Manual/Handbook
Meeting this triad of indicators will help ensure a good quality investigation.
What is Objectivity, Speed, and Thoroughness?
This is the length of time, from investigation assignment, that it is expected for a CI to complete all initial interviews.
What is ten days?
This is what you call it when a CI needs to adjust their investigation process from standard practices, such as not interviewing the victim first, not conducting and interview in person, or not visiting the scene.
What is a deviation?
This piece of evidence records each dispensing and applying of the correct prescription, person, route, dose, and time.
What is the MAR (Medication Administration Record)?
No longer officially a catagory of evidence in Temple's CI training, this category of evidence was previously used to identify something that represents physical items, locations, or actions that can not be collected directly, such as diagrams, photos, or x-rays.
What is Demonstrative Evidence?
The formatting for this step in the investigation process is "What happened to [insert name of victim] at [insert general location of incident, if known] on [insert date of incident, if known]?"
What is the Investigatory Question?
The CI can be reassured of confidentiality, of obtaining a written statement timely, and of there being no outside influence on the witness if this type of interview is completed.
What is an In-Person Interview?
Your "Plan of Attack". This is the approach that a CI plans to take to navigate the steps of the investigation.
What is Methodology?
This record identifies all staff that worked in a program during the time of an incident.
What is the Paylocity master timecard or Time & Attendance Record?
This is the electronic, web-based platform or system that for Pennsylvania ODP programs use to report incidents, commonly referred to as EIM.
What is Enterprise Incident Management?
CI is required to maintain certification by completing 3 of these activities?
What is 3 investigation or 3 Peer Reviews?
The first in-person interview must occur with in this timeline.
What is 24 hours?
These are documented by the CI at the end of the CI report to highlight areas of potential risk or areas of quality of services that are not directly related to the investigation allegations such as possible additional reportable incidents, documentation issues, or policy violations.
What are CI Concerns?
This layout of the home or facility is often required to be provided to the local fire chief and can be collected as physical evidence by the CI to assist with describing the location of the incident.
What is a diagram of the scene?
"Who ya gonna call?" This is who you call if you need support or guidance with your investigation.
Who is your CI mentor?
When the CI discovers another possible incident while conducting their investigation, this is the person they should call immediately.
Who is the point person or program manager?
Often referenced by CIs as the most dreaded section of the CI report in EIM, this is where the investigator includes their analysis and timeline for all the evidence collected: It is NOT where you would find a determination for the incident.
What is the CI Summary of Findings?
In contrast with subjectivity, this is what a CI's report should be written with to present the facts and evidence without influence by personal feelings or opinion.
What is objectivity?
What is PeST (Person Specific Training App)?
This term describes incidents that are significant in nature and include reports of Abuse, Exploitation, Neglect and other investigeatable situations.
What are Critical Incidents?
This is the year that the most recent Certified Investigator Manual was published.
What is 2024?
This type of deviation occurs when a witness is unable to be interviewed in-person and instead the CI conducts the interview via a phone call and collects and emailed statement.
What is a Remote interview?
ABCD1234 represent this type of witness?
What is the Target?
By submitting one of these, a CI is able to request temporary access to records in myEvolv that they would not normally have access to through their primary job responsibilities.
What is an IT Ticket?
This acronym, that is pronounced like the weather, is often used as a short cut when referencing Abuse, Exploitation, Neglect, and Rights Violations.
What is RANE?