October 15, 2024 Free CE
Recorded Webinar & Quiz

Forensic Toxicology Basics

1 General AP Credit Available

Presented By:

Hannah Coltrain, MS, PA(ASCP)
DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office

This webinar is the third and final session of a three-part Forensics webinar series presented throughout the year. Watch Part 1 and Part 2.

Abstract:
Pathologists’ assistants have been increasingly employed in medical examiner offices nationwide where their scope of responsibilities may involve preparation and submission of forensic toxicology specimens during an autopsy. This session serves as an introduction to basic forensic toxicology principles and practices, and will outline the roles PAs play in specimen collection and the preliminary interpretation of results within medical examiner and/or coroner offices.

Instruction Level:
Basic – Entry level; no prior knowledge of subject necessary

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Understand the role of toxicology in medicolegal death investigation.
   
2. Outline the role of the pathologists’ assistant in specimen collection procedures and the preliminary screening of toxicology results.
   
3. Discuss the interpretation of postmortem toxicology results including general limitations.
   
4. Describe major drug classifications and analytes implicated in forensic cases.

Important Continuing Education (CE) Credit Information:

The AAPA is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS PACE^TM Program.

This recorded webinar and quiz marks the 17th of 20 free CE credits in 2024. CE offerings are released incrementally throughout the year, by way of manuscripts and webinars with quizzes sent via email, and manuscripts with quizzes featured in The Cutting Edge journal.

Important Notes:

• If you attended the live webinar session in August 2024, you can NOT earn an additional credit by completing the quiz. Check your Online CE Journal to see if you already earned credit.
• To watch the non-CE version, click here.

Follow the link below to watch the one-hour webinar and take the quiz. You must pass the quiz with a score of 70% or higher for the unit to appear in your personal Online CE Journal. If you have provided your 8-digit ASCP Customer ID and your first and last names are an exact match to your ASCP profile, the AAPA PACE credits you earn will seamlessly transfer over to your ASCP transcript on a weekly basis.

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Watch the Webinar & Take the Quiz

Quiz expires two years from the date issued.