Unit.E.8.1. Forensic Emergency/ Clinical Education

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In July, 1991 the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville and the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office initiated the first clinical forensic medicine program in the United States. This program incorporated clinical forensic training into the emergency medicine residency training program and established a one-year fellowship in clinical forensic medicine (Smock, Nichols & Fuller, 1993, p. 835). The Clinical Forensic Medicine program is designed to address the unmet forensic needs of patients who are survivors of violent injury and trauma and those patients who have not yet succumbed to mortal injuries. Trauma victims present regularly to emergency departments in need of acute care (Smock, Nichols & Fuller, 1993, p. 835). The emergency physician is well trained to provide competent medical treatment but may be unable, uncomfortable, or unwilling to provide the patient with an equally competent forensic evaluation (Smock, Nichols & Fuller, 1993, p. 835). The clinical forensic physicians evaluate adult and pediatric victims of blunt and penetrating trauma, sexual and physical abuse and collect evidentiary material when indicated (Smock, Nichols & Fuller, 1993, p. 835).

 

Focus Points Reference

Smock, W., Nichols, G., Fuller, P. (1993).

Development and implementation of the first clinical forensic medicine training program. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 38(4), 835-839.

 

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Forensic Medicine/Forensic History/Historical Firsts and Facts

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