NESIFS Package
The complete NESIFS lecture package includes all 16 forensic pathology CME lessons covering topics from asphyxial deaths and environmental fatalities to forensic psychiatry and religious considerations in autopsy practice. This comprehensive course offers 19 total AMA PRA Category 1 Credits at a significant discount over individual lesson purchase.
Course Lessons
Advanced Postmortem Fingerprinting Techniques
This lecture covers specialized techniques for obtaining fingerprint identification from deceased individuals under challenging postmortem conditions,...
Approach to Asphyxial Deaths
This lecture presents a comprehensive framework for investigating and certifying asphyxial deaths. Beginning with respiratory physiology fundamentals,...
Before they Reach the Table
Drawing from the presenter's background as a historian and anthropologist, this lecture explores the critical phase of death investigation that occurs...
Diseases of the Aorta
This lecture examines aortic pathology of particular relevance to forensic practice, including aortic dissection, aneurysm rupture, and hereditary con...
Drug Deaths Update
This lecture provides an in-depth update on the evolving drug overdose crisis, tracing the opioid epidemic from prescription opioid over-prescribing i...
Electrical and Thermal Deaths
This case-driven lecture covers fire deaths and electrocution from the forensic pathologist's perspective. Topics include identification challenges wi...
Environmental Death Scenes
This lecture focuses on death scene investigation in hypothermia and hyperthermia cases, with particular attention to hiking and outdoor recreation fa...
Environmental Deaths
This lecture provides a broad survey of environmental-related fatalities including hypothermia, hyperthermia, non-fire carbon monoxide exposure, and a...
Fatal Complications of Cosmetic Procedures
This lecture analyzes deaths resulting from elective cosmetic surgery, with particular emphasis on liposuction and Brazilian butt lift (BBL) procedure...
Fetal Death
This lecture presents an in-depth examination of fetal death and stillbirth investigation, with a focus on cases involving maternal substance use diso...
Flood Related Deaths
Beginning with the catastrophic Johnstown Flood of 1889, this lecture provides a comprehensive review of flood-related fatality investigation. Topics ...
Forensic Exercises
This interactive case-based session presents a series of challenging real-world forensic pathology cases from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's O...
Forensic Psychiatry
Presented by a criminal forensic psychiatrist, this lecture bridges the gap between psychiatric assessment and medicolegal death investigation. Topics...
Religious Objection to Autopsy
This thought-provoking lecture explores the ethical and practical challenges forensic pathologists face when religious beliefs conflict with medicoleg...
Sports Related Deaths
This lecture reviews sudden death in athletes across both competitive and recreational sports. The spectrum of cardiovascular causes is covered, inclu...
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Delivered as the Henry Francis Ryan Memorial Lecture, this presentation explores the life and legacy of Frances Glessner Lee, a pioneering figure in f...