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e-Learning Course on Medical Certification of Cause of Death (e-MCCD 4.0)
ICMR Collaborating Centre of Excellence [CCoE]
Mar 01 - Mar 31, 2026
Course details:
This web-based course on ‘Medical Certification of Cause of Death’ is an important source of cause-specific mortality data for a country. It aims to strengthen the capacity of medical practitioners in ensuring accurate and reliable medical certification of cause of death. It can be taken up at one’s own free time and convenience.
- The complete duration of this course is 10 hours but it can be completed over a period of one month, with each batch starting on the first of the month
- Upon successful completion, all participants will be awarded Course Completion Certificate from St John's Research Institute
Course Objectives:
Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) is an important source of cause-specific mortality data for a country. Apart from being a public health surveillance tool, a medical death certificate is also a legal document for the family of the deceased. The medical practitioner has to issue a ‘death certificate’ to the family of the deceased. Inaccurate entries in these death certificates lead to incorrect mortality data collection, faulty public health measures and legal hassles.
- This course aims to strengthen the capacity of medical practitioners in ensuring accurate and reliable medical certification of cause of death, taking into account the COVID pandemic
- It is divided into 4 Modules with each module comprising of one to four Units
- To obtain the Course Certificate, the participant has to complete all the Modules/Units and then take up the final assessment and obtain 66%(40/60) marks within a month of enrolment
Course Schedule:
| NO | NAME | DURATION |
| 1 | Module 1: Certification of Cause of Death | |
| 1.1 | Unit 1: Introduction to Cause of Death | 50 min |
| 1.2 | Unit 2: Ascertaining the Cause of Death | 90 min |
| 1.3 | Unit 3: Death Certificate – parts, types and filling out | 50 min |
| 1.4 | Unit 4: Errors in filling out death certificates | 60 min |
| 2 | Module 2: ICD Coding | |
| 2.1 | Unit 1: Introduction to Clinical Coding | 30 min |
| 2.2 | Unit 2: Assigning an ICD code | 50 min |
| 2.3 | Unit 3: Filling in the ICD code on a death certificate | 60 min |
| 3 | Module 3: Mortality statistics in India | |
| 3.1 | Unit 1: Mortality statistics in India | 30 min |
| 3.2 | Unit 2: Practical aspects of certification | 30 min |
| 4 | Module 4: MCCD— updated | |
| 4.1 | Unit 1: MCCD in the presence of COVID-19 | 30 min |
| 4.2 | Unit 2 : Latest recommended death certificates | 10 min |
Course Start date:
1st March 2026
Registration ends: 26th Feb 2026
Registration:
Registration is to be done online at the weblink given below. Payment for registration is accepted via credit card, debit card or netbanking. It is to be paid along with the submission of the registration form and the medical council registration details directly on the website.
For Registration please CLICK HERE
Who should attend
This online course is suitable for all allopathic doctors (of any specialty) and dentists currently registered with any medi- cal/dental council in India and also for medical interns with a provisional medical council registration.
Organization and delivery
The course will be hosted and delivered online by St John’s Medical College and Research Institute. After successful registration, all participants will be provided with a ‘username’ and ‘password’. The course can then be accessed any time using a desktop, laptop or tablet.
Course fee:
Rs. 1650/- (Rupees one thousand six hundred and fifty only) plus 18% GST
[Rs. 1100/- + GST [for intramural participants]
US $ 35 dollars for all other participants
For further enquiry and registration, contact
Course Director
Dr Prem K. Mony, MD
Professor & Head
Division of Epidemiology & Population Health
St. John’s Research Institute
Bangalore - 560034, India
Course Coordinator
Dr Kavya. R, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology & Population Health
St. John’s Research Institute
Bangalore - 560034, India
E-mail: epibioonline@gmail.com / epibio@sjri.res.in
Ph: 91-80-49467030