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.