Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

• Analyze Canadian laws which impact the clinical practice of the health care professional.
• Outline the roles of health care professionals, law enforcement, judicial system and forensic science in the care of victims of trauma, crime or violence.
• Outline the development of professional working relationships for the multi disciplinary teams needed to provide comprehensive forensic care to victims of trauma , crime and violence.
• Assess the interactions of the multidisciplinary forensic investigative disciplines including nursing, medicine, forensic science and judicial system.
• Evaluate the emerging role of the forensic nursing specialty in forensic health care.
• Outline the specific roles and responsibilities of the forensic examiner; such as sexual assault, child maltreatment/abuse, elder abuse/maltreatment, interpersonal violence, anatomical gifts, organ donation and tissue recovery for transplantation, death investigator, legal consultant.
• Outline the specific roles and responsibilities of the forensic examiner (sexual assault, child maltreatment/abuse, elder abuse/maltreatment, interpersonal violence), death investigator, legal consultant.
• Outline clinical forensic processes, current standards and scope of practice for the forensic health care professional.
• Compare current forensic health care and assess the future of forensic health sciences in Canada.

Effective as of Fall 2008