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Thanatologist Training

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

What will I learn?

This programme equips you with practical skills to approach scenes safely, liaise with authorities, and implement rigorous PPE and infection control measures. You will learn to document postmortem changes, estimate time since death, and determine cause and manner. Develop expertise in mortuary handling, preservation, viewing preparation, and ethical, compassionate family communication in a legally compliant and efficient manner.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Forensic scene safety: utilise medical-grade PPE, conduct hazard assessments, and maintain chain of custody.
  • Postmortem examination fundamentals: record livor mortis, rigor mortis, algor mortis, injuries, and scene evidence.
  • Time of death estimation: apply mortis changes, decomposition stages, and environmental factors.
  • Mortuary care techniques: decontaminate, preserve, and prepare remains for viewing securely.
  • Ethical thanatology practice: fulfil legal obligations whilst communicating transparently with families.

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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