Career options for forensic and legal medicine specialists: A multidisciplinary approach

In this article, we analyse the future job opportunities for the specialty of legal and forensic medicine. With the integration of the specialty into the MIR training system and with a new teaching programme, the aim is for the new specialist in legal and forensic medicine to have a high level of training and to prepare highly qualified doctors to work in the field of the specialty of legal and forensic medicine. The main objective of this training is that the specialists acquire knowledge and skills to investigate and evaluate from a medical–scientific point of view the cases related to justice, such as injuries, medico-legal investigation of death, causes of death, crimes against sexual freedom, and forensic psychiatry, among others. Furthermore, the specialists can integrate into the university world, making academic career (university professors), in addition to integration in other areas as described in the article.