Clinical Forensic Medicine

Margaret Stark has been working in the field of forensic and legal medicine for 30 years. She is the President of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London and Chair of the Forensic Science Sub-Committee of the Faculty, Lead Facilitator for the Faculty’s course in General Forensic Medicine and an educational advisor for the Faculty’s examinations. She currently works with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), and with Sussex Police.She is the Responsible Officer and Appraisal Lead for Care & Custody Health (Ltd). She worked in Sydney, Australia, for over three years as Director of the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit for NSW Police and was appointed as an Adjunct Professor at Sydney University. She has a breadth of experience in all aspects of forensic and legal medicine in both the UK and Australia and has been directly involved in the establishment of Faculties in both countries. She was the Founding Academic Dean for the FFLM and was awarded the David Jenkins Professorship in Forensic and Legal Medicine 2011/12.  She has written extensively in the field of clinical forensic medicine and has also been involved in a number of collaborative quantitative and qualitative research projects, including the evidence base for forensic sampling, and the UK Government research into cannabis and driving.

• The History & Development of Clinical Forensic Medicine World-wide.- Fundamental Principles.- Sexual Assault Examination.- Injury Assessment, Documentation & Interpretation.- Physical Child Abuse.- Chemical Crowd Control Agents.- Medical TASER Conducted Electrical Weapons.- Care of Detainees.- Infectious Diseases: The Role of the Forensic Physician.- Fitness to be interviewed.- Substance Misuse.- Deaths in Custody.- Traffic Medicine.