General guide of the course: Dinamics of the course

This course addresses the role of the clinical autopsy in the 21^st century. Therefore, we will explain the most basic fundamentals; material and methodology; risks of doing an autopsy and high-risk autopsies; and some of the main lethal injuries that can cause death. In addition, we will explain the hidden face of clinical autopsies, that is to say, some neuropathological procedures such as the brain and spinal cord extractions. Finally, we will overview some characteristics of brain biobanks as the backbone of research in human brain tissues.

This course is offered by the University of Oviedo and developed by a teaching team of professors and pathologists from the University of Oviedo and the Central University Hospital of Asturias (Anatomic Pathology Service).

4. Dinamics of the course

The course is organized by lessons and the access to each of them will be open in a consecutive system along the different weeks that frame the course.

Each lesson, available in English, presents the same structure at the platform:

• Video-Guide: Where we briefly present the purposes, contents and activities that we have proposed to help you to understand and get deeper into the contents of the lesson.

• Lesson: Preceded by a video-lesson, it also contains in PDF format the basic concepts that must understand the key ideas in order to achieve the objectives of each lesson.

• Weekly Activities: We have proposed two types of activities. The first one allows you to value your comprehension level of the contents through questionnaires about video lessons. The second one needs your active participation in the forum commenting on the different issues analyzed in the course.

ATTENTION:

To pass every unit you will need to have at least 60% of correct answers in the evaluation test. You will be able to do the test twice after a period of 24 hours.