Although medical students seem to have realized the importance of communication skills training for the practice of medicine, a significant minority have reservations on attending such sessions. Sri Lanka faculty will need to make a concerted effort to change this attitude through improving teaching and assessment strategies.
A body found by the road without obvious fatal injury presents a considerable challenge to the forensic pathologist. A thorough autopsy is instrumental in eliciting the cause of death (COD) and reconstruction of events leading to the death in an unusual case. In the case described following autopsy, COD was given as hemorrhagic shock due to penetrating injury to the left jugular vein caused by glass. Retrospective examination of the crime scene helped in the reconstruction of events where a pedal-cyclist died after knocking on the side mirror of a parked lorry. The contributory factors highlight the need for a blood alcohol concentration limit for pedal-cyclists.
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