Abstract:
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: Five medical colleges of Pakistan. Period:
December 2019 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 to 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 SGDs
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.
