August 27, 2024 Free CE
Live Webinar for Members

AAPA Live CE Webinar: Forensic Toxicology Basics
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | 7:00 pm CDT | Via GoToWebinar

1 General AP Credit available for Fellow members who have taken and passed the ASCP BOC exam

Choose how you earn your continuing education (CE) credit:

• Attend the live webinar* (see requirements below), or
• Watch the recorded webinar (available mid-October) and take the corresponding quiz

*Those who earn credit for attending the live webinar are NOT eligible to receive credit for watching the recorded webinar and taking the corresponding quiz.

Register for the Webinar

Join us on Tuesday, August 27 at 7:00 pm CDT for the third session of a three-part Forensics webinar series to be presented throughout the year.

Presented By:

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

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.

Attending the live presentation of this webinar will count towards one (1) General AP continuing education credit. To earn credit, you MUST join within the first ten minutes of the session and remain connected throughout the entire presentation. NO QUIZ will be required to earn credit for those who attend the live session. There will, however, also be an option to watch the recorded webinar and take a quiz for one (1) General AP CE credit, if you are unable to join live.

If you attend the live session, it may take up to two weeks 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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