Assist in the performance of autopsies including active participation ("hands-on") in postmortem organ dissection and evidence/specimen collection.
Participate in case completion (review history and lab results).Accompany death investigators to at least one scene.
Attend/observe courtroom testimony, if the opportunity arises.
Tours of various crime laboratory sections (drug analysis, forensic DNA, trace evidence, firearms analysis, and postmortem toxicology) will be offered to all 4-week rotation students if possible and will be scheduled upon request.