Appearance at Court of Forensic Experts and Trial
| Title | Παρουσία στο Δικαστήριο Πραγματογνώμων και Δίκη / Appearance at Court of Forensic Experts and Trial |
| Code | ΤΙΜΙΒ013 |
| Faculty | Health Sciences |
| School | Medicine |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Fotios Chatzinikolaou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600020263 |
Programme of Study: PPS Forensic Medicine-Forensic Psychiatry (2020-today)
Registered students: 44
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
| Class ID | 600290981
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600290981
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=17772
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
- To connect theory with practice through practical examples from the judicial practice.
- To understand the basic distinctions between the law regarding users/dealers and dependent/non-dependent individuals.
- To get in touch with the structure and creation of a Psychiatric Expert Witness Report for the determination of substance dependence and to understand its usefulness and benefits.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The Role of the Expert Witness in the Trial, Evaluation/Partial Evaluation in Criminal Trials. Drafting an Expert Witness Report for Civil Cases. Drafting Expert Witness Reports in Child Custody Disputes. Drafting Expert Witness Reports for Cases under Narcotics Legislation. Examination and Opinion Formulation by an Expert Witness. An Expert Witness is an individual capable of providing an opinion on a matter related to their specialization or experience. The latter implies that you must be a specialist with many years of practice in your field. Expert witnessing should be based on sufficient scientific and technological methods, including laboratory examinations when necessary. As in any medical case, you begin with or must take into account the patient's or the deceased's medical history.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Distance education through the use of the Zoom application
Laboratory training with video projection
Communication via email, e-learning
Assessment through electronic registration at https://qa.auth.gr/
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 60 | 2.4 | |||
| Seminars | 20 | 0.8 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 10 | 0.4 | |||
| Written assigments | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Exams | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Total | 100 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Description
For the final evaluation and grading of postgraduate students in the courses, the following factors are taken into consideration:
a) distance learning / physical attendance in the classes..
b) Performance in an assessment judged by the instructor, either in oral or written exams, a research paper, or a combination of the above.
The grading scale for assessing the performance of postgraduate students is defined from zero to ten as follows: Excellent (8.5 - 10), Very Good (7 - 8), Good (6 - 6.5). A passing grade in the exams of the Postgraduate Program and the thesis is set at equal to or greater than 6.
Student Assessment methods
- Oral Exams (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
- Ποινικός κώδικας Νόμος 4619/2019
- Ν. Παρασκευόπουλου / Κ. Κοσμάτου, «Ναρκωτικά. Κατ’ άρθρο ερμηνεία των ποινικών και δικονομικών διατάξεων του Ν. 4139/2013», Γ΄ Έκδοση, εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα, Αθήνα-Θεσσαλονίκη 2013
- Δ. Σουσούρας, Η πραγματογνωμοσύνη στην ποινική διαδικασία, 2015, εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα
- American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition DSM-5, 2013
- Goldsmith RJ. An integrated psychology for the addictions:Beyond the self-medication hypothesis. J Addict Dis 1993,12:139–154
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Last Update
03-11-2023
