TIMES MEDICO

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FMT 1st Edition

As per CBME Curriculum

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 LegaL procedures
LAQ’s:-
 *****A) Define INQUEST
B) Write in detail about Police inquest (174 CrPC)
C) Write in detail about Magistrate inquest (176 CrPC)
D) Mention other types of inquests

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-

 *****Write in detail about DYING DECLARATION & DYING DEPOSITION.
 *****Write in detail about SUMMONS & laws related to it, Mention
about CONDUCT MONEY.
 *****Explain the procedure of RECORDING EVIDENCE in court of law.
 ***Define EVIDENCE (section 3 of IEA) & mention types of medical
evidences.
 *Classify criminal offences. Differentiate between Cognizable
Offences and Non- cognizable Offences. Mention about Bailable and
Non bailable offences.
 *****Write in detail about WITNESS & mention about HOSTILE
WITNESS.
 *** Write a short note on
a) Definition of Forensic medicine
b) Perjury
c) Leading questions (141,142,143 IEA)

MedicaL jurisprudence
SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 ***Functions of NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION.
 *****Write in detail about PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT.
 *****Write in detail about EUTHANASIA.
 *****Write in detail about PRIVILEGE COMMUNICATION. Mention
atleast 3 examples.
  *****Add a note on MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE.(types & examples)
 *****Add a note on
a) DICHOTOMY
b) PENAL ERASER
c) RES IPSA LOQUITUR
d) THERAPEUTIC MISADVENTURE
e) DOCTRINE OF RESPONDENT SUPERIOR
 ***Define CONSENT. Add a note on INFORMED CONSENT.
 *Mention laws related to criminal negligence

postMorteM exaMination
SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 *****Mention types of INCISIONS used for autopsy & mention about
autopsy techniques.
 ***** Define EXHUMATION & procedure related to it.
 ***Add a note on
a) PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY
b) NEGATIVE AUTOPSY
c) OBSCURE AUTOPSY
d) VIRTUAL AUTOPSY
 ***Mention objectives of medicolegal PM examination.
 *Differences between forensic autopsy & clinical autopsy
 ***Add a note on POSTMORTEM ARTEFACTS.
 ***Add a note on VISCERA PRESERVATION.

death & changes after death

LAQ’s:-
 *****Write in detail about CHANGES AFTER DEATH.(immediate, early
and late changes after death)

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s;-

 *****Define DEATH(section 46 IPC). Add a note on types of death.
  *****Add a note on
a) SUSPENDED ANIMATION
b) ATRIA MORTIS/ TRIPOD OF LIFE
c) Causes of sudden death
d) SYNCOPE
e) Tache norie sclerotiques
 *****Write briefly about BRAIN DEATH (cortical, brainstem & whole
brain)
 *MCCD
 *****Write in detail about ALGOR MORTIS & MLI
 *****Write in detail about LIVOR MORTIS & MLI
 *****Write in detail about RIGOR MORTIS & mention about rule of
Nystena rule & MLI
 ***Write in detail about putrefaction & MLI
 *****Write in detail about MUMMIFICATION & MLI
 *****Write in detail about ADIPOCERE & MLI
 *****Differentiate between cadaveric spasm and rigor mortis.
 ***Add a note on POSTMORTEM CALORICITY.
 ***Add a note on cadaveric spasm & MLI
 ***Write about MARBLING OF SKIN.

identification & forensic osteoLogy

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s;-
 ***Write in detail about CORPUS DELICTI.
 *****MLI of AGE
 ***Add a note on Barr body & MLI.
 *****Write in detail about HERMAPHRODITISM.
 ***Write in detail about age of eruption of permanent teeth &
mention about MIXED DENTITION.
 *****Write in detail about GUSTAFSON’s method of changes in teeth
(APSRTC)
 ***Write in detail about TATTOO MARKS & MLI.
 *** Write in detail about DACTYLOGRAPHY & MLI.
 ***Write in detail about POROSCOPY.
 *Add a note on Computer aided video skull superimposition.
 ***** Write in detail about CEPHALIC INDEX & mention it’s types
with examples.
 ***Add a note on DNA PROFILING & its APPLICATION.
 forensic trauMatoLogy
MechanicaL injuries
LAQ’s:-
 *****A) Define INJURY.(IPC 44)
B) Classify mechanical injuries.
C) Write in brief about ABRASIONS- Mechanism, Types & its MLI.
 *****A) Write in detail about STAB INJURY.
B) Write in brief about CONTUSION – Types, MLI & Ageing of bruise.
C)write in brief about LACERATIONS- Types & its MLI
 ***A)Describe features of CHOP WOUND.
B) Distinguish between chop wound and lacerated wound.
C) Distinguish between SUICIDAL & HOMICIDAL CUT THROAT.

VSAQ’s:-
 ***Incised looking lacerated wounds (SPLIT LACERATION)
 ***Fabricated wounds
 ***Incised wounds.
 ***HARA-KIRI
 *****Defence wounds
 ***Brush burn
 ***Hesitation cuts
 ***Patterned bruise.

firearM injuries and boMb bLast injuries

LAQ’s:-
 ***A) Classify FIREARMS
B) Describe features of wound of entry caused by short gun missile
at different ranges of firing.
C) Differentiate between ENTRY AND EXIT WOUNDS of a bullet.

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-

 *Bore of a firearm
 ***a) Ricochet bullet
b) Tandem bullet( piggy back bullet)
c) Dum Dum bullet
  *****Choking of a firearm.
 *****ABRASION COLLAR

regionaL injuries
SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 ***A) Discuss Different TYPES OF SKULL FRACTURES.
B) Add a note on Coup and contrecoup injuries.
 ***Write in detail about INTRACRANIAL HAEMORRHAGES.
 *****WHIPLASH INJURIES.
 ***PUPPE’s rule

road traffic accidents

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 *****PEDESTRIAN injuries in a road traffic accident.( waddles triad)
 *Motorcyclist injuries.

therMaL injuries
SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 *****RULE OF 9
 *****PUGILISTIC ATTITUDE
 *****JOULE BURNS (endogenous burns)
 *****FILIGREE BURNS (arborescent burns)
 *Causes of death due to burns
 *Frost bite
 ***Classification of burns.

injury: MedicoLegaL consideration

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 *****DIFFERENTIATE between ANTEMORTEM WOUND
& POSTMORTEM WOUND
 *****Write in detail about GREVIOUS HURT (IPC 320)
 ***DOWRY DEATH
 starvation
SAQ’s:-
 ***Signs of starvation, PM findings and MLI of death due to
starvation

MechanicaL asphyxia
LAQ’s:-
 *****A) Define asphyxia & Define HANGING.
B) Classify MECHANICAL ASPHYXIA.
C) Types of hanging.
D) Causes of death due to hanging.
E) POSTMORTEM changes in a case of hanging.
F) Add a note on judicial hanging.
 *****A) Define DROWNING.
B) Types of drowning.
C) Mechanism of freshwater drowning & seawater drowning.
D) Postmortem appearances in a case of drowning.
E) What are the lung findings in this case.
F) What are the probable tests that can be done to conform in a
case of drowning.
*****G) Add a note on DIATOMS.

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-

 ***DIFFERENTIAITE death due to hanging & strangulation.
 *****Post mortem findings in a case of LIGATURE STRANGULATION.
 *****Add a note on MANUAL STRANGULATION & its MLI.
 ***GARROTING.
 ***SEXUAL ASPHYXIA.
 *****CHOKING, SMOTHERING, GAGGING, BURKING, OVERLYING.
 *****HYOID BONE FRACTURES.
 *****CAFÉ CORONARY SYNDROME.
 *****Add a note on TRAUMATIC ASPHXIA.
 *****Write in detail about different types of strangulation.
 *****Add a note on JUDICIAL HANGING.
 ***PARTIAL HANGING.
 *****Signs of antemortem hanging.
 ***A) Lynching
B) LA FACIAE SYMPATHIQUE
 C) PALTAUFs HAEMORRHAGE & MASQUE ECCHYMOTIQUE.
D) Bansdola

sexuaL jurisprudence
LAQ’s:-
 *****A) Define and classify ABORTION. Define CRIMINAL ABORTION.
B) Write in detail about diagnosis & evidence of criminal abortion
in dead.
C) What are METHODS used for inducing criminal abortion.
D) Add a note on MLI of criminal abortion. Add a note on legal
sections related to it.
E) Enumerate various COMPLICATIONS following criminal abortion.
 *****A) Define RAPE (section 375)
B) Classify sexual offences.
C) Describe procedure of examination of a victim of rape.
 *****A 12-year-old boy was brought for examination alleged to be
victim of Sodomy.
a) What are the legal points related to homosexualism.
b) What are the sections charged in this case. (IPC 377, Section 13
of Hindu marriage act)
c) What are the findings of habitual & non-habitual agent of
sodomy.
d) What are the materials to be collected to prove the case.

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-

 ***ARTIFICAL INSEMINATION- Indications & MLI of it.
 ***Define IMPOTENCE, STERILITY & FRIGIDITY. Causes of impotence
and sterility & related MLI of it.
 ***SURROGATE MOTHER.
 *****SIGNS OF PREGNANCY (POSITIVE, PROBABLE, PRESENTIVE)
 *****DEFLORATION. How it differs from virginity.
 ***MLI of pregnancy.
 *****Signs of recent delivery in living & dead.
 *****What is HYMEN. Types of hymen. MLI of hymen.
 *****Signs of virginity.
 ***SUPER FOETATION & SUPER FOECUNDATION.
 ***LOCHIA & its types (3M)
 ***ATAVISIM, SUPPOSITIOUS CHILDREN, POSTHUMOUS CHILD & their
MLI.
 *****TRUE VIRGIN V/S FALSE VIRGIN.
 *PHANTOM PREGNANCY.
 ***QUOD DE HANC.
 ***PRECIPITATE LABOUR.
  *****ABORTION STICK.
 *****Salient features of MTP act, 2021 – Rules and MLI.
 ***SIDS (Sudden infant death syndrome/ Cot death)
 ***Battered baby syndrome.
 ***a) Tribadism
b) buggery
c) frotteurism
d) bestiality
e) sadism
f) masochism
g) necrophilia & necrophagia
h) exhibitionism
i) transvestism
j) Voyeurism
k) catamite & pedarastry.
 ***POCSO Act, 2012.
 *****statutory rape
 *****indecent assault.
 ***Incest.
 *****Define INFANTICIDE & MLI. Acts of commission & acts of
omission (infanticide).
 *****HYDROSTATIC TEST.
 ***MACERATION.
 *****VIABILITY, LIVE BIRTH, STILL BIRTH.
 *****Signs of LIVE BIRTH & DEAD BORN FOETUS.
 ***Spalding’s sign (3M).
 *Shaking baby syndrome (3M)
 *Munchausen syndrome(3M).

trace evidence
SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 *****LOCARD’S PRINCIPLE OF EXCHANGE.
 *****TESTS FOR BLOOD STAINS (can be asked for mcqs)
 *****TESTS FOR EXAMINATION OF SEMINAL FLUIDS. (asked in mcqs)
 ***NARCOANALYSIS.
 ***Applications of DNA profiling.
 *****POLYGRAPH
 forensic psychiatry
SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-
 *****Define INSANITY. Explain medico legal classification of
insanity. Describe civil & criminal responsibilities of an insane
person.
 *****LUCID INTERVAL & MLI of it.
 ***Define DELUSION & add a note on its types.
 ***Differentiate between Mc Naughtons test and Durham’s test.
 *****Differentiate between TRUE & FEIGNED INSANITY.
 *****TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY of an insane.
 ***HALLUCINATIONS & its types.
 ***IMPULSE & its types.
 *****Add a note on Mc Naughtons & IPC 84.
 ***Add a note on DELIRIUM.
 *Add a note on Obsessive compulsive disorder.
 ***Add a note on ILLUSION.
 ***Add a note on somnambulism.
 *Add a note on Holograph and psychopath.

toxicoLogy
LAQ’S:-
 ***A) Define & classify POISONS.
B) Add a note on duties of Registered medical practitioner in a
suspected case of poisoning.
C) criteria for ideal homicidal poison and ideal suicidal poisons and
write examples for it.
 *****A) Classify Agricultural poisons.
B) ORGANOPHOSPHORUS POISONING- Mechanism of action, signs &
symptoms, management and PM findings.
 *****A) what is VITRIOLAGE?
B) Classify corrosive poisons
C) Add a note on signs, symptoms, complications, management &
PM findings in a case of SULPHURIC ACID POISONING.
 ***** A) Describe signs, symptoms, management, PM findings & MLI
of ACUTE ARSENIC POISONING.
B) Differentiate between arsenic poisoning and cholera.
  ***** Describe signs, symptoms, MOA, treatment, PM findings & MLI
of CHRONIC LEAD POSIONING/ PLUMBISIM.

 *****A) Define DRUNKENESS.

B) Describe signs, symptoms, fatal dose, treatment & PM findings in
a case of METHYL ALCOHOL POISONING.
C) Stages of alcohol intoxication.
D) Delirium tremors.

SAQ’s & VSAQ’s:-

 ***CHELATING AGENTS
 ***UNIVERSAL ANTIDOTE (3M)
 ***GASTRIC LAVAGE. (method, indications & contraindications)
 ***ACTIVATED CHARCOAL & BAL.
 ***KLEPTOMANIA & MUTILOMANIA.
 *****ENDRIN. (Plant penicillin)
 ***signs, symptoms, treatment and PM findings of OXALIC ACID
POISONING.
 ***Add a note on CARBOLURIA.
 ***Add a note on XANTHOPROTECTIC REACTION & its MLI.
 ***PHOSSY JAW.
 ***Define OPHITOXEMIA. Write in detail about signs, symptoms,
treatment & MLI of VIPER. Name poisonous snakes in India.
 ***TOXALBUMIN.
 ***PSEUDO BRUISE (Semecarpus Anacardium).
 ***MICKEY FINN.
 ***Mc EWAN SIGN.
 ***LSD
 ***** Define stupefying agents. Add a note on CANNABIS
preparations, signs & symptoms & MLI (RUN AMOK).
 *****DATURA POISONING
 ***COCAINE BUGS/ MAGNAN’s sign / formication.
 ***BODY PACKERS SYNDROME.
 *Add a note on DRUG DEPENDENCE & DRUG TOLERANCE.
 *****STRYCHINE POISONING- MOA, SIGNS, SYMPTOMS & MLI.
 *Name few cardiac poisons.
 *Write about ACONITE POISONING.
 *****Write in detail about CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING – MOA,
signs, symptoms, treatment & PM findings.
 *****Write in detail about CYANIDE POISONING – MOA, signs,
symptoms, treatment & PM findings.
 *****Add a note on a) WAR GASES b) hydrargyrism c) rectified spirit
 e) love philter
 ***BARBITURATE POISONING.