We are thrilled to offer ABMDI Continuing Education Credits for this webinar. See below for details.
This webinar originally occurred on December 2, 2020
Duration: 1 hour
Overview
Join the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner of the Washington, D.C. OCME, Francisco J. Diaz, MD, FACP, as he presents the definition for the phrase “death in custody” and describes all phases of custody to include arrest, transport, booking, incarceration, and health care. Additionally, Dr. Diaz will highlight case studies of deaths, including the five manners of deaths and a special focus on drug-related deaths. Lastly, he will provide a brief overview of the National Association of Medical Examiners scientific position paper he co-authored in 2017 titled Recommendations for the Definition, Investigation, Postmortem Examination, and Reporting of Deaths in Custody (Academic Forensic Pathology, 2017). This paper outlined the best practices for examination, death determination, and manner of death classification.
Detailed Learning Objectives
- Attendees will learn the definition of deaths in custody.
- Attendees will learn the different classifications of manners of deaths in cases of deaths in custody.
- Attendees will learn about best practices on examinations of deaths in custody.
- Attendees will learn about the impact of alcohol and drugs in deaths in custody.
Presenter
- Francisco J. Diaz, M.D. | Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Washington, D.C.
The Forensic Technology Center of Excellence is proud to offer ABMDI Continuing Education Credits (CE) for this webinar.
ABMDI credits will be calculated by total time spent watching. For the best viewing experience, each individual session is designed to be watched in its entirety in one sitting. Each session results in a certificate of completion and can only be completed one time for credit.
If you experience any difficulty accessing your certificates, please contact ForensicCOE@rti.org.
We are unable to administer CE credit to users watching in groups. In order to receive your CE credits, you must be logged in to our learning ecosystem under your own name. If you are not logged in under your own name, you will not receive CE credits.
Learn more about ABMDI credits here. To check out what other Continuing Education opportunities are available with the FTCOE, click here!
The views and opinions of the presenters are not those of the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
Funding for this Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar has been provided by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this webinar are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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