• Title of article

    Educational Case: Death Certification and the Role of the Medical Examiner/Coroner

  • Author/Authors

    Meyers, Sarah Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, USA

  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    3
  • Abstract
    he following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.
  • Keywords
    pathology competencies , diagnostic medicine , autopsy , death certificate , forensic autopsy , reportable deaths , cause of death , manner of death , coroner , medical examiner
  • Journal title
    Academic Pathology
  • Serial Year
    2018
  • Record number

    2613481