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Thanatologist Training

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

What will I learn?

This course equips you with practical skills to safely manage death scenes, work with authorities, and follow strict PPE and infection protocols. You will learn to record postmortem changes, estimate time of death, and determine cause and manner. Build skills in mortuary handling, body preservation, viewing preparation, and ethical family communication in a legal and efficient manner.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Forensic scene safety: use medical-grade PPE, conduct hazard assessments, and maintain chain of custody.
  • Postmortem examination basics: record livor mortis, rigor mortis, algor mortis, wounds, and scene evidence.
  • Time of death estimation: apply mortis changes, decomposition stages, and environmental factors.
  • Mortuary care skills: decontaminate, preserve, and prepare bodies safely for viewing.
  • Ethical thanatology: fulfil legal obligations while communicating clearly and compassionately with families.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and 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 my boss's and the company's expectations.
SilviaNurse
Very great course. Lots of rich information.
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