The Original Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course August 2024

Monday, August 19, 2024, 7:00 AM - Thursday, August 22, 2024, 5:15 PM, Marriott St. Louis Grand, St. Louis, MO

This course is for the purpose of training anyone who plays a role in the investigation of medicolegal deaths. This includes MD and DOs that act as Medical Examiners are responsible for documentation of cause of death. This course will prepare the participants to take a closer look at the scene, at the evidence, and prepare complete and thorough documentation that can be used identify and report cause of death.

This 40-hour course prepares both novice and seasoned investigators to effectively and efficiently process a death scene and gather pertinent information. 
Participants must be currently employed in a position such as funeral director, coroner, death investigator, law enforcement, or other medicolegal field to register for this course. 

1. Utilize the expertise of other types of practitioners or other resources/databases that are readily availble to enhance their current death investigation practice.
2. Modify office protocol and SOPs to reflect national standards in investigation for various types of death scene cases.
3. Use nationally recognized best practice techniques to investigate medicolegal deaths in their region.

Registration

This course is designed to provide basic medicolegal death investigation information to medicolegal death investigators, coroners, law enforcement officers, physicians, nurses, emergency medical personnel, attorneys, forensic scientists, and others who are involved in the investigation of violent, suspicious, and unexpected deaths.

 

Each individual registering for the course must be registered with a unique email address and registration fees must be paid in full by August 9, 2024. The registration fee is $875.00. If the registration fee is to be paid by an organization, municipality, or county check, we must receive a purchase order or other documentation verifying that payment will be made, in order to hold your registration; please contact us at [email protected] with this information.

 

Monday night there will be a dinner after the conclusion of the afternoon sessions. The dinner is free to attend, included in the cost of the registration fee. If you would like to bring a guest, there will be a $60 dinner guest ticket. You may purchase at the time of registration or you may purchase at the course.

 

All course syllabus material will be shared with paid-in-full participants a few days prior to the start of the activity to download or print.  

 Registration Fee includes:

 One Continuing Education Certificate. Accreditation information is listed below in the Accreditation section. Participants will be required to complete a credit request form indicating the type of continuing education desired. It is the responsibility of the participant to understand their board's requirements for continuing education credits.

 

Additional CE credit/certificate:

 If more than one type of Continuing Education credit is desired, an additional $50 fee will be collected. (It is rare that a participant needs more than one official certificate). Please contact the CME office to discuss.

 

Cancellations

Cancellations received before August 9, 2024, will be issued a refund minus a $100.00 administrative fee. After August 9^th, no refunds will be issued. If you notify us by August 9^th that you are unable to attend, your payment can be transferred to a future course one time only. If you choose to transfer more than one time, you will be charged an additional Administrative Fee of $100.00 per transfer.

 

If you fail to notify us that you cannot attend the course, your registration fee will be forfeited and will not be transferable to a future course.

 

Eligibility

Participants need to be currently employed in a position such as funeral director, coroner, death investigator, law enforcement, or another medicolegal field to register for this course. 

Participants who complete this Basic Course are eligible to take the Masters Course held every other year. This is a case-based course which covers new techniques and high-profile cases. These lectures provide training on what to do in unique situations and how new techniques can assist with obtaining evidence and/or identification.

These courses are training courses, not certification courses or degree courses. We offer continuing education certificates to those wanting to turn in the credits to their professional board to maintain certification. Please refer to the accreditation information below for a list of approved types of CE. More will be added as they are approved. We will also provide a certificate of attendance at the completion of the course to all that attend that can be used for your employee portfolio. Please note POST and PA Coroner require full attendance at all sessions. If you miss a session you will need to make it up before we can provide you with a completion certificate for continuing education. All other continuing education types that we seek accreditation for allow you to claim the credits for the sessions you attend. Example: if you need to leave on Thursday evening and miss the two lectures on Friday you would not claim 2.25 credits.

 

ABMDI

Please note, we are not affiliated with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. Saint Louis University staff will not answer questions on their behalf. Please contact the ABMDI regarding requirements, exam, and fees. We are not providing testing at the end of the course. Please refer to the ABMDI site for a practice test and for more information. ABMDI Registry Exam

 

The scope of knowledge for the Registry exam is defined in the National Institutes of Justice publication Death Investigation: A Guide for the Scene Investigator.

 

The 240 multiple choice examination covers factual knowledge, technical information, understanding the principles and problem-solving abilities related to the profession. The examination is divided into 7 sections as outlined in the Fundamental Tasks of Medicolegal Death Investigation. You have up to 4 hours to complete all 7 sections, which are:

1.      Interagency Communication

2.      Communication with Families

3.      Scene Response and Documentation

4.      Body Assessment and Documentation

5.      Completing the Investigation

6.      Additional Medicolegal Death Investigator Duties

7.      Forensic Medical Knowledge

 

The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with documented disabilities. 

Continuing Education Information             

It is the responsibility of the participant to understand their board's requirements for continuing education credits. 

Daily sign-in is required each morning and afternoon of the activity.  Please look for additional documentation required by your accrediting body. If you do not fall into one of the approved categories below; you will only receive the Certificate of Attendance. No refunds will be issued for additional certificate fees paid. It is your responsibility to understand your CME/CE requirements for tracking and proof of credit/hours.

Approval of Continuing Education information will be added as approvals are granted.

Accreditation 

Saint Louis University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Credit Designation

Saint Louis University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 30.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Saint Louis University School of Medicine will provide Other learner certificates (APPs, nurses, and other types of learners).  The certificate will state that the activity was designated for 30.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Follow your board's requirements for reciprocal CE credits.

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American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)

The ABMDI has approved this continuing education activity for 32.25 ABMDI Credit Hours. Attendees should claim only those hours of continuing education that they spent in the educational activity. Course approval #24-056.

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Missouri Bar Continuing Legal Education Approval

The Original Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course" scheduled for 08/19/2024 to 08/22/2024 is approved for 34.2 total hours, including zero ethics hours and zero elimination of bias hours.

The course ID for this program is 751161

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Pennsylvania State Coroners' Education Board

The approval number for this activity is CEB Number 2024-65. This activity has been approved for 8 credits.

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Marriott St. Louis Grand

Click here to book your room

Special Room Rate:

$169/night

Reservation link will close Friday August 9^th at 5:00 p.m. CST.

Course Director:

MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, PhD, D-ABFA, D-ABMDI

Forensic Anthropologist

Adjunct Associate Professor 

Co-Chair Forensic Education

Department of Pathology

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