Course Catalog

 
STP3004 MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION WITH AN ALABAMA COUNTY CORONER
Department MEDICAL EDUCATION Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Special Topic Facility
Course Director RANDI HENDERSON-MITCHELL, PhD Enrollment Limit 2
Contact RANDI HENDERSON-MITCHELL, PhD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email rjhenderson@ua.edu Address 211 Peter Bryce Blvd
Northeast Medical Building #1211
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone (205) 348-8849 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 17-17, 44-44
Prerequisites None 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description One week experience in medicolegal death investigation with an Alabama county coroner. It may include scene investigation, external examination of the body, determination of the cause, manner, and mechanism of death. When possible, the student may be able to observe the completion of the death certificate by the coroner and observe a medicolegal autopsy performed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences.
Where To Report Email Course Contact.
Requirements Work with an Alabama county coroner, and when possible, attend crime scenes and observe and/or participate in a medicolegal autopsy. Complete Module 1 (Death Investigation in Alabama) and Module 2 (Medicolegal Death Investigation) during the week.
Evaluation The course director will communicate with the county coroner with whom the student worked.
Notes Students will work with (shadow) an Alabama County Coroner from 8am-5pm Monday-Friday, and at additional times as may be required during the week.