A Day In The Life Of
Our members hold a variety of roles across the field of forensic and legal medicine.
They work as:
- Forensic Clinicians in custody and sexual assault services;
- Forensic Pathologists;
- Forensic Psychiatrists;
- Forensic Odontologists;
- Medico-legal and Dento-legal Advisors;
- Clinicians in secure and detained settings;
- Medically and Legally qualified coroners.
We’ve collated a series of accounts from our members to give a flavour of what it’s like to work in this field.
We want to hear from all our members so this includes:
- Healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedics) in custody;
- Nurses and doctors working in sexual assault referral centres;
- Medico-legal advisors;
- Dento-legal advisors;
- Medically qualified coroners;
- Forensic pathologists;
- Doctors and nurses working as advisors for the DVLA;
- Clinicians working in Secure and Detained settings;
- Medical examiners;
- Forensic psychiatrists;
- Forensic odontologists;
- Medical Reviewers (Scotland);
- Court-appointed, medically qualified members of a Tribunal.
If you’d like to write one, get in touch! Just contact forensic.medicine@fflm.ac.uk.
