DENTISTRY 2025/2026
Annotation:
Death, postmortem changes, autopsy, identification, wounds, natural death, ballistics, traffic injuries, bloodstains, forensic alcohol analysis, sudden death, sudden infant death syndrome, violent death, poisons, suffocation, strangulation, drowning, laboratory methods, death certification.
Entrance conditions:
No pre-requisite.
Study Outcomes:
Students will gain basic theoretical knowledge of forensic medicine, excluding direct application to real cases.
Students will understand essential forensic findings through a large set of professional photographs.
Students will participate in autopsy room demonstrations and observe forensic procedures.
Students will be able to perform basic mathematical calculations related to forensic alcohol analysis.
Requirements for Participation:
Only students officially enrolled in the subject of Forensic Medicine in SIS are eligible to participate in lessons.
All lessons will take place in the teaching classroom of the Department of Forensic Medicine, located in the Faculty Hospital Hradec Králové (building 5/1). The final exam is held in the teaching classroom of the Fingerland Institute of Pathology.
The Academic Coordinator of the course is MUDr. Lenka Zátopková, Ph.D. (zatopkol@lfhk.cuni.cz, +420 495 836 829). The Department Secretary is Mrs. Vladana Kadeřávková (kaderavv@lfhk.cuni.cz, +420 495 836 804).
Practical classes:
Attendance at all practical classes is compulsory. Attendance will be checked at the beginning of each class by the teacher reading the names from the attendance list; each student must confirm their presence orally. Late arrivals will not be accepted. Attendance cannot be granted retroactively.
In the event of a long-term absence due to health reasons (confirmed by a physician), substitution arrangements will be made individually with the Academic Coordinator.
All questions concerning possible absences or timetable changes must be addressed in written form to the Academic Coordinator (L. Zátopková, M.D.).
Credit:
The Academic Coordinator will grant credit under the following conditions:
· completion of all lectures,
· completion of all practical classes (with possible verification of theoretical knowledge during practical sessions),
· successful passing of the credit test.
Credit will be recorded in SIS after successful completion of the final exam.
The final credit test will take the form of an online written test in the Moodle platform, held on the dates announced in SIS, using the
faculty laptops available in the teaching classroom (“microscopic”) of the Fingerland Institute of Pathology.
The test takes place outside regular classes, in the building of the Fingerland Institute of Pathology, on faculty laptops, at the scheduled time (as listed in SIS), under the supervision of an authorised teacher of the Department of Forensic Medicine.
A prerequisite for registration for and taking the examination test is the fulfilment of the requirements for obtaining course credit, including mandatory attendance at practical classes; otherwise, the test cannot be taken “in advance”. Test dates will be published in the SIS. Registration and cancellation are available only via the SIS (cancellation must be made no later than 24 hours before the start of the test). Any absence due to health-related or other serious reasons must be documented with official confirmation. Unexcused absence results in the loss of the examination attempt.
If a student requests a specific exam date, this should ideally be communicated to the Academic Coordinator, MUDr., at the beginning of the course. L. Zátopková, who may arrange such a date depending on the Department’s schedule and the capacity of the teaching room at the Fingerland.
The test contains 60 questions on essential forensic medicine topics, with three answer choices (single-choice test). The limit for passing is 60 minutes. To pass the test, you must get at least 40 correct answers.
The detailed evaluation is here:
60–54 – 1 (excellent)
53–48 – 2 (very good)
47–40 – 3 (good)
39 and less – 4
After successful completion, we will record the credit for you in the SIS.