Course Catalog

 
96-661 MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATION WITH AN ALABAMA COUNTY CORONER ELECTIVE
Department MEDICAL EDUCATION Campus Tuscaloosa
Course Type(s) Elective 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		 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 18-19, 20-21, 24-25, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 40-41, 42-43, 45-46, 47-48, 49-50, 51-52
Prerequisites None 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites:
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description Two- or 4-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 and manner of death and completion or the death certificate. It may be possible for the student to observe a medicolegal autopsy performed by the Alabama department of Forensic Sciences.
Where To Report CONTACT DEPARTMENT.
Requirements 1. The student will be on call for coroner cases and work with the county coroner, when possible, 2. The student will keep a log of the experiences with the coroner without identifying information, 3. The student will complete the required learning modules.
Evaluation The elective is pass/fail. The course director will communicate with the county coroner with whom the student worked to determine the grade. The course director is responsible for submitting the grade to the medical school.
Notes The student will work with the county coroner from 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday and at other times as may be required.