Webb said there are limited online resources to find answers to questions about the field and many people do not know how to reach the medical examiner’s office. “The community always has some great questions about what happens during an autopsy or explanations for what tests were performed,” he said. Webb said while the field of forensic pathology has existed for a long time, very few people know about the job of a forensic pathologist. Since then, the opioid epidemic has increased caseloads drastically. That’s a number that couldn’t cover half the annual deaths that require autopsy, the newspaper pointed out. Twelve years ago, the National Research Council issued a warning that there were fewer than 500 forensic pathologists in the country, The New York Times reported. It’s a job that is in short supply in many counties. Listen to epsiodes of Detroit's Daily Docket

The podcast, which launched in Feburary 2020, aims to increase the community’s awareness about the job of a medical examiner and how they serve the community, as well as educate listeners about the medical aspects of death investigation. The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, located in Detroit, launched “Detroit’s Daily Docket,” a 30-minute to 60-minute biweekly podcast that features four of the office’s pathologists discussing a variety of forensic pathology topics. In addition to performing autopsies, the pathologists are using their knowledge and skills to add a new task to the docket: Podcasting. Committees, State Associations & AffiliatesĮvery morning when Milad Webb, an assistant medical examiner, comes to work at the Wayne County, Mich., Medical Examiner’s Office, he and the other pathologists view a docket that lists the cases for the day.

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