UNIFORM GUIDELINES FOR POSTMORTEM WORK IN INDIA: FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ON STANDARD OPERATIVE PROCEDURES (SOP) IN FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY

Authors

  • O P Murty Additional Professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029
  • Anil Kohli Reader, Professor, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi 110095
  • Tabin Millo Additional Professor, Additional Professor, Senior Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029.
  • Mukta Rani Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi 110001.
  • SK Verma Reader, Professor, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi 110095
  • Asit K Sikary Additional Professor, Additional Professor, Senior Demonstrator, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029.
  • Shalini Girdhar Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Harding Medical College, New Delhi 110001.
  • SK Sharma Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi
  • KK Banerjee Reader, Professor, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi 110095
  • P Sampath Kumar

Keywords:

SOP, Minimum guidelines for postmortem work, Autopsy Standards, Standard Operative Procedures for Postmortem Work, Postmortem Protocols, Autopsy Protocols, Indian forensic medicine

Abstract

Skill-based forensic training has become necessity of the world to increase the practice of evidence based forensic practice. Unfortunately, many criminals are let off due to improper reporting of findings and defective workout of cases at their first contact in the hospitals and autopsy centers. In India, there are about 358 medical colleges and their training standards are different from college to college. This varied standards have created a serious gap in the forensic knowledge and practice and reasons are conflicting resource material, teaching methods, faculty development and their proper training , unplanned training of faculty, arbitrariness in the subject coverage, pattern of assessment of trainees and trainers ,inadequate human resource, poorly equipped working stations and infrastructure available. 

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Published

2014-01-30

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 & 2 (2013): Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology ( Jan-Dec)

Section

Original Article

How to Cite

UNIFORM GUIDELINES FOR POSTMORTEM WORK IN INDIA: FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ON STANDARD OPERATIVE PROCEDURES (SOP) IN FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY . (2014). Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 30(1 & 2), 1–122. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/jfmt/article/view/17574