Continuing education in forensic medicine: an exercise in distance learning

Distance education and its application to postgraduate clinical medicine and continuing education in medicine is a recent development. Given the increasing requirement of the courts for forensic experts to engage in ongoing education, a continuing education programme (CEP) was developed in the field of clinical forensic medicine. This programme is the first programme available in clinical forensic medicine. Due to the interest expressed by forensic pathologists, the CEP has been modified to include cases of forensic pathology interest and the programme is now subscribed to by both clinicians and pathologists. The programme is reflective of the types of cases experienced in forensic medicine and is designed for individual practitioners working alone.