MMed(Path)(Forens)

Postgraduate training, for previously qualified medical practitioners and who hold joint appointment on the shared staff establishment of the Gauteng Provincial Department of Heatlth and the University of Pretoria as medical registrars / residents, comprises a four year residency / training program. The programme includes extensive theoretical and practical training in the fields of pharmacology / toxicology, physiology, anatomy, molecular pathology, forensic and anatomical pathology, and research methodology. Upon successful completion, the degree of Master of Medicine in the field of forensic pathology is conferred, which allows the practitioner to register as a specialist forensic pathologist, with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

BSc(Hons) and MSc in Medical Criminalistics

Students who have completed an undergraduate BSc-degree in biomedical sciences, with appropriate preparatory subjects, are admitted to fulltime or part-time study in the field of medical criminalistics. Whilst the focus is on exposing the biomedical graduate to the field of forensic medicine, an opportunity is also provided to interact and participate in the full scope of medico-legal investigation of death – including attendance at death / crime scenes, visiting police and other forensic laboratories (such as chemistry / toxicology, odontology and anthropology laboratories). In addition, students conduct or participate in research, in the field of forensic medicine or pathology.

LLB

A semester course in forensic medicine for legal practitioners is offered to final year law students, in conjunction with the Department of Public Law, at the Faculty of Law (on the main campus of the University of Pretoria).

OtherA variety of other regular and incidental courses and lectures in the field of forensic medicine, are presented to students from the SAPS, the Department of Justice, paramedical / emergency medical personnel, etc.

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