Medicolegal Death Investigator Course #0121
Starts January 16th, 2021
Medicolegal Death Investigator Course
Price includes all manuals, eTexts, and downloadable reference material.
One time - USD
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Yes. This course is open to students who are wanting to enter the field of death investigation as well as working professionals. It is our goal to help you prepare for the job you are wanting by providing nationally accepted training.
You will have access to the course material for six months. This, however, does not take into account natural disasters or a major interruption in business.
This course is designed in such a way that one or more instructors will be live two or more times throughout the first six weeks. These are not tied to any particular course or set of courses, but rather at regular intervals during the first six weeks.
Certified Medicolegal Death Investigator course is an all-inclusive course. So, each student will receive a certificate at the end of all course work.
After you have completed the course you will be given an option to take the certification examination. This is an optional online exam given by a third-party testing company and taken at a proctor exam location such as a college or library.
If you have other questions, please email us or call our academy directly at 1-888-556-0177.
Students will receive a full refund of tuition to the online MDI training program prior to the start of the course. However, if a student has begun the course, the following refund policy will be in place. Should a student cancel enrollment after the three (3) business day cancelation period, the school will provide a fair and equitable refund formula. The refund formula is as follows: Online Tuition: 10% completion is a 90% Refund 25% completion is a 75% Refund *No refund will be given after 30 days or if completion is 50% or more* Multiple payments for the same course: In case the participant made extra payment (same course bought multiple times) for the same course, a refund will be issued upon request. There will be a 3.7% transaction cost charged by credit card processor per transaction.
Price includes all manuals, eTexts, and downloadable reference material.
One time - USD
Payment Option
Student Demographics
Welcome - Course Design and Layout
Getting started the right way.
Content Integrity and Copyright Notice
Content and Copyright Notice Acknowledgment
Section Introduction
Medicolegal Death Investigation and Authority (7minutes)
Quiz: Medicolegal Death Investigation and Authority
Interacting with other agencies (10 minutes)
Interacting with families (8 minutes)
Quiz:Professional Interactions
Establishing Decedent Identity (19 minutes)
Proper Death Notification Procedures Part 1 (19 minutes)
Proper Death Notification Procedures Part 2 (15 minutes)
Death Notification - We regret to inform you (5 minutes)
Quiz: Decedent Identity and Notification
Death notification: Breaking the bad news
Bonus eBook - Interview and Interrogation- getting information you want
NIJ Publication - Death Investigation Procedures
NIJ Publication - Mass Fatality Incidents
Section Introduction- Scene Management and Documentation
10 Most Common Mistakes Made and Death Scenes
Scene Arrival and Security (22 minutes)
Intial Scene Walk Through (9 minutes)
The Investigative Triangle (6 minutes)
Quiz: Scene Arrival and Management
Documenting the Scene - Photographs, Sketching, and Notes (26 minutes)
Crime Scene Sketching Methods and Use
Crime Scene Sketching Methods and Use (Downloadable)
Quiz: Documenting the Scene
Introduction to Blood Spatter (10 minutes)
Identifying Evidence and Chain of Custody (26 minutes)
Quiz: Evidence and Chain of Custody
Scene Sketch Assignment Explanation
Create a Scene Sketch
Determining Time of Death Part 1 (33 minutes)
Determining Time of Death Part 2 (25 minutes)
Stages of post mortem changes
Forensic Entomology
Body Temperature - Algor Mortis
Eyeball Changes
Quiz: Determining Time of Death
Cause and Manner Section Intro
Defining Cause, Manner, and Mechanism of Death (5 minutes)
Implications in Cause and Manner Rulings ( 15 minutes)
Implications in Time of Death Rulings (10 minutes)
Canton Ohio Firefighter Suicide - Implication Example
Daniel Kerrigan - Homicide Ruling Implications
Quiz: Defining Cause, Manner, and Mechanism of Death
Section introduction
External Body Exam and Documentation Part 1 (14 minutes)
External Body Exam and Documentation Part 2 (13 minutes)
External Body Exam Demonstration of an Adult (8 minutes)
External Body Exam Demonstration of an infant (10 minutes)
Collecting Hair and Fiber Evidence (4 minutes)
Thermal Injuries
Post Mortem Changes Time Line
Surgical Artifacts
Resuscitative Artifacts
Forensic Body Exam Charts
Rule of 9's Burn Documentation
Obtaining and Documenting Post-Mortem Body Temperature (7 minutes)
Quiz: External Body and Documentation
Introduction to Toxicology Fluid Draws
Fluid Draw Demonstrations (11 minutes)
Quiz: Drawing Fluids for Toxicology