Learning objectives are created in accordance with the published American Board of Forensic Odontology educational criteria for board certification.
- Discuss scope and history of forensic dentistry.
- Develop and demonstrate critical thinking skills in order to form an unbiased judgement or opinion based upon intellectual reasoning and truth.
- Discuss and demonstrate forensic dentistry foundational skills.
- Discuss and demonstrate knowledge of cranial and maxillofacial anatomy and pathology, and forensic anthropology.
- Discuss and demonstrate professional, ethical and legal responsibilities of the forensic dentist.
- Demonstrate the use of forensic lab equipment and instruments.
- Demonstrate knowledge of forensic protocols in evidence gathering, chain of custody, documentation and maintenance.
- Observing human autopsies and demonstrating knowledge of medical examiner office protocols.
- Demonstrate the application of human craniofacial identification using traditional and advanced postmortem and antemortem procedures and charting systems.
- Demonstrate knowledge of mass disaster management and participate in mass disaster exercise.
- Demonstrate understanding and utilization of WinID software for disaster victim identification.
- Demonstrate dental and selected anthropologic age assessment techniques on the living and deceased.
- Discuss and demonstrate knowledge and use of forensic radiography and photography.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the collection of pattern evidence, patterned injury and bitemark evidence recognition, analysis, comparison and linkage terms to line-up suspects.
- Discuss and demonstrate knowledge of civil litigation case procedures; and, develop expert testimony and deposition skills.
- Participate in pre-trial conference and mock trial expert testimony
- Discuss and demonstrate recognition and characteristics of human abuse.
- Demonstrate knowledge of forensic anthropology and forensic archeology.
- Participate in field excavation and surface recovery of human remains.
- Develop and demonstrate forensic report writing skills.
- Apply ABFO Standards/Guidelines/Policies to forensic casework.
- Discuss forensic professionalism and ethics.