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Communications In Forensics:A Multidisciplinary Approach to Problematic Death Cases(October 16,17,18,19,20, 2011)An educational conference designed for practitioners involved in death investigations.Hilton Branson Convention Center |
Registration deadline extended, walk-ins welcome. The Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences at the University of Missouri is hosting a multidisciplinary educational seminar geared toward improving communication between police, medical examiners/coroners, forensic laboratory personnel and attorneys when confronted with problematic forensic cases. The program will begin with a murder mystery dinner, setting the stage for a problem based learning case study. Daily lectures and panel discussions, from expert practitioners, will complement the case study. The program will conclude with a moot court scenario designed to examine facts of the case study. This educational seminar will be held October 16-20, 2011, at the Hilton, located next to Branson’s Convention Center on the Landing, Branson, MO. Purpose 1. Promote a better understanding of what each profession’s (i.e. police, ME/coroners, forensic technicians, attorneys, journalists) role and needs are in carrying out their duties during problematic forensic death investigations/litigations. 2. Teach basic but important pieces of forensic evidence (i.e. DNA, ballistics, toxicology, fingerprint, trace evidence, etc.) with an emphasis on its significance, limitations and integration with other scene information. 3. Emphasize the importance of a team approach with effective and maximal communication between the professions in order to ensure a thorough and accurate outcome in death investigations/litigations. 4. Ensure effective courtroom testimony by correlating all relative evidence, adequately supporting the opinion and appropriately communicating it in an understandable manner through verbal and non-verbal means. CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION This conference is approved by the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services for 39.9 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) including 1.4 hours of ethics. In addition, the conference will also offer POST continuing education credit hours for law enforcement which consist of 4 hours of interpersonal, 11 hours of legal, 5 hours of skill development, and 9 hours of technical studies. Attendees should only claim those hours for which they actually participated.
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