Terminology & Diseases

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• Online, enroll anytime
• Upon registering, you have 6 months to complete the course
• Independent study
• Work at your own pace
• $109 course fee

About the Terminology & Diseases Death Investigation Course

This online course will help you understand basic medical terminology especially as related to conditions producing or contributing to natural death.

Course is approved by the following for 6.5 hours of Continuing Education

• Montana Peace Officers Standards and Training (MT POST)
• Minnesota Department of Health, Mortuary Science Program

Course is approved by the following for 6.1 hours of Continuing Education

• American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)

Course is approved by the following for 6.0 hours of Continuing Education:

• Minnesota Peace Officers Standards and Training (MN POST)
• North Dakota Peace Officers Standards and Training (ND POST)
• International Association for Identification - Crime Scene

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."

Course Objectives

1. Understand basic medical terminology especially as related to conditions producing or contributing to natural death.
2. Define types of hemorrhage in the central nervous system and the possible causes of each type.
3. Articulate the pathophysiology of the electrical system of the heart, the anatomy of the heart and types of acute and chronic injury to the heart. Recognize common cardiac medications and treatments within the medical history of a death investigation.
4. Understand the common diseases and functional disorders of the liver, lungs, pancreas and reproductive organs and how these may relate to sudden death and causes of natural deaths.Define inflammation and potential causes of inflammation. Contrast infectious and non-infectious inflammatory responses as they relate to death investigation.
5. Define inflammation and potential causes of inflammation. Contrast infectious and non-infectious inflammatory responses as they relate to death investigation.

Instructor

Walter L. Kemp, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences