Capstone:What's wrong with our death investigation system?

Paden Howell 2020
House	STEM
Advisor	Erin Wilkins
Plans	OSU, RSU, Nursing
Advice	Choose something that interests you, something you're passionate about. Don't choose a project because you think it will be easy, choose one that you will benefit and intrigue you. Stand out, be unique, and have fun with it.
Type	Presentation
Subject	Death investigation, Medical examiners, Coroners
Discipline	Science

My project is about the issues we currently have with our death investigation system. My hope is to bring awareness to the lack of funding, standards and accreditation of this system. Many professionals in this field are not even certified and that is a huge problem. I would like everyone to be aware of the problems within the system and help to change them because it effects us all whether you realize or not.

How It Began

This project is intended to bring awareness to the problems with our death investigation system, because there are many. This is not a common topic of conversation so not many people are aware of these issues and that is a problem.

How It Changed

My plan was to inform everyone that I could about something I feel strongly about. Everyone I have ever shared this information with didn't know about it and agreed something needs to be done. So the purpose was to make people aware and hopefully start the conversation. So far it has gone according to plan. Hopefully this can educate those who didn't know this information and encourage them to look into it further.

Reflection

This project made me wonder how many more systems that are in place have major issues such as this one and how can we fix them to better those systems so that they continue to work for us not against us.