Title |
A Student Selected Component (or Special Study Module) in Forensic and Legal Medicine: Design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of an optional module as an addition to the medical undergraduate core curriculum
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Published in |
Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine, November 2017
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jflm.2017.11.005 |
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Authors |
Kieran M. Kennedy, Andrew Wilkinson |
Abstract |
The General Medical Council (United Kingdom) advocates development of non-core curriculum Student Selected Components and their inclusion in all undergraduate medical school curricula. This article describes a rationale for the design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of Student Selected Components in Forensic and Legal Medicine. Reference is made to the available evidence based literature pertinent to the delivery of undergraduate medical education in the subject area. A Student Selected Component represents an opportunity to highlight the importance of the legal aspects of medical practice, to raise the profile of the discipline of Forensic and Legal Medicine amongst undergraduate medical students and to introduce students to the possibility of a future career in the area. The authors refer to their experiences of design, delivery, assessment and evaluation of Student Selected Components in Forensic and Legal Medicine at their respective Universities in the Republic of Ireland (Galway) and in the United Kingdom (Oxford). |
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 54 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 8 | 15% |
Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
Lecturer | 5 | 9% |
Other | 4 | 7% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
Other | 8 | 15% |
Unknown | 18 | 33% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 26% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 9% |
Psychology | 4 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
Other | 6 | 11% |
Unknown | 21 | 39% |