ILOs

• Describe what a post-mortem involves and can demonstrate
• Describe the range of disease generally seen at post-mortem examination (in West of Scotland and UK)
• Describe briefly the processes leading up to and following on from post-mortem examination

• Outline the medical and medicolegal reasons for performing an autopsy…
• What are the two types of postmortem examinations performed in the UK, and what are the differences between them?
• Despite all the amazing medical advances we have… we still perform postmortem examinations… why?
• Explain the steps in a postmortem examination…
• At the end of the postmortem examination, what happens?
• Here’s the exact paper form that junior doctors normally have to fill in for death certificates…
• An example showing the different parts of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD)…
• A chart showing the ten most frequently occuring principal causes of death in Scotland…
• List all the potential causes of death for human beings…

Vascular Pathology

• Pictures showing us thrombosis and infarction in the heart
• Looking at thrombosis and infarction elsewhere…
• What’s an embolism?
• How do haemorrhages occur dude?

Neoplastic Disease