This course is designed to walk the student through understanding the cause and manner of death as well as the three categories used in a time of death determination. Further, this course will introduce the student to the implications and issues that can arise from the decisions made in a ruling determination.

This course is approved for 1 hour of continuing education credits by Missouri POST and the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)

Who Should Take This Course

  • Law Enforcement Patrol Officers/ Supervisors
  • Detectives and Investigators
  • Medicolegal Death Investigators
  • Coroners
  • Interested Students

Course Summary

It is not uncommon for family, employers, insurance companies, and even law enforcement not to agree with a cause and manner ruling of a decedent. It is imperative that Medical Examiner/Coroner Investigators as-well-as police, understand that their investigation will likely go under extreme scrutiny where the manner of death is concerned. This course is designed to walk the student through understanding the cause and manner of death as well as the three categories used in a time of death determination. Further, this course will introduce the student to the implications and issues that can arise from the decisions made in a ruling determination.

This is an online video training and is designed to be interactive with students by random quizzes and a final exam. Student login and time are tracked per student to verify the time spent in the course if needed.   Testing cannot be done until the videos are watched.  Many of the videos have a unique symbol or picture that will appear prominently in the video and is part of the test questions, this will ensure the video has been watched. Certificates will only be available for print after the successful completion of the course material.

Each certificate will indicate that it was an online training and will note the approval control number and the CLEE hours given.

 

Course Objectives

At the completion of this one hour course of instruction the participant will be able to:

1. List the 5 manners of death determinations

2.Explain the difference between cause and manner of death

3.Explain the mechanism of  death

4. List the three categories related to a time of death determination

5. Explain what implications might occur as a result of a manner ruling.