Medical Evaluation of the Sexual Assault Survivor: A Virtual Educational Curriculum

PILOT TESTING PHASE Launched July 28, 2022 Welcome to the on-demand Medical Evaluation of the Sexual Assault Survivor: A Virtual Educational Curriculum. The curriculum is comprised of 8 individual modules that must be completed in succession and in total. Please click on the Program tab above to view the title and estimated time to complete each module. The estimated time to complete the full curriculum is 11 hours. This multi-module course is intended to address diversity, special populations (males, prisoners, transgender, developmental disabilities, and the elderly), as well as high-risk populations. The 8 modules will train clinicians to provide objective health care and forensic evaluation in a trauma-informed, competent, compassionate, culturally/linguistically appropriate, and victim-centered manner. The curriculum is based on: National Training Standards for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examiners National Sexual Assault Protocol Follows Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Protocol (SAFE) Meets medical, forensic, and healthcare needs of victims of sexual assault Follows American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Guidelines /Curriculum Funding This educational activity is funded by a Brown Physicians, Inc. Grant: “Educating Medical Providers in Trauma Informed Acute Care and Follow-up for Survivors of Sexual Assault”

At the conclusion of this educational initiative, participants should be better able to : 

• Recognize the epidemiology of sexual assault
• State the importance of trauma-informed care for the survivor of sexual assault
• Apply the procedures and protocols in the acute medical care of the sexual assault survivor patient
• Identify the resources available to survivors of sexual assault

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This activity may include discussion of off-label or investigative drugs uses. Speakers are aware that it is their responsibility to disclose to the audience this information.

Faculty Disclosure/Conflict of Interest

The following speakers and planning committee members* have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships:

Lori Clements, RN, BSN, SANE
Grace DeCost, MS
Susan Duffy, MD, MPH*
Detective Koren Garcia
Amy P. Goldberg, MD
Andrea Goldstein, MPA*
Tyler Grimes, LMSC
Erica Hardy, MD, MMSc*
Timothy G. Healy, Esq.
Cara E. Lupino, MS
Jennifer L. Maloney*
Maria Sullivan, BS*
Michael Tcheyan, MD*
 

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