Medical Examiner Workshop
Join us in Austin on April 7 - 9, 2024 for an in-depth workshop on inquests and working with a medical examiner.
Program Overview
Learn about best practices for death investigations and determining cause and manner of death from medical examiners and their staff. This workshop will provide an opportunity for justices of the peace to ask medical terminology questions and learn how to best work with medical examiners and toxicologists during inquest investigations.
Hotel Information
6505 N Interstate 35
Austin, TX 78752
Seminar Location
April 8th courses will be at the Austin Doubletree.
April 9th courses will be at the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office
7723 Springdale Rd., Austin, TX 78724
Transportation and Parking
Parking at the hotel will be in the hotel parking garage and will be charged to TJCTC.
A shuttle will be provided from the hotel to the Travis County ME's office due to limited parking.
Agenda and Handouts
Below you will find the agenda and handouts.
To see handouts for individual sessions, click on the title and it will expand below.
There will be additional handouts provided on-site but there will not be extra copies of the handouts provided here.
Evaluations
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Sunday, April 7th
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Hotel Check-in
Hotel check-in is at 4:00 p.m.
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Monday, April 8th
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM - Registration and Breakfast
No handouts for this session.
Registration is located in the prefunction area. Breakfast will be served in the Austin room.
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8:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Death Investigations
Classes will take place in Phoenix North.
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Unidentified Bodies
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Lunch and Resource Fair
Lunch will take place in the Austin room.
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Eclipse Viewing
Drop by the registration desk to pick up your eclipse glasses.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Grants & Budget Requests
Classes will take place in Phoenix North.
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Beyond the Surface: Delving into Medicolegal Death Investigations of Suicides
Classes will take place in Phoenix North.
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Inquest Round Table
No handouts for this class.
Classes will take place in Phoenix North.
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Tuesday, April 9th
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM - Breakfast
Location
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8:00 AM - Load shuttles
Please head to the front door area to load up the shuttles.
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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Travis ME Office
Handouts provided after program
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12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - Travel back to hotel
Details
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If you have additional questions, please contact Jessica at jessforeman@txstate.edu.