Ever wanted to be a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar?

This post is written by Dr Nicola Cunningham, Senior Forensic Physician at Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and Emergency Physician at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Ever wondered what it would be like to work in a field like “CSI”? A term as a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VFM) is as close as it gets as a doctor to navigating your way through the murky bowels of crime and experiencing the fascinating world of forensic labs, police stations and courts. We don’t have a theme song by the Who, and we never look as glamorous at two in the morning, but we do have shiny silver cases and get to talk a lot about injuries and DNA. We meet the good, the bad and the bizarre, in a job where no two days are the same. Clinical Forensic Medicine is a subspecialty that is very well suited to Emergency Medicine training. The work covers a range of areas including toxicology, addiction medicine, gynaecology, sexual health, psychiatry, general practice and custodial health. The work takes us to hospitals, police stations, and prisons, to name a few. When we are not out “on a job”, we are discussing clinical cases, writing up reports, and learning from our colleagues, in a unique building that houses physicians, pathologists, and other forensic specialists working in anthropology, odontology, radiology, entomology, and toxicology. Just down the corridor are the Coroners’ Courts – another rich source of education a...
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