Vol 4, No 1 (2018)

The article presents the current state of the question matching final clinical and forensic diagnoses. Installed the contradiction between the needs of practical health care and the lack of regulatory work on this subject. The perspective of overcoming of the revealed contradictions is shown.

An analysis of fatal injuries in childhood during frontal collision of cars with a pedestrian child is given. The basic mechanism and nature of injuries in a collision is indicated. The distinctive features of the phases of collision of the protruding parts of the car with the child’s body are considered. The relationship between the age and severity of the injuries of the thorax is established.

Possibility of mathematical modelling of a craniocereberal trauma at blow by a blunt object to the occipital area of the loose head and falling backwards is considered.

In this work, for the first time, a set of indicators determining the quality of bone tissue, already sufficiently presented in clinical medical specialties, is proposed. The use of this complex will bring better quality indicators of bone age, allowing more accurate assessment of bone tissue in systemic pathology of connective tissue.

The article provides a review of the literature on the estimation of time since death in the late postmortem period. The possibility of applying in practice the criteria given in the literature is considered.

Historical development of two device companies in the Chuvash Republic was described. Alongside, common concerns and tasks existing prior and after the merger of the companies; introduction of the progressive products, improvement of the quality of work at all stages were described.

The article reviews the current state and the system of professional training of future medical doctors in the institutes of higher education, the historical approach to their initial specialization (internship) and analyzes the decrease in the quality of training. We point out the issues of using certification (accreditation) and posteducational development (attestations, specialization, further training) as methods of clearing doctors for practical work. We predict further deterioration of professional medical training and the increase of unfortunate medical treatment outcomes and malpractice cases. The article refers to federal and departmental documents that serve as the foundation of the various levels of professional medical education. The author concludes that increasing the quality of training of medical professionals is the only way to improve the state of national medical care.

The article, based on the book «The History of Forensic Medicine» under the editorship of doctor of medical sciences, Professor, Burkhard Madea, provides detailed information about forensic examination in the United States of America, is the modern organizational structure of the service, shown the history of its creation, development and complexity of development. The problems of the service, its main functions and structure are noted, the educational process that passes through the professional life of medical forensic experts of the United States is described, and the role of medical communities and associations in this regard is noted.