Module Descriptors
FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY
BIOL60463
Key Facts
School of Health, Science and Wellbeing
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Kevin Reiling
Email: K.Reiling@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- WORK BOOK weighted at 40%
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 60%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
YOU MUST SATISFY THESE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Progression to level 3.
and have passed these pre-requisites: - Biological Principles for Forensic Science.
Progression to level 3.
and have passed these pre-requisites: - Biological Principles for Forensic Science.
Module Resources
YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES
Lecture room with computer projection facilities.
LRC and internet ready computer also running excel and word. Library
Blackboard VLE
Lecture room with computer projection facilities.
LRC and internet ready computer also running excel and word. Library
Blackboard VLE
Module Learning Strategies
THESE LEARNING STRATEGIES WILL OCCUPY YOUR TIME
A series of lectures, research papers and guided reading of core texts will provide the basic framework of information. This will be supplemented by problem-solving sessions that will help develop the applied aspects of the course.
20 hours lectures 4 hours lecturer led workshops 30 hours distributed learning activity 96 hours independent guided research
A series of lectures, research papers and guided reading of core texts will provide the basic framework of information. This will be supplemented by problem-solving sessions that will help develop the applied aspects of the course.
20 hours lectures 4 hours lecturer led workshops 30 hours distributed learning activity 96 hours independent guided research
Module Texts
AND REFER TO THESE TEXTS, TITLE, AUTHOR, PAGES
Introduction to Toxicology: Timbrell. Taylor and Francis, 2001 (to be replaced by Forensic Toxicology: Osselton, Taylor and Francis in press)
Toxicology: A Case-Oriented Approach. Fenton. CRC Press, 2001
Forensic Pharmacology ?Medicines, Mayhem and Malpractice: Ferner and Norman. Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1996
Introduction to Toxicology: Timbrell. Taylor and Francis, 2001 (to be replaced by Forensic Toxicology: Osselton, Taylor and Francis in press)
Toxicology: A Case-Oriented Approach. Fenton. CRC Press, 2001
Forensic Pharmacology ?Medicines, Mayhem and Malpractice: Ferner and Norman. Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1996
Module Additional Assessment Details
WHICH WILL BE ASSESSED BY
Formative (optional)
Specimen examination questions can be answered and submitted (once) for feedback.
Summative.
Workbook of calculation and analysis of toxicological data as applied in forensic science (40%) [1-2]
Examination: 2 hours: (60%) [3-4]
1 seen question and 1 question chosen from 3 offered.
General Field assessment criteria apply; in addition specific criteria are highlighted in module handbook.
Formative (optional)
Specimen examination questions can be answered and submitted (once) for feedback.
Summative.
Workbook of calculation and analysis of toxicological data as applied in forensic science (40%) [1-2]
Examination: 2 hours: (60%) [3-4]
1 seen question and 1 question chosen from 3 offered.
General Field assessment criteria apply; in addition specific criteria are highlighted in module handbook.
Module Indicative Content
This module is designed to provide a thorough grounding in the essential principles of modern forensic toxicology and will cover classification, exposure, dose and thresholds; absorption, distribution, and excretion of toxicants, modifying factors of toxic effects; toxicological assessment including back-calculations and the interpretation of data. Specific studies (post-mortem toxicology, poisons and poisoning, alcohol, performance-altering drugs) will investigate particular forensic applications and the potential problems (analytical and biological) of interpretation.
Not only will you develop your scientific underpinning of the subject, throughout the module due attention will be paid to a development of an appreciation of the nature of evidence that is acceptable in court and the means by which miscarriages of justice can occur by the inappropriate interpretation of data.
Not only will you develop your scientific underpinning of the subject, throughout the module due attention will be paid to a development of an appreciation of the nature of evidence that is acceptable in court and the means by which miscarriages of justice can occur by the inappropriate interpretation of data.