Background: : Concerning the link of training via clinical skills practice and skills labs, based on focus, examination shows specific learning incentives to attain practical and theoretical knowledge or manual skills practice.

Aim: To assess the impact of establishment of forensic skills labs to enhance medicolegal skills among students of MBBS phase 3.

Methods: The present study assessed 120 MBBS students. DOPS teaching method was used along with medicolegal practical skills via FMSL in MMBS phase 3 after a pretest with subjects divided into two groups that were compared, where Group 1 imparted skills and the other group served as control. Students were assessed with OSPE based on skills. The control group was taught via a skills lab, and feedback was taken via questionnaire validation from expert reviewers.

Results: Concerning statistical significance in practical test scores, court procedure, MMLC, and VISARA were significantly higher in the FMSL method compared to the traditional method with P = 0.0002, 0.001, and 0.001, respectively.

Conclusions: The present study concludes that the Forensic Medicine Skills lab has given the outcome expected to impart skills to Indian medical graduates and can be recommended to implement in medical education in Indian legal settings.

Keywords: Forensic medicine; MBBS; medicolegal skills; skills lab; skills lab training.

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