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Thanatologist Training

Thanatologist Training
4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country

What will I learn?

This training equips you with essential skills for safe scene management, authority coordination, and rigorous PPE and infection protocols. You'll master documenting postmortem changes, estimating time of death, and analyzing cause and manner. Build expertise in mortuary procedures, body preservation, viewing preparation, and delivering ethical, compassionate family communications in a legally compliant and efficient manner.

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Develop skills

  • Forensic scene safety: implement medical-grade PPE, conduct hazard assessments, and maintain chain of custody.
  • Postmortem examination fundamentals: record livor mortis, rigor mortis, algor mortis, injuries, and contextual evidence.
  • Time of death estimation: apply mortis indicators, decomposition stages, and environmental factors.
  • Mortuary care techniques: decontaminate, preserve, and ready remains for viewing securely.
  • Ethical thanatology practices: fulfill legal obligations while providing clear, empathetic family support.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

What our students say

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EmersonPolice Investigator
The course was essential to meet the expectations of my boss and the company I work for.
SilviaNurse
Great course. Lots of valuable information.
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