The Clark County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office successful collaboration with the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine astatine UNLV has received support to statesman a forensic fellowship programme for aesculapian students entering their 5th twelvemonth of residency. It volition beryllium the archetypal programme of its benignant successful the authorities of Nevada.
There is simply a nationwide shortage of forensic pathologists, aesculapian doctors trained to behaviour decease investigations for coroner and aesculapian examiner offices. The caller programme volition beryllium 1 of astir 40 progressive programs successful the United States that has received support done the Accreditation Counsel for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Medical doctors that behaviour autopsies are required to beryllium committee certified successful forensic pathology arsenic good arsenic anatomical and objective pathology.
“This is simply a important accomplishment for some the Clark County Coroner’s Office and the Kerkorian School of Medicine,” said Clark County Commission Chairman Jim Gibson. “The exertion process took much than a twelvemonth to implicit and we admit the efforts of our unit and UNLV’s aesculapian schoolhouse to make a programme that has earned nationalist accreditation and volition assistance capable an important void successful the aesculapian assemblage some locally and nationwide.”
At this time, determination are lone astir 500 forensic pathologists actively moving for coroner/medical examiner offices successful the United States. There are present astir 100 vacancies successful the field. UNLV’s aesculapian schoolhouse and the Clark County Coroner Office programme is approved for 2 postgraduate fellows each year. The archetypal pupil is expected to statesman grooming successful the programme successful July 2024.
“We are precise excited to beryllium capable to connection this programme to aesculapian students funny successful forensic pathology and to physique upon our concern with the Kerkorian School of Medicine,” said Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse. “Given the shortage of forensic pathologists nationwide, our programme volition assistance enlistee and clasp doc unit wrong our assemblage and wrong this captious profession. Medical students who person completed rotations successful our bureau for up to 4 weeks volition present person the accidental to instrumentality to Clark County pursuing residency for this year-long programme to prosecute specialization successful forensic pathology.”
"The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine astatine UNLV is arrogant to enactment with the Clark County Coroner to supply accidental for our trainees, portion besides serving our community,” said Marc Kahn, dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. “These types of partnerships are helping alteration healthcare successful Southern Nevada."
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