Event Description:  This activity is meant to inform and educate partners and learners in the medicolegal death investigation field about the North Carolina Medical Examiner's system and it's role in death investigations. Topics covered will include recent changes in the practice and guidelines for the North Carolina Medical Examiner's system as well as current trends in cause and manner of death within the state. Also discussed will be public health implications of these investigations, differentiation of sharp and blunt force injuries, medical examiner jurisdiction, documentation of findings and appropriate scene investigation techniques and documentation.