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*Determining Time of Death
Course4.8 average rating (75 reviews)This is an intermediate level investigative training course for law enforcement, police, coroners, medical examiners, crime scene, and forensic technicians. This course will walk you through the steps used for determining a time of death.
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*Implications in Cause, Manner, and Time of Death Rulings
Course5.0 average rating (24 reviews)This course is designed to walk the student through understanding cause, manner and time of death as well as will introduce the student to implications and issues that can arise from the decisions made in a ruling determination.
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*Proper Death Notification Procedures
Course4.9 average rating (23 reviews)How you make the notification is vital to the grieving process and can carry legal and moral responsibilities to you and your agency. This course will cover the best practices in making a death notification.
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*Professional Conduct – Skill and Attributes
Course4.7 average rating (15 reviews)This course will walk the student through what ethical investigation practices are, how they can impact an investigation as well as a career.
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*Scene Management and Documentation
Course4.9 average rating (14 reviews)This course walks an investigator or responding officer through the steps of proper arrival and securing a death scene. Then proceeds to scene assessment, evidence interpretation, and collection, as well as proper documentation of the scene.
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*Investigating Suicide and Self-Harm Deaths
Course4.9 average rating (11 reviews)This course is an advanced overview of the investigation of suicide and self-harm death. The course is specifically designed for patrol officers, investigators, and coroners who have the duties of responding to and/or investigating a death.
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*Chemical Suicide - Responder Safety
Course5.0 average rating (9 reviews)This course is designed to introduce the first responding officers, EMS, and Coroner personnel to the dangers of chemical suicides. This course explains what they are and how the decedent carries out this form of suicide.
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*Understanding the Sciences in Death Investigation
Course4.7 average rating (7 reviews)This training introduces the student to various scientific disciplines that may be involved in an investigation of death.
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*Overview of Investigations – From Initial Contact to the Court-membership
CourseAn effective investigator must possess a variety of skills to achieve the desired objective. This course examines some of those skills and the impact they have on the outcome of an investigation.
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*Establishing Identification of Deceased
Course5.0 average rating (2 reviews)Several methods exist to properly identify a deceased person. It is critical that positive and accurate identification is made. This course covers those methods and obstacles in an identification.
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*Autoerotic Fatalities - Investigating and Interpreting the Scene
Course4.7 average rating (6 reviews)These investigations are rare, but knowledge comes from two sources; experience and education. This course gives the investigator, regardless of experience, the tools needed to properly interpret these scenes.
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*Recognizing and Combating Secondary Traumatic Stress
Course4.3 average rating (3 reviews)The burden of dealing with tragedies associated with the day-to-day duties of police officers, coroners, and medicolegal death investigators, often remains unspoken and follows the officers into their off-duty and personal lives.
Academy Membership - Plus
Academy Membership–Plus allows you to receive a new course every 30-days, along with a resources library, greater access to instructors, and an invitation to live group discussions, all with no long-term commitment.
About Monthly Membership
At the Death Investigation Academy, we believe education is a lifelong pursuit, and we want to empower you to achieve your goals throughout your life and career. We’re continually working to improve our courses and platform to give you access to relevant content and to help you learn more efficiently and effectively.
We’re excited to announce Academy Membership– a new payment model that allows you to purchase access to all content in the online Academy on a month-by-month basis, with no long-term commitment required.
Courses are pre-scheduled and will unlock in your dashboard every 30-days
starting from your first day of enrollment.
The monthly membership bills your card on the same date each month 5th, 10th, 23rd, etc, whichever date you first registered. The courses are released in the order they show on your membership course bundle in your dashboard. They are released every 30 days in order, regardless of your billing date.
So, the day you first enroll, you will see that Determining Time of Death is open and can be completed. Then in 30 days, the Implications in cause and manner course will open, again regardless of your billing cycle. This will continue every 30 days until payments have stopped or you reach the last course. The first few courses are in the following order from the first date of enrollment.
- Determining Time of Death - Immediate
- Implications in Cause and Manner Rulings - 30 days
- Death Notification Procedures - 60 days
- Professional Conduct - Skills and Attributes - 90 days
- Scene Management and Documentation - 120 days
- Ect.....
Certificates will only be available for print after the successful completion of the course.
Key Points
New Course Each Month
Multi-Platform Compatible
Online quizzes and testing with instant results
Revisit any lesson as many times as you like
First Year of Courses
Second Year of Courses
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*Gunshot Injury and Documentation
Course5.0 average rating (10 reviews)This course will examine the forensic importance of gunshot injury. As injuries due to firearms are common in most areas of the United States, skill in the interpretation of these injuries is vitally important for death and injury investigation.
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*Understanding Cutting and Stabbing Injury
Course4.8 average rating (6 reviews)In this course, you are introduced to the forensic importance of stabbing and cutting injuries. This course will describe for you what these wounds are and how they are made. Explore each type of wound's forensic importance to an investigation.
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*Managing Workplace Conflict
Course5.0 average rating (5 reviews)Conflict resolution within an agency can be very difficult. Some action, even if it is deliberate non-action, must take place. But how do we understand conflict, and when is it out of line?
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*Courtroom Testimony, Preparation, and Credibility
Course5.0 average rating (5 reviews)When testifying in court; the eyes of the jury, the judge, the prosecutor, the defense, and the public– are on you! Your reputation and that of your department may be enhanced or destroyed by your courtroom presentation.
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*Asphyxial Death – Classifications and Causes
Course5.0 average rating (2 reviews)This course will introduce you to the four primary classifications of asphyxial deaths and describe how death occurs and what investigators need to know.
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*Collecting and Documenting Evidence from the Body
Course5.0 average rating (5 reviews)The course is designed to lead the medicolegal and police investigator through the proper understanding and practice of an external body exam on the scene for collecting and documenting time-sensitive facts and evidence.
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*Cultural Diversity and Anger De-Escalation for Death Investigators and Police
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)How people respond to issues of death or dying is directly related to their cultural backgrounds. Anyone who works with families should be sensitive to their culture, ethnic, religious, and language diversity.
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*Investigating Infant and Child Death
Course5.0 average rating (3 reviews)Investigating infant and child deaths require a unique approach and can be complicated for even the most experienced investigators. If not investigated with a pre-determined set of standards; evidence can be missed, or scenes can be misinterpreted.
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* Impact of Critical Incidents on Eye Witness Testimony
Course4.5 average rating (2 reviews)Eyewitness testimony is a complex issue and its reliability is often questioned. It is important that an officer understands some of the elements that tend to affect the accuracy of such testimony.
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*Response and Understanding a Death Scene
Course4.7 average rating (3 reviews)This course is specifically designed with the patrol officer, patrol supervisor, and investigator in mind. The student will be led through understanding a death scene from the moment they get assigned the call through the scene investigation process.
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*Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Analysis
Course4.8 average rating (6 reviews)Nearly 40,000 people are killed in car crashes each year. Knowledge of the dynamics of injuries will help investigators come to some conclusions as to injury cause, seating position, and the crash type.
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*Pedestrian v. Motor Vehicle Injury Analysis
CourseThis course is designed for a police officer, Coroner/ME investigator, or accident reconstructionist who wants to improve skills, knowledge, and techniques while investigating pedestrian-vehicular collisions.
Third Year of Courses
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*Personality Perspectives - How well do we know ourselves and others?
CourseThis course focuses on four primary personality traits exhibited to some degree by everyone. The instructor will help you identify your dominant personality and how to recognize personalities in others.
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*7 Superpowers of Effective Leaders
CourseIn this course, you will learn expert insights, practical tips, and inspirational methods that will take you from mediocre management to effective leadership. You will discover the secrets to influencing well.
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*Understanding Blood Stains and What They Can Tell You.
CourseThis course helps in understanding a scene and to determine the actions that could or could not have occurred. The student will also be able to make some preliminary decisions on whether what they are being told matches what they are seeing.
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*Preparedness Mindset for Investigators - "its not an emergency if you have a plan"
CourseBeing mentally prepared for an investigation is critical for a successful outcome. Mental preparation can reduce anxiety, limit the fight-flight response, and make you a better leader and investigator. Have a plan and rehearse your plan!
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*12 Critical Mistakes Made at a Death Scene
CourseDue to the nature of death scenes, things can and do go wrong in the first few hours of discovery. Because of these often-chaotic scenes, errors can occur, and investigations can derail quickly. This course covers the 12 most critical mistakes made
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*Interviewing the Homicide Suspect - the four initial responses
CourseIn every interrogation, there are four responses a suspect can give. This course will describe those responses and how the investigator should proceed in each one. The course contains actual interrogations showing each response type.
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*Investigating Abusive Head Trauma in Children
CourseAn estimated 95% of severe intracranial injuries and 64% of all head injuries in children 1 year of age or younger are caused by violence inflicted by parents or caretakers. This course details what AHT is and how to conduct an investigation.
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*Professional Death Notification - a comprehensive discussion on death notifications
CourseThe most comprehensive course on death notification you will find. Addressing all professions, family interactions, and notifier considerations. This is a must for anyone delivering the worst news possible to a next-of-kin or surviving friend.
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*Recognizing Communication and Conflict Drains in Your Organization
CourseCommunication is not cliche and conflict does not just go away—on its own. Effective leaders are committed to improving communication and resolving conflict with courage, intentionality, and commitment.
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*Practical Report Writing
CourseIn this course, students will learn the practical importance of a final narrative report. The course covers the 5 practical uses for reports, 6 characteristics of a good report, and 3 best practices for recording and organizing field notes.
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FAQ
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If I start my monthly membership can I cancel anytime?
Of course, but why in the world would you want to? Simply notify us and your payments, and access will end.
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Do I get a certificate for each course completed every month?
Yes. After the course is completed the certificate will automagically appear for you to print. We will also mail you one.
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Do I have to be working in the field as police or C/ME investigator to be a member?
No. Our courses are open to everyone. It is our goal that we training people looking to enter a career of their own or supporting roles.
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Are the courses available on mobile devices?
Yes. All courses and content are viewable and actionable on any mobile device.
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Does the monthly membership lead me to the certification.
No. The monthly membership is great for ongoing education and ConEd credits. However, it does not lead to the certification path. Whereas some courses and topics are included in the full MDI Academy course, the learning path and structure would not translate correctly to the certification process.