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Updated
October 15, 2008

INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING

JOAN WENTWORTH

DEPOSITION (2006 - )

MOCK TRIAL (1977 - 2005)

At the SIU School of Medicine, legal medicine teaching began in the mid-1970s as part of the Program of Law and Medicine (Program), which is based in the Department of Medical Humanities.

Program coursework was comprehensive and well developed and made use of various teaching modalities, including lectures, seminars, case-based tutor group discussions, and simulated patient encounters.

Perhaps the highlight of the required curriculum in legal medicine was the mock trial reenactment of the landmark Illinois case Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital.

The mock trial concluded the formal program of required undergraduate instruction in legal medicine and is viewed as an essential adjunct to a full and complete legal medicine learning experience. From 1977 until 2005, all School of Medicine students were required to participate in that important courtroom simulation.

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