Certificate of Higher Autopsy Training

Websites:

• RCPath Autopsy Guidelines: a series of guideline documents, essential reading for this exam

• Human Tissue Authority: published codes of practice, including one specifically for post-mortem examinations.

• RCPath Causes of Death list: not an exhaustive document however remains very thorough.

• Health & Safety at Necropsy: An article by J L Burton, 2003 Apr;56(4):254–260.

• COFPS (Scotland trainees): the Scottish Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service information page.

Books:

• Post Mortem Technique Handbook by Michael Sheaff, Deborah Hopster.

• Knight's Forensic Pathology by Pekka Saukko, Bernard Knight.

• Atlas of Adult Autopsy: A Guide to Modern Practice by Kim Suvarna.

• Autopsy Pathology: A Manual and Atlas by Finkbeiner, Ursell and Davis.

• The Hospital Autopsy by Burton and Rutty.

HistoLaSE is created by trainees, for trainees. The resources shared here reflect collective experience to be viewed as supplementary, not official guidance, and are not endorsed by RCPath. Training needs vary, so each trainee should decide for themselves what works best for them.