Department of Pathology, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Feb;135(2):187-90. doi: 10.5858/2008-0397-CCR.1.
The practice of forensic medicine and pathology in Sri Lanka is based on the British model. Medical students during their third and fourth years receive approximately 50 hours of lectures and tutorials in forensic medicine and pathology and then undergo an examination. After completing an internship, these doctors are sent to various hospitals throughout Sri Lanka where they may be asked to perform medicolegal examinations on victims and suspects in rape cases, persons suspected of being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, and, injured live patients. As well, they may be asked to perform medicolegal autopsies. Depending upon their experience, some medical officers may be designated as judicial medical officers and appointed full time to do medicolegal work. Up until 1980, judicial medical officers with at least 2 years of work experience were allowed to obtain their postgraduate qualifications in the United Kingdom. However, since 1981 and the establishment of its own Postgraduate Institute of Medicine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, medical officers are offered 2 postgraduate programs in forensic medicine and pathology, a diploma in legal medicine and a doctorate in medicine (forensic medicine). After completing the doctorate in forensic medicine, doctors are allowed to train abroad for a further year in an approved center. Upon return they can then be appointed as consultant judicial medical officers. The practice of forensic medicine and pathology in Sri Lanka is unique and vibrant. However, due to the country's prevailing civil war, the practice of forensic medicine and pathology is suboptimal.
斯里兰卡的法医学和病理学实践基于英国模式。医学生在三、四年级时会接受大约 50 小时的法医学和病理学讲座和辅导，然后参加考试。完成实习后，这些医生被派往斯里兰卡各地的医院，可能会被要求对强奸案中的受害者和嫌疑人、涉嫌吸毒和/或酗酒的人以及受伤的活病人进行法医检查。此外，他们可能还会被要求进行法医解剖。根据经验，一些医务人员可能会被指定为法医官员，并被全职任命从事法医工作。直到 1980 年，至少有 2 年工作经验的法医官员都可以在英国获得研究生资格。然而，自 1981 年斯里兰卡在科伦坡建立自己的研究生医学研究所以来，医务人员可以参加法医学和病理学的 2 个研究生课程，一个是法医学文凭和一个医学博士（法医学）。完成法医学博士学位后，医生可以在认可的中心再出国培训一年。回国后，他们可以被任命为顾问法医官员。斯里兰卡的法医学和病理学实践独特而充满活力。然而，由于该国持续的内战，法医学和病理学的实践并不理想。
