School of Medicine :: The University of Jordan ::

Program Specifications

Higher Specialization in Forensic Medicine / Program Intended Learning Outcomes

  1. Acquire and apply knowledge and understanding of the clinical principles, contents of Forensic Medicine and other disciplines in the scope of Legal Sciences.
  2. Define and describe the main medico-legal aspects of living and dead individuals regarding recognition, personal identification, different injuries, causes & manner of death, and post-mortem changes and Describe medico-legal aspects of different cases of injuries and sexual offenses.
  3. Interpret and integrate the clinical information and laboratory investigations to recognize medico-legal cases and deal with them in emergency department, medical consultations and Forensic Medicine Clinics.
  4. Design final expert opinion and formulate competent medico-legal reports, act as an expert witness in front of the courts of law, and utilize information technology to manage information and access online medical information.
  5. Demonstrate good interpersonal skills with high ability to work collaboratively as part of a team with other health care provides undertaking a range of different team roles and present technical, scientific and forensic information and arguments clearly and correctly, in written and oral presentation.
  6. Recognize ethical principles and communicate effectively with patients and response effectively to patient’s emotional and psychosocial concern.
  7. Understand different scientific methodologies and have critical reading abilities and write scientific article according to the basics of scientific research and present the results professionally.
  8. Realize the requirements of the Jordanian ministry of health and the regulations of the Jordanian Medical Association, concerning the medical ethics code, and attend the courts of to give the witness and conduct expert witness in the courts of law.
  9. Discuss and analyze case scenario of forensic medicine and toxicology and discuss their medico- legal aspects, the circumstances of intoxication, toxic doses, pharmaco- and toxico-kinetics, clinical picture and differential diagnosis of intoxicated patients including emergency cases under ethical standards.
  10. Perform professionally and skilfully sample and sampling procedures and use different techniques and laboratory investigations to identify living and dead individuals and dead remains in death or crime scenes.​