Medico-Legal Update

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Teaching Forensic Medicine for Undergraduate Medicine Student at College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine Division, Bio-Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, P.O. Box No. 400, Al-Ahsa-[31982], KSA

Abstract

In Saudi Arabia, there are more than 30 universities with medical colleges. About 60% teach forensic medicine to undergraduate medical students. The content of this article is based on traditional curriculum, which is the same as taught in other universities of the Kingdom. Forensic Medicine is a one credit hour course with 15 contact hours. Level of the course offered is 4th year. In this article we mentioned the Forensic Medicine teaching for traditional curriculum at College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, as per course specification prescribed by The National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment [NCAAA] Educational Evaluation Commission for Higher Education Sector [EEC-HES]

Keywords

forensic medicine, Saudi, Undergraduate, Medical