Monday, February 09, 2015 to Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Target Audience:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, physicians, and other health professionals involved in the treatment and care of victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Statement of Need/Program Overview:
Registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, physicians, and physician assistants who have already completed a 40-hour SANE training are invited to attend this three-day, classroom-based domestic violence examiner (DVE) training. Participants will learn the essential skills and knowledge to appropriately care for adult and adolescent patients who have experienced intimate partner violence. Topics to be covered include:
- Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence
- Assessing and Treating the IPV Patient
- Patient-Centered Coordinated Team Approach
- Legal Issues
- Operational Issues
Registration is free to health care providers from IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian health care facilities. Health care providers from referral facilities that serve American Indian or Alaska Native victims of sexual assault are also eligible to attend at no cost. Materials will be provided. Meals are not provided.
Questions? Email us at [email protected]
Presenter(s):
Jenifer Markowitz, ND, RN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A
Forensic Nurse Services / Forensic Nurse Consultant, Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK
Tara Henry, MSN, FNP‐C, SANE‐A, SANE‐P
Project Consultant, IAFN
Andrew Merrill, BA
Alaska Department of Public Safety – Alaska State Troopers/Captain – Statewide Commander of the Village Public Safety Officer Program (VPSO), Anchorage, Alaska
Rebecca Piersch
Abused Women’s Aid In Crisis (AWAIC), Anchorage, Alaska
Taylor Winston, BA, BFA, BBA, MIA and JD
Executive Director, Alaska Office of Victims’ Rights, Anchorage, AK
Physician Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and International Association of Forensic Nurses. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physician Credit Designation:
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for 24.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing and Other Continuing Education Accreditation Statement:
The International Association of Forensic Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. JBS International, Inc. is an approved provider through NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (Provider Number 000208).
Nursing and Other Continuing Education Credit Designation:
The International Association of Forensic Nurses designates this live activity for 24 Nursing CE Credits. JBS International, Inc. designates this live activity for 24 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest:
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. The existence or absence of COI for everyone in a position to control content will be disclosed to participants prior to the start of each activity.
CNE CEU Evaluation:
How to Obtain your Nursing CE Certificate
IAFN will use their standard activity evaluation for Nursing CE's. More information will be provided onsite.