Originally Posted by Gillianren

Well, there are additional steps, of course, inasmuch as a criminal psychologist must get a PhD and a coroner (generally) must get an MD first. (Certainly a "medical examiner," as the term is on Crossing Jordan--another show that is essentially nothing like the real job--is a medical doctor.) It's an MD you're not going to use much on the living, of course, but those people are doctors. My understanding is that forensic medicine is a specialty choice that you would make in med school, but I could be wrong on that.