Death Investigation Training Bundle
- Online, enroll anytime
- Upon registering, you have 12 months to complete the course
- Independent study
- Work at your own pace
- $760 course fee
CE Credits Earned in the Basics Online Course
Course is approved by the following for 48 hours of Continuing Education:
- Montana Peace Officers Standards and Training (MT POST)
Course is approved by the following for 48 hours of Continuing Education
- American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigations (ABMDI)
Course is approved by the following for 48hours of Continuing Education:
- Minnesota Department of Health, Mortuary Science Program
- Minnesota Peace Officers Standards and Training (MN POST)
- North Dakota Peace Officers Standards and Training (ND POST)
You'll be prompted to select a certificate during the registration process. Only select the certificate that applies to you and your discipline. If your specific discipline is not listed, please choose "certificate of completion."
Death Investigation Training Bundle
The Death Investigation Training Bundle course encompasses all six of the individual Death Investigation courses available though the University of North Dakota. The Basics of Death Investigation module completely covers the NIJ Publication “Death Investigation: A field guide for the scene investigator”. Each of the 29 principles is reviewed completely with images, model forms, or videos for appropriate points. The Cultural Competency module addresses issues and concepts in cross cultural competency and how it affects and is applied to death investigations. Individuals from various cultures provide video addressing their culture and expectations in death investigations. Mental Health Issues for Death Investigators reviews major mental health disorders and conditions, identifies challenges and situations where mental disorders are a component of death investigation and identifies critical incidents and stresses which may affect first responders and death investigators. The Terminology & Diseases module provides lay death investigators with basics of medical terminology, common diseases producing death and common medications to assist the death investigator in interpreting medical history and death scenes where natural disease may cause or contribute to death. Advanced Topics in Death Investigation covers several specialized and advanced topics in death investigation. Finally, Forensic Pathology covers major types of traumatic deaths in forensic pathology, relating these to death investigation.
Instructor
Mary Ann Sens, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Pathology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and
Health Sciences
Jacque Gray, Ph.D.
Research Professor and Associate Director of Indigenous programs at the Center for
Rural Health and the Department of Pathology, University of North Dakota School of
Medicine and Health Sciences
Walter L. Kemp, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, University of North Dakota School of Medicin e and
Health Sciences