What kind of work is available to an M.D. in the criminal justice system?

[Gorne]

Title kind of explains it all.

Would a forensic pathologist work alongside investigators on crime scenes?

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[Priapism4tooLong]

Hello Dexter.

 

[DermViser]

You could be a coroner, sure.

 

[circulus vitios]

Expert witnessing.

 

[Psai]

Psychiatry, can determine if people are competent to stand trial

 

[Kahreek]

autopsies

 

[Saddleshoes]

Every Prison in the country has a medical doc on staff.

 

[qw098]

Sure, most medical examiners didn't do med though. For a medical examiner there are many better routes than the MD route.

 

[Mass Effect]

What is it you want to do in the criminal justice system? If it's prison work, do you IM. If you want to be an expert witness or something, look into path and psych.

 

[xffan624]

Sure, most medical examiners didn't do med though. For a medical examiner there are many better routes than the MD route.

Pretty sure you have to be a physician and do a pathology residency before you can be a medical examiner. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your post?

 

[qw098]

Pretty sure you have to be a physician and do a pathology residency before you can be a medical examiner. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your post?

Wisconsin for example.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...be-a-doctor-to-be-a-medical-examiner.1054770/

 

[xffan624]

Wisconsin for example.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...be-a-doctor-to-be-a-medical-examiner.1054770/

Apparently, they're the exception, not the rule, so unless you want to live in Wisconsin, you need a medical license to be medical examiner. Pretty sure most major American cities are not hiring EMT's or Veterinary techs to be medical examiners. They're hiring physicians.

 

[Successful BM]

People are suggesting prison work. I can't imagine doing that for any length of time. The main reason I would never be a cop is because their job is to deal with scumbags. Every day. It's what they do. But it's a good way to make decent money without a college education. I wouldn't want to deal with that patient population on a regular basis as a doctor.

I think forensic pathology is more what you're looking at anyway. I would look into that if I were you.