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Assessing Stress Among MDI & Building Resilient Professionals

This webinar aims to address the critical issue of mental health and wellness for medicolegal death investigation (MDI) professionals, with a focus on preventing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol use disorders, and other negative outcomes from prolonged exposure to trauma. This webinar has been approved for up to one continuing education credit hour through the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI).
October 2024
FTCOE

2024 MDI MythBusters Webinar Series

This five-part webinar series provides information on various emerging topics in medicolegal death investigation (MDI) and related forensic disciplines. Various professionals from around the county will present and discuss topics of interest where a lack of consensus exists among the medical examiner/coroner community. These topics include communicating with families, diversity in MDI, rapid toxicology testing, locating next-of-kin, and the utility of MDI data.
September 2024
FTCOE

FBI Laboratory Decision Analysis Studies In Pattern Evidence Examinations

In this webinar, the presenters focus on addressing and responding to the most frequently encountered observations of black box experimental design by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is used to assess the reliability of pattern evidence examinations. This webinar also reviews results and challenges of black box studies and the current state of pattern evidence testimony.
March 2024
FTCOE

Just Lessons Learned In Forensic Technology Transition

In episode four of the FTCOE’s Roadmap to Improving Technology Transition season, the presenters discuss the reality of introducing and implementing new forensic technology into the forensic laboratory, with lessons learned and advice from the presenters.

This episode contains content that is sensitive in nature and may be potentially triggering to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

February 2024
FTCOE

We Did It! You Can Too! An Inside Perspective To Implementing Standards On The OSAC Registry

This webinar covers the process of standards implementation for laboratory systems that have not yet adopted or formally initiated a standards implementation program. Tools and resources for understanding the necessary standards of each laboratory discipline, as seen in the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) Registry, in addition to lessons learned from laboratories that have successfully completed this process are presented.
January 2024
FTCOE

Just Building Partnerships To Advance Forensic Technology

In episode two of the FTCOE’s Roadmap to Improving Technology Transition season, presenters explore the importance of building partnerships within the forensic community to effectively transition forensic technology into practice. This podcast episode includes strategies for how to best navigate various forensic entities during technology implementation.

This episode contains content that is sensitive in nature and may be potentially triggering to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

January 2024
FTCOE

Just Improving Forensic Technology Transition

This podcast episode introduces a roadmap report produced by the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ’s) Forensic Laboratory Needs Technology Working Group (FLN-TWG), containing action items to help guide the transition and implementation of forensic research and technology innovation into the forensic practitioner community. Technology adoption can be a crucial way to increase forensic laboratory efficiency, and this podcast discusses approaches to overcoming challenges related to the development of new forensic technologies. This is the first episode of four within the FTCOE’s Roadmap to Improving Technology Transition season.

This episode contains content that is sensitive in nature and may be potentially triggering to some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

January 2024
FTCOE

Improving Methods Using Machine Learning And Databases In Forensic Anthropology

This two-part webinar covers machine learning and forensic anthropological databases, and their casework applications. The first part of this webinar describes geoFOR, which is a free web-based collaborative application and taphonomic database that delivers a more reliable postmortem interval (PMI) for human remains. The second part of this webinar explores the Forensic Anthropology Skeletal Trauma (FAST) database, which is a searchable database comprised of images and test variables for providing objective trauma interpretation.
December 2023

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