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
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
