Death Investigation Training Bundle

Online, enroll anytime
Upon registering, you have 12 months to complete the course
Independent study
Work at your own pace
$650 course fee

CE Credits Earned in the Basics Online Course

Course is approved by the following for 42.75 hours of Continuing Education:

Montana Peace Officers Standards and Training (MT POST)

Course is approved by the following for 42.5 hours of Continuing Education

American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigations (ABMDI)

Course is approved by the following for 42 hours 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)

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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