Title Of Invention - Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s Medical College introduces first digital (Virtual) Forensic Medicine Museum of India-To aid justice to society.
Field of invention- Education and Technology.
Background of invention-Dictionary meaning for word museum is a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value are kept and displayed. Museum is an integral tool of learning and teaching. In the classroom, educationalists can present information to students in many ways via lecture, video, or readings. After theory class immediately student can visit museum and see the practical aspects, of the topic. Physically surrounded by elements that they have previously been theoretically taught allows students to connect the visual with their class experiences. When both recapitulations of the same information are merged, a complete understanding of the subject matter is achieved.
Museum also helps researchers for the collection, analyzing the different specimens which aids them in formulating and testing different theories. An important role of a museum is to make its heritages become a part of our life, much like the functions of a library. Based on this aspiration, the digital creation of a museum has become an integral part of both the academic and public sectors. Depending on the scientific position of the researchers, digital museums are regarded and used in different ways. For example, as a kind of creative activity; an innovative educational tool; the representation of the traditional Museum on the Internet; a gadget; the publication; website etc.
Forensic medicine deals with application of scientific medical knowledge in court of law for administration of justice. This subject deals with different medicolegal aspects of medical sciences like different injuries, sexual offences, poisoning cases etc. Proper knowledge of this subject helps the medical graduate to deposit proper evidence in court of law and thus helps in administrating correct justice to victim .Forensic Medicine museum displays scientific information and its medicolegal aspects of different poisons, weapons, bones, photographs, medicolegal charts, different medicolegal wet specimens, models, X- rays etc. We have created a website to have a look at this digital museum. And the link for it is- www.vimsfmtmuseum.com
Objective of invention- To Create first Digital Forensic Medicine museum as educational tool for all stakeholders of medical science and judiciary including medical students, Indian medical graduates, lawyers, judges and public.
Statement of invention-Digital Forensic Medicine museum is the innovative teaching learning tool for Indian medical graduate. It is also help in keeping social harmony by serving scientific medicolegal information as an aid for administration of correct justice.
Summary of Invention-With Digitalization of our Forensic Medicine museum, it is available on tip of the fingers to all stakeholders of medical science and judiciary. It helps clearing different medicolegal concepts of Indian Medical graduates, lawyers also in depositing proper evidence in court of law for administration of correct justice.
A brief description and accompanying pictures- Traditional Forensic medicine museums are present in each medical institutions of India. Our Dr.Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s Medical college, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra has excellent traditional museum consisting of different scientific models specimens charts, poisons, weapons etc. It consist of different educational charts related to different important medico legal topics. Museum also displays detailed information about poisons, bones, foetus. Meticulous information about weapons, injuries possible and impossible by the weapons is displayed. Important medicolegal quotes, photographs, cartoons, soft skill models are also present in our museum. Important medicolegal point of view X rays plates are mounted on x-ray view boxes. All above information is digitalized and is available to medical science, judiciary stakeholders and general public.
Claims-
1.Forensic Museum at Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s Medical College is the first digitalized museum and one of the finest in country.
2. A museum can be used as a novel teaching tool in Forensic Medicine.
3.Museum enables the medical students as well as teachers to imbibe as well as disseminate the knowledge at their own pace without depending on anyone, and also for all stakeholders of medical science and judiciary for administration of justice.