The Division of Legal Medicine, an academic unit within the Department of Forensic Medicine, is based in Earlsfort Terrace. It provides undergraduate courses for degree students of medicine (fourth and fifth year), physiotherapy (final year) and radiography (second year). It also co-ordinates the undergraduate course in medical ethics on behalf of the faculty. The Division offers two postgraduate Higher Diplomas. The Higher Diploma in Health Care Risk Management is offered to doctors, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists, radiographers, other healthcare professionals and healthcare managers. The Higher Diploma in Forensic Medicine will provide the basic skills for the practice of forensic medicine. It will be an appropriate qualification for doctors practising forensic medicine, in addition to, or as part of, their work in another speciality or wishing to work towards a higher qualification to specialise in forensic medicine. A M.Sc. course in Forensic Medicine is planned to start in 2005. Applicants should be aware that course fees are substantially higher for non-EU nationals than for EU nationals. Please contact the fees office for details. Medico-legal modules are also provided by the Division to postgraduate students registered for the Master in Public Health degree, Master in Business Administration in Healthcare Management degree, Bachelor in Nursing Studies degree, Higher Diploma in Occupational Health, Diploma in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work and a number of other postgraduate courses. The Division also provides lecture and seminar based teaching services to doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers and other healthcare workers at the request of hospitals, Health Boards and professional organisations, both in the public and private sector, throughout Ireland. As the university is involved with a twinning programme (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Penang Medical College), lectures are given in legal medicine to the Penang students in the fourth year course at Penang. This unique programme combines pre-clinical training in Dublin at either RCSI or UCD with clinical training at the Penang Hospital. The degree of MB, BCH and BAO, conferred by the National University of Ireland, is recognised by the Irish Medical Council, the Malaysian Medical Council and other regulatory bodies worldwide. The value and recognition of this degree is on par with that of a degree done wholly in Ireland. The Division is the academic base for the Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland.