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Nurs
503.08 Focus on Forensic:
An International, multidisciplinary perspective to
forensic health care and practice issues.
(Introduction to health care in forensic populations)
Course Description
Course Description: 'Focus on Forensic: An International, multidisciplinary
perspective to forensic health care and practice issues.' is a senior-level
3 credit multidisciplinary (Internet Delivery) course of interest
to professionals in health care, criminal justice, and forensic
science. This introductory course provides an overview of the history
and practice of forensic medicine, forensic emergency (clinical/living),
forensic psychiatry and forensic correctional practice. Health care
roles and career opportunities in the various forensic emerging
specialties will be highlighted. Topics such as the identification
of victims and the psychiatric assessment and treatment of perpetrators
will be explored. Students will have the opportunity to examine
forensic health care issues pertinent to specific areas of practice
and encounter the perspectives of forensic clinicians internationally.
Course Objectives
- The major
objectives of this course are to acquaint students and health
care professionals with an overview of health care in the forensic
practice arenas. The historical development of the forensic sciences
and the prevailing social/ethical forensic issues where health
care interfaces with the law will be addressed. Practice roles
of forensic subspecialties will be outlined, together with the
target forensic populations they serve.
- After completing
this course students should be able to:
- Explore the
historical events, laws and acts that have influenced the evolution
of forensic health care practices within the health and justice
systems.
- Describe
the roles and responsibilities of specific forensic subspecialties
with regard to intervening with populations of victims and/or
perpetrators.
- Relate common
forensic concepts to specific forensic populations at risk.
- Examine
prevailing social/ethical issues where health care and the law
overlap.
- Access and
utilize Internet based tools to explore and network with forensic
experts and resources internationally.
Course Resources
Course Materials:
- WebCT Course
with Forensic Topics of:
Topic A - Forensic Medicine
Topic B - Forensic Psychiatry
Topic C - Forensic Nursing
Topic D - Forensic Corrections
Topic E - Forensic Emergency
- 'Required
Reading' articles for each unit are accessed online through U
of C Library Services databanks.
- Students
registered in this 'focus on forensic' credit course are required
to purchase a user fee to access the Online Forensic Sourcebooks
at www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks
rather than purchasing a hard copy textbook.
- Database
of Forensic Sourcebooks online are:
Forensic Glossary (free),
Forensic Timelines (public user access fee)
Forensic References (public user access fee)
Forensic Websites (public user access fee).
- Additional
resources from the databanks of the forensic education website
will be accessed for credit courses only and not accessible to
public users. Educational materials from the following Forensic
Sourcebooks will be selected for each unit of study:
Forensic Presentations
Forensic Cases
Forensic Experts
Forensic Quizzes
- There are
5 Forensic Topics in the course:
Topic A Forensic Medicine
Topic B Forensic Psychiatry
Topic C Forensic Nursing
Topic D Forensic Corrections
Topic E Forensic Emergency
- Students
will choose 3 of the 5 Topics to work through for an undergraduate
level 3 credit course. That is, they will be required to complete
all the Unit Activities in each unit of Section #1-8 for only
3 of the 5 main Forensic Topics. All unit activities for their
choice of 3 of the 5 Forensic Topics are to be completed by the
student on the course Discussion Board.
Learning
activities:
- Learning
activities will consist of discussion and interactivities on the
Discussion Board surrounding the course content of each unit and/or
forensic events in the media. Teaching/learning strategies employed
will be historical timelines of events and laws, power point presentations,
case studies, virtual tours of forensic practice areas, self assessment
quizzes, and web resources.
- The course
will involve members of the forensic community - locally, nationally
and internationally by incorporating their lecture presentations
using the expert/author's picture and biography in a expert panel
interactive method. Forensic multidisciplinary teams in many clinical
practice settings will be highlighted. Featured will be photos
of personnel from the forensic psychiatric assessment unit, the
medical examiners office, the emergency rooms, police, paramedic
and fire fighting services, and the correctional, remand and young
offender centers.
- Photos and
bios of forensic national/international experts will be hyperlinked
to articles and books cited that are required readings. Best practices,
case studies, and current practice issues will be shared, explored
and debated among students, authors and experts around the world.
- A data base
of multiple choice, true/false questions will be a self assessment
exercise in each unit where the correct answers are immediately
provided electronically.
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