Two Forensic Pathology Fellowships at the Connecticut Office of Chief Medical Examiner

The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (COCMP) will utilize this funding to support two forensic pathologist fellowship positions. The COCMP will recruit and train qualified fellows and graduate new forensic pathologists. This office has American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators-certified investigators and employ a board-certified Forensic Anthropologist. The program will closely monitor the progress of trainees, teaching best practices, and pledge that they attain board certification. The project goals are to prepare graduates’ transition to practice by full exposure to death investigation, jurisdictional decision-making, quality assurance, and courtroom testimony. The COCMP will also teach the forensic pathologists work-life balance skills as a foundation for a career in this field. The most important outcome of this grant funding will allow the office to deliver high-quality, well-trained, board-eligible forensic pathologists. Also, the COCMP will monitor the success of its program through board certification rates. With federal support, the office will continue training new forensic pathologists to perform sound medicolegal death investigations that will benefit public health and safety in New England and the United States.