The specialty in Legal and Forensic Medicine from the Teaching Unit of Zaragoza: Internal organization and particularities

Abstract

The figure of the internship doctor (MIR) in Legal and Forensic Medicine was born in 2022, after the abolition of the specialty as a school-based formula (2014) and the modification of access to the National Corps of Forensic Doctors due to the necessity of a specialist degree (2015, 2020). This led to the definitive accreditation, in 2022, of the first teaching units in the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, being one of them Zaragoza. This article explains basic characteristics of this unit and its peculiarities, in which the close link between the intern routine and the forensic activity since the beginning of the training period, and the different levels of responsibility acquired, approved by the High Court of Justice of Aragon, stand out. The main difficulties encountered during these years, as well as the future challenges to be faced and possible solutions are also presented.