Training
Each year the office is responsible for recertifying its investigators and provides
training for new investigators. This training is also made available for persons
who are interested in or currently working as death investigators and to personnel
with associated agencies.
Basic Training for the Medicolegal Death Investigator
Course Description
Designed by medicolegal death investigators, this program will familiarize the participant
with the operations of a death investigation system and the role of the medicolegal
death investigator. Topics presented are unique to death investigation and provide
the medicolegal death investigator with a solid foundation to build on. Other agency
representatives have also provided information on their roles in working with a
death investigation system.
Course Objectives
Training provided will give the attendee the basic information and expertise required
to participate in and conduct death scene investigations as a basic medicolegal
death investigator. Topics have been chosen that will cover the basics and provide
some advanced training and lab work for individuals already working in the field.
Who Should Attend
Medical examiners, coroners, medicolegal death investigators, all levels of health
care professionals, law enforcement personnel, forensic technicians, investigators,
detectives, prosecutors, and emergency medical personnel.
For the next available training session please see our Brochure
Forensic Science Seminar
Course Description
This program is designed by the faculty and staff of the NM OMI to familiarize the
participant with death investigation systems and the role of the medicolegal death
investigator. Other agency representatives have also been invited to provide general
information on death investigations.
Course Objectives
The attendee will be provided with training information on the broader medicolegal
investigation of death experience with emphasis on daily practice. It will also
provide exposure to contemporary topics that affect how death investigators perform
their job with an understanding and appreciation for local, national, and international
collaborative efforts.
Who Should Attend
All levels of health care professionals, medical examiners, coroners, medicolegal
death investigators, emergency medical personnel, law enforcement personnel,
forensic technicians, investigators, detectives, and prosecutors.
For the next available training session please see our Brochure
For more information, please contact:
David Dryden
Supervisor, Field Investigations
(505) 272-6989, FAX: (505) 272-1245
ddryden@salud.unm.edu
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