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National Association of Medical Examiners

National Association of Medical Examiners Inspection and Accreditation Policies and Procedures

The National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) Inspection and Accreditation (I&A) Program has the explicit purpose of improving the quality of the forensic/medicolegal investigation of death. The accreditation standards emphasize policies and procedures, not professional work product. The accreditation standards represent minimum standards for an adequate medicolegal death investigation system, not guidelines.
May 2023
FTCOE

Just Certification For Death Investigation

In episode four of the FTCOE’s Supporting Medicolegal Death Investigators mini season, the presenters review the importance of standardization and accreditation within the medicolegal death investigator community, with a focus on the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI), what it means to be ABMDI certified, and the process for becoming ABMDI certified.

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

March 2023
FTCOE

Just Family Support During Death Investigations

In episode three of the FTCOE’s Supporting Medicolegal Death Investigators mini season, the presenters discuss the development of new roles in medicolegal death investigation (MDI) offices, such as family and community advocates, and specific strategies to provide more support to the families of decedents, with advice for offices to start building these types of programs.

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

March 2023
FTCOE

Just Lending A Hand During Autopsy Exams

In episode two of the FTCOE’s Supporting Medicolegal Death Investigators mini season, the presenter explains the importance of forensic autopsy technicians, the training required for the position, and efforts to create more resources for this community.

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

March 2023
FTCOE

Just Internships For Death Investigation

In episode one of the FTOCE’s Supporting Medicolegal Death Investigators mini season, the presenters describe how internship programs at medical examiner and coroner’s offices can be a great way to pursue a career in that field, with discussion on how to apply for these programs and what the day-to-day of these programs look like.

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

February 2023
FTCOE

Just Managing Mass Fatality Incidents

In episode four of the FTCOE’s Unidentified Human Remains mini season, the presenters discuss mass fatality incident management and disaster victim identification, including points regarding which agencies assist with mass fatality management and best practices for disaster planning.

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

February 2023
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Office of the Medical Examiner, District 19, FL uses Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System funding to achieve accreditation

On November 18, 2022, in conjunction with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner (ME/C) System Program Grant, the Office of the Medical Examiner, District 19 (OME-19), Florida became a fully accredited agency by the National Association of Medical Examiner’s (NAME). Since only twelve of the twenty-five districts in the state are NAME accredited, the OME-19 is particularly proud of this accomplishment. Through hard work, dedication, planning, and the assistance of this grant, the OME-19, in a short period of time, was able to turn what was thought to be something unachievable (due to building and financial constraints) to something successfully achieved.
November 2022
Publications

Forensic Genetic Genealogy Laboratory Considerations and Technology Limitations

The application of forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) has technological limitations and will not resolve every case. By taking the time to thoroughly evaluate cases and associated evidence with both local crime laboratory representatives and FGG vendor laboratory representatives, law enforcement investigators can greatly increase the chances of attaining successful case resolutions with FGG. This brief provides the SAKI TTA Team’s guidance on evidence submission based on current successes seen within the field and suggested questions to consider when choosing a FGG laboratory vendor [Description provided by the SAKI TTA website].
October 2022
FTCOE

Just Identifying Individuals With Forensic Genetic Genealogy

In episode one of the FTCOE’s Applications of Forensic Science for Human Identification season, the presenters discuss the use of forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) in identifying human remains, how it differs from searching a DNA profile in CODIS, what limitations exist when using DNA technologies to identify unknown remains, and the importance of familial reference samples.
September 2022

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