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- 2018
Educational Case: Death Certification and the Role of the Medical Examiner/CoronerKeywords: pathology competencies, diagnostic medicine, autopsy, death certificate, forensic autopsy, reportable deaths, cause of death, manner of death, coroner, medical examiner Abstract: The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040
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