Forensic Medicine

Medical and Healthcare Area

Specialist training in the application of medical knowledge to legal, insurance, social security, ethical and forensic matters, with advanced expertise in both public and private forensic medicine.

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Director Prof. Biagio Solarino
Department Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine
Duration 4 years · 240 ECTS
Area / Class Clinical Services Area · Public Health Class
Admission National competition for Medical Area Specialization Schools reserved for medical graduates
Degree awarded Specialization Diploma in Legal Medicine

School website

The School website provides information on the educational, scientific, clinical and professional activities of the Specialization School.

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Training profile

The Specialization School in Legal Medicine trains medical specialists with advanced expertise in applying medical knowledge to legal, insurance, social security and forensic issues.

Areas of expertise include public legal medicine, bioethics, professional ethics, healthcare liability, thanatology, forensic pathology, forensic toxicology, forensic genetics, criminology, and insurance and social security medicine.

Skills developed

  • Expert witness activities and medico-legal consultancy.
  • Assessment of personal injury in civil and criminal proceedings.
  • Insurance medicine, social security medicine and public legal medicine.
  • Forensic toxicology, forensic genetics and forensic pathology.
  • Clinical risk management and professional healthcare liability.
  • Professional and research activities in legal and forensic medicine.

Access and admission

Admission is through the national competition for Medical Area Specialization Schools reserved for medical graduates, published annually by the Italian Ministry of University and Research.

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Reference regulations

Administrative management

Administrative procedures concerning the Specialization Schools are managed by the U.O. Scuole di Specializzazione.

For information regarding enrolment, registration, academic career, tuition fees, transfers, certificates and administrative procedures.

Contacts

Director Prof. Biagio Solarino
Department Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine
School website Visit the School website
Administrative management U.O. Scuole di Specializzazione