Visiting Professor: Kazuyuki SAITO
Associate professor: Hiroko KIMURA, Yukio ITOH
Assistant Professor(part-time): Ryo KOBAYASHI, Masaaki HARA, Hiroyuki INOUE
Forensic medicine deals with the broad field where medical matters come into relation with the law. We provide the lecture, practice and seminar concerning necessary forensic medicine as a clinical knowledge. |
| The curriculum of the second-year students |
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1) Lecture on Introduction to the Health Care System in Japan: Related legal issues to doctors (Shin UTSUGI)
2) Optional lecture: Drugs of abuse in modern society (Hiroko KIMURA, Hiroyuki INOUE)
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| The curriculum of the third-year students |
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1) Lecture of forensic medicine：General remarks of forensic medicine (Kazuyuki SAITO), Blood typing (Hiroko KIMURA),
Personal identification (Yukio ITOH), Paternity testing & Sex typing (Ryo KOBAYASHI)
2) Practice of forensic medicine: Blood typing and genetics of ABO, MN and Rh blood types (Hiroko KIMURA), Identification and individualization of bloodstains, saliva-stains and semen-stains(Yukio ITOH ), Forensic scientific investigation of hair and DNA profiling (Yukio ITOH, Masaaki HARA)
3) Integrated fundamental medicine: General remarks of forensic toxicology and Carbon monoxide (Yukio ITOH), Corrosive poisons, drug and pesticides (Hiroko KIMURA),
4) Optional lecture：DNA profiling in forensic Science (Yukio ITOH),
5) Seminar of forensic medicine：Our seminar is planned for the students who are interested in learning about the role of forensic medicine studies in social life. They learn the subjects such as forensic autopsy, personal identification, paternity testing, and detection of illicit drugs through laboratory or clinical practice. They also learn advanced technology in the forensic science investigations, and it helps them to understand relations with the society and medical science. Research fields in this laboratory include serology and DNA polymorphisms, studies on oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, and development of highly sensitive immunoassay of biological materials. We also expect the students’ original and self-motivating studies other than our research. (Kazuyuki SAITO, Hiroko KIMURA, Yukio ITOH, Ryo KOBAYASHI, Masaaki HARA)
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| The curriculum of the fourth-year students (Kazuyuki SAITO) |
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| 1）Clinical lecture of forensic medicine: Forensic pathology, Postmortem change, Sudden death, Injury, Asphyxia, Burns, Scalds, Death due to burns, Death from cold, Infanticide, Child abuse, Malpractice. |
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| The curriculum of the sixth-year students (Kazuyuki SAITO) |
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1）Lecture of forensic medicine(Required course: Forensic pathology)
2）Optional-course: Forensic pathology |
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