Month: March 2009

There’s a lot of chatter in my on-line world right now about the so-called No-Lie MRI (or as it’s known in the scientific community, fMRI, f=functional). Some people believe brain imaging, alone or as one tool in a larger arsenal, may provide the ability to determine if someone is lying. The legal world, not surprisingly, is fascinated by this concept, but it seems like it’s a long way from being able to meet Daubert/Frye standards. Still, people are certainly talking about the potential this technology could have and the ethics of using it (on assailants, yes, but also on victims).

Looking for more on FGM? Check out the Female Genital  Cutting Education and Networking Project for a host of resources and up-to-date information.

Audio Digest has free podcasts available on a range of disaster-related healthcare topics. You can download audio files on PTSD, principles for initial response, infectious disease, incident management and disaster mental health. Even better, they have kindly segmented the files, so you have the option of downloading just parts of the podcasts or the whole megillah.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has a pretty incredible online course on international forensic investigation. What may be most unbelievable is that it is offered free of charge. Although it doesn’t appear that CEs are attached, don’t let that deter you–there is some seriously chewy content in this offering.

Continuing the legal theme: What the Nurse Should Do to Prepare for a Deposition is a CEU offering that just showed up in my inbox over the weekend. o.5 CEUs are available and the cost is $15. It’s a standard article-posttest format, from what I can tell. Could be pretty basic. However, legal CE offerings for healthcare providers are few and far between, so it’s worth checking out. If anyone takes it, please let us know.

Here’s a post for those of you interested in exploring other aspects of forensics (assuming this isn’t your current focus): Introduction to Legal Nurse Consulting. It provides 2 CEUs and if offered in a typical article-posttest format. Cost is $60.