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The goals of the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program are: • Purpose Area 1: Forensic Pathology Fellowships—Increase the number of qualified forensic pathology practitioners. • Purpose Area 2: Medical Examiner-Coroner Office Accreditation—Strengthen the quality and consistency of ME/C services in their respective offices, thereby increasing public trust in these services. BJA expects applicants to clearly identify the purpose area to which they are applying. If applicants request funds from both purpose areas, they must submit a separate application for each purpose area. Objectives: Purpose Area 1: Forensic Pathology Fellowships—Recruit quality candidates who have completed all of the necessary medical education and pathology residency requirements by soliciting applications from institutions with current Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited forensic pathology fellowship programs. Purpose Area 2: Medical Examiner-Coroner Office Accreditation—Ensure that agencies performing postmortem examinations are following industry and professional standards and performance criteria. Performance Measure 1: The number of participants who completed forensic pathology fellowship training under the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program; and, Performance Measure 2: Number of individuals who obtained accreditation from an appropriate medical examiner-coroner accrediting agency using Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program funding during the reporting period.
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Fellowship/Purpose Area 1 • 39 fellowships funded by this program. • 15 participants have completed fellowship training using program funds. • 2,306 deaths were investigated by the program funded fellows. • 2,217 autopsies were performed by the program funded fellows. Accreditation/Purpose Area 2 • 73 individuals seeking certification using program funds. • 12 individuals achieved certification using program funds. • 3 organizations have achieved accreditation using program funds. *Please note that due to COVID 19, many grantee’s program goals were delayed, especially with respect to accreditation. **Success Stories: The autopsy performance by the fellow reduced the overall caseload average for the full time forensic pathologists, helping to keep them below 325 annual autopsies, preserving critical criteria that must be met for NAME accreditation . The fellowship was an affordable and cost effective approach to solving concerns regarding record autopsy numbers, as well as by bolstering forensic pathology of the future, by providing two well trained forensic pathologists to an undermanned field. Montgomery County Coroner’s Office , Ohio With the hiring of this fellow, MCMEO was able to increase the number of autopsies performed by 6% when compared with the twelve months prior and allowed the office to offer support to surrounding jurisdictions in need of forensic autopsy services. During this timeframe, MCMEO was able to provide autopsy support to 14 other jurisdictions, which is an increase of more than 100% from years prior ~Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office
See “Grantee Highlights” located on the following website for BJA’s Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program for more information - https://bja.ojp.gov/program/strengthening-mec/grantees
Please see the following weblinks for programmatic highlights and accomplishments:
Fact Sheet - https://bja.ojp.gov/doc/fs-strengthening-mec.pdf; and,
Forensic Training and Technical Assistance Program (ME/C) - https://www.forensicstta.org/highlights-and-events/.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
