Basic Forensic Medicine

Saturday, February 7, 2009
Evans Hall - Zedeck Family Amphitheater, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

Gregory McDonald, DO
Program Chairmen

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Objective & Description
This program is intended to provide medical health professionals, law enforcement personnel, and death investigators basic knowledge to evaluate firearm injuries as well as sharp and blunt force injuries.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify basic types of firearms.
• Identify and describe various types of firearm injuries.
• Distinguish between blunt force injury and sharp force injury.
• Define the basic types of blunt force injury.
• Define the basic types of sharp force injury.

Schedule

7:45 A.M.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 A.M.	Introduction to Firearms James P. McCans, MS, NREMT-P, FP-C, Clinical Assistant Professor of Forensic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Director of Paramedics, Haverford Township
9:00 A.M.	Firearms Injuries Gregory McDonald, DO, Vice Chairman and Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology and Forensic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
10:00 A.M.	Break
10:15 A.M.	Blunt Force Trauma Gregory McDonald, DO
11:15 A.M.	Sharp Force Trauma Gregory McDonald, D.O.
12:15 - 1:15 P.M.	Q & A / Discussion

Continuing Education Credit: Physicians: "The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for five hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credits. Approval is currently pending." Sign-in and full day attendance of program is required for credit. All faculty participating in continuing medical education programs sponsored by PCOM are expected to disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).

Parking: On-campus parking is available in our garage; please enter on Stout Road. All-day parking is $5.00. Please note: the automated gate takes quarters or one, five and ten dollar bills. Enter Evans Hall through the front entrance across from the parking garage.

Fee Policies: Physicians $125.00, Physician Assistants and other Health Care Professionals, $75.00. Registration fees for Saturday and Sunday programs are not refundable, nor can they be credited to future programs.

Emergency Messages: Call PCOM Rowland Hall Security Desk at (215) 871-6351 ask the guard to transfer your call to ext. 5350 which is the phone in Evans Hall.