Department of Forensic Medicine

Phase-2 (Para-Clinical) Department of Forensic Medicine

DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE

Departmental Objectives

The goal of teaching forensic Medicine in the undergraduate medical course is to produce a physician who will be well informed and alerts about his/her medico-legal responsibilities and is capable of being discharging medico-legal duties in medical practice. At the end of the course in Forensic Medicine the undergraduate students will be able to:
to produce competent, compassionate, reflective and dedicated health care professionals accoding to national goal. Practice medical and medico-legal works as per national goals and objectives.
examine medico-legal cases and prepare reports or certificates in accordance with the law of land.
perform medico-legal postmortem examination and interpret autopsy findings and results of relevant investigations to logically conclude the cause, manner and time since death.
practice medicine ethically with humanly etiquette, discharge duties promptly and execute legal responsibilities of the physician toward his patient, profession, society, state and humanity at large.
prevent and protect himself from medical and legal mishap.
identify and apply relevant legal provisions applicable to the medico-legal and medical practice.
collect, preserve and dispatch specimens in medico-legal case and other concerned materials to the appropriate Government agencies for necessary examination.
diagnose, apply principles of management and understand medico-legal implications of common poisons.
apply general principles of analytical, environmental, occupational and preventive aspects of toxicology.
explain legal provision related to medical and medico-legal practice.

List of Competencies to Acquire

After completing the course of Forensic Medicine in MBBS course the students will be competent to:
perform ethical medical practice and maintain proper doctor-patient relationship.
capable to give deposition in the court of law as a medical expert.
collect, preserve and dispatch the medico-legally important specimen.
prepare, dispatch and store the proper medical records.
perform proper examination of victim/assailant of physical assault and sexual assault.
perform medico-legal examination (impotency, age determination, sex determination, mental fitness, mental state).
perform medico-legal autopsy and interpret the findings.
prepare certificates and medico-legal reports according to the law of the land.
prepare referral or discharge certificate and death certificate properly and authentically as per ICD-10.
supervise and guide the medical team/practitioner regarding the ethical and legal consequence related to medical issues.
handling dead body ethically and morally.
explain legal provision and guide members related to medical and medico-legal practice.
record the dying declaration.
diagnose and declare the death of a person.

Faculty Members of Forensic Medicine Department

Photo	Name & Qualification	Designation	Date of Birth & Joining
	Dr. Syeda Sharmina Akther MBBS, DFM (Forensic Medicine)	Associate Professor (C.C.) & Head	18-02-1987 01-10-2021
	Prof. Dr. Md. Shah Alam MBBS, DTCD, MCPS, MMEd	Professor (Honorary)	31-03-1955 01-09-2025
	Prof. Dr. Areful Hoque MBBS, Fellow (Forensic Medicine)	Professor (Honorary)	04-01-1957 01-03-2016
	Dr. Abdul Jalil Chowdhury MBBS	Assistant Professor (Honorary)	23-12-1954 02-11-2012
	Dr. Avijit Deb MBBS, DFM	Assistant Professor	25-03-1993 01-04-2024
	Dr. A.S.M. Saifullah MBBS	Lecturer	12-12-1993 01-01-2019
	Dr. Md. Nazmul Hasan MBBS	Lecturer	01-05-1993 01-09-2019
	Dr. Girija Nandan Das MBBS	Lecturer	24-09-1996 01-09-2022
	Dr. Jyoti Akter MBBS	Lecturer	21-05-1998 02-11-2024
	Dr. Adil Nahian Refat MBBS	Lecturer	01-01-1997 05-04-2025
	Dr. Farhana Essa MBBS	Lecturer	07-06-1999 16-06-2025
	Dr. Fahima Ahammed Supti MBBS	Lecturer	04-02-1999 16-07-2025
	Dr. Afmima Rahman MBBS	Lecturer	04-09-1999 17-08-2025
Guest Teacher
	Dr. Sharmin Sultana MBBS, DFM	Assistant Professor