TRAINING EVENTS

FUTURE COA TRAINING EVENTS 
The COA training group is actively involved in a number of training events for coroner's officers which are open to other professionals working in association with the coroner service .

Please re-visit this site for regular updates or contact:

Ms Debbie Large, Conference Co-ordinator at:
School of Social Sciences and Law
University of Teesside
Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA
01642 342 327 or e-mail debbie.large@tees.ac.uk

COA TRAINING COURSES
The COA in partnership with the University of Teesside provides three short courses for Coroner's Officers and staff working in association with the Coroner service. Click here for a flyer

Further information:

There are three different courses available over a number of dates.

Coroner's Law and the Bereaved (CLB)
A 2 week course with an introduction to Coroner's law, death certification and registration, issues such as religious and cultural perspectives of death, ethical practice, effective communication etc. Click here for a flyer and application form.

Fundamental Medicine for the Coroner Service (FMCS)  
A two week course  dealing with medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, diseases and procedures and their potential complications in the context of sudden death and referral to the Coroner Click here for a flyer and application form

Medico-legal death investigation (MLDI) 
A two week course, looking at effective death investigation on behalf of HM Coroner, it deals with the role of staff gathering information for the Coroner, pathologists and inquests. Click here for a flyer and application form

FUTURE COA COURSE DATES  
FMCS 9 – 20 June 2008
            10 - 21 November 2008
             16 – 27 November 2009
              8 - 19 November 2010
              7 - 18 November 2011
 
CLB    13 - 24 October 2008
            12 – 23 October 2009
             11 - 22 October 2010
             10 - 21 October 2011

MLDI   9 - 20 March 2009
            15 – 26 March 2010
             7 - 18 March 2011
             5 - 16 March 2012

If you would like to contact a student from a previous course to find about their views, Debbie Large can put you in touch with someone. E-mail debbie.large@tees.ac.uk

BSc (Hons) Medico-Legal Death Investigation

A three year undergraduate degree course has been developed (subject to approval). Click here for further information

MSc Death, Bereavement and Human Tissue Studies - arranged by the National Bereavement Partnership

Click here if you are interested in this course

Conferences arranged by other organisations that may be of interest to you:
Visit the FSID website for details of a FSID 3 day conference in June 2008, or click here to download a programme etc. 

The Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies (ICDDS) is holding a conference, as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations, in association with the Emergency Management Portal. Entitled 'From Civil Defence to Civil Protection and Beyond - Facing the Evolving Challenge of Disaster Management', this conference will examine the advancement of Civil Defence as a means of offsetting the threat and consequence of disaster. Through distinguished guest speakers, including an introduction by Patrick Mercer MP, and its own eminent members, the Institute will:
- illustrate the development of the ICDDS in civil protection
- illuminate the advancement of Integrated Emergency Management as the principal emergency planning ethos in the UK 
- consider the challenges faced by the London Fire Brigade in planning for fires on the underground and in countering new-age threats 
- explain the current framework supporting regional resilience planning 
 This event will be at Camden Town Hall, near St Pancras and Kings Cross Stations in London on Thursday 5/6/2008. Price £85 (£55 for ICDDS and IEM members).

Visit the ICCDS website; www.iccds.org or click here for further details

SOME PAST TRAINING EVENTS

Summary of training sessions facilitated by COA:

5/2/2004 @ Hatfield Coroner's Court, Herts: CHILD DEATHS
8/10/2004 @ Surrey Police HQ, Guildford, Surrey: DEATHS IN PRISON
9/2/2005 @ Hatfield Coroner's Court, Herts COMMUNICATION
9/6/2005 @ West Midlands Police Training Centre, Birmingham: DEATHS OVERSEAS
6/10/2005 @ Hatfield Coroner's Court, Herts: MENTAL HEALTH DEATHS
8/2/2006 @ Leicester Police HQ  MULTIPLE FATALITIES
5/10/2006 @ West Midlands Police Training Centre, Birmingham FIRE RELATED DEATHS
8/2/2007 @ Peterborough DEATHS IN CARE HOMES