Course Catalog

 
48-402 FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
Department PATHOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility Cooper Green Hospital
Course Director DANIEL W DYE, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact KALANTRA ELLIS Enrollment Minimum 1
Email kalantraellis@uabmc.edu Address 615 18th St S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone (205) 975-8323 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 9-12, 13-16, 18-21, 22-25, 28-31, 32-35, 36-39, 40-43, 45-48, 49-52
Prerequisites FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS ONLY. Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Family Medicine
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description The rotation allows the student to participate in death investigation and certification in a medical examiner's office. The average case load is two autopsies per day. The student is expected to go to some death scenes with an investigator as well as to attend court with a pathologist testifying in a trial (circumstances permitting). The student can also expect to attend at least one quality assurance conference for the office. The off site location is: 100 Leaf Lake Blvd, Birmingham, Alabama 35211
Where To Report This an off-site location. Students will be responsible for their transportation. Please follow the first day instructions provided to you by the Administrative Course Contact.
Requirements The student is expected to report at 8:00 AM each day and to participate in the examinations of the day. There is no overnight or weekend call.
Evaluation Students are graded pass/fail based on evaluation of attending physicians. Evaluation is based on the student's participation, willingness to learn, and ability to interact appropriately in the medical examiner setting.
Notes Bring scrubs and a set of clothes suitable for going to court (same dress as on wards).