- STEFANO PONTONE
Module 2: DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGE AND RADIOTHERAPY
- Activity type
- Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
- SSD
- MED/36
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 20 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- ROMINA SCARSELLONE
Module 3: LEGAL MEDICINE
- Activity type
- Scienze della prevenzione e dei servizi sanitari
- SSD
- MED/43
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 20 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- VITTORIO FINESCHI
Learning outcomes
Students who have completed the individual courses in Diagnostic Imaging - Radiotherapy, Forensic Medicine, and Pharmacology will be able to understand the main diagnostic imaging methodologies, the use of radiation, and the main medical applications of biomedical technologies, assessing their risks, costs, and benefits. They will also be able to understand the principles underlying forensic medicine and apply these principles in their professional lives to develop a work culture.
Prerequisites
knowledge of the Italian language
Programme
Introduction to forensic medicine. Law 219/2017. End of life. The case of DJ Fabo. Medical professional liability in civil matters. Medical professional liability in criminal matters. From individual fault to system error (risk management in the healthcare sector). Professional and official secrecy. Protection of confidentiality. Mandatory health reporting. The medical certificate. The medical record. Report and statement. Definition, purposes, methodology, forensic activities, systematics of the discipline. Material causality. Mistreatment of minors and incapacitated persons. Interdiction, incapacitation, and supportive administration. Mental state and its relationship with the law. Psychic causality. Criminal responsibility and its causes of exclusion or limitation. Psychiatric assessment. Exploitation of the incapacitated. Crimes against life. Murder. Crimes against personal safety. The crime of personal injury. Social insurance.
Road homicide. Introduction to thanatology. Immediate post-mortem phenomena. Consecutive post-mortem phenomena. Transformative post-mortem phenomena. Traumatology and forensic pathology
Natural origin radiation. Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation of artificial origin. Principles of radiation protection. Risk from external and internal irradiation. Main radioactive and radiogenic sources. Radiogenic machines used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Prevention regulations. Radioactive waste. Relevant legislation.
Books
FOR THE SUBJECT OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY, NO TEXTBOOKS ARE REQUIRED. HANDOUTS AND STUDY MATERIAL WILL BE PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY THE TEACHER.
FOR THE SUBJECT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE
Medicina legale e delle assicurazioni
di Norelli - Buccelli - Fineschi • 2013
slides
Bibliography
Module: PHARMACOLOGY
N/D
Module: DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGE AND RADIOTHERAPY
N/D
Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
N/D
Lessons mode
Lectures with attendance recorded on sign-in sheets.
Frequency
Participation in the activities is recorded by signing at the beginning and end of the seminar on attendance sheets prepared based on the reservations.
Exam mode
WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAM SEPARATE
Example exam questions
In the evaluation of a suspected prostate neoplasm, which of the following imaging techniques is used first?
Arguments
- The course topics
will be covered according to the published class schedule.
Sustainability goals
- Academic year2026/2027
- Degree program to which the course belongsEnvironment and Workplace Prevention Techniques - Course C - ASL Frosinone
- Mandatory presenceNo
- Languageita
- CFU5 CFU, distributed among 3 integrated didactic modules
- Total duration50 hours