Rizwan Zafar Ansari, Yasmin Aamir, Beenish Malik, Salman Pervaiz Rana, Usman Shahid Butt, Noreen Farid.
Assessment of Medical Students knowledge and perception about Importance of Forensic Medicine in crime investigation.
Professional Med J Jan ;28(01):101-5.

Objectives: The study aimed to know the prevalence of scientific knowledge among medical students about the essentiality of postmortem examination. Study Design: Cross-sectional Observational Survey. Setting: Data was obtained from students of five medical colleges of Pakistan. Period: December 2020 to February 2020. Material & Methods: A questionnaire were designed to access the level of students` comprehension about importance of post-mortem examination, collection of samples, autopsy report writing and courses taught in Forensic curriculum. Results: Most of the students 553 (79%) have shown satisfaction from teaching and training in Forensic Medicine. 252 (36%) suggested the need add case base studies (CBL) to improve the teaching methodology. 546 (78%) students were in favor of conduction of autopsy to know the unnatural circumstances under which death occurred. 154 (22%) of them stated that SGD are good teaching method for learning injury interpretation and 399 (57%) highlighted that there should be more teaching hours for autopsy visits and medicolegal clinics. Conclusion: Students are well aware about the importance of Forensic Medicine and conduction of autopsy. They are reluctant to opt Forensic Medicine as a medical carrier because of limited scope and court inquires.

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