Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 2:00pm to Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 3:30pm ET
Expiration Date:
Access to the evaluation and certificate for the live webinar will be available until Monday, March 7, 2016 - 5:45pm ET
Target Audience:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, physicians, and other health and legal professionals involved in the care of pediatric sexual assault victims.
Statement of Need/Program Overview:
Pediatric forensic examinations can be intimidating. What would happen during an examination if you can’t see the rim of the hymen? Is what I’m seeing an injury or something else? Does injury always mean abuse? Are there tests to be done when abuse is suspected? This presentation will utilize case presentations to assist in answering these questions! The information is intended for novice forensic nurses.
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Describe alternative techniques that may be utilized during the forensic medical examination and when to consider evidence collection.
- Identify conditions that may be misinterpreted as sexual abuse
- Discuss medical testing that may be beneficial when evaluating pediatric abuse
Presenter(s):
Emily Huggins, RN, BSN, MHA, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Ms. Huggins expertise includes: Serving as a registered nurse in the Emergency Department at York Hospital and providing Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations for 13 years lead to the Sexual Forensic Examiner Program Manager position. Current responsibilities as the Forensic Program Manager include, direct patient service, development and implementation of policy related to forensic nursing practice, grant procurement, coordination of quality improvement initiatives, staff education for Wellspan Health, and serving as a consultant to community agencies for education, coordination of care, and public speaking needs. Serving as a member of the Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Committee assisting in the development of Pennsylvania's minimum standard requirements for evidence collection. A member of the York County multidisciplinary team for victims of child abuse serving on the case review team and the advisory panel. Trained and participated in writing questions for the International Association of Forensic Nurses Sexaul Assault Nurse Examiner, Pediatric examination. A member of the York County Jane Doe Portocol development team. A member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses. A member of Children Youth and Families Advisory Board, York PA. Two peer reviewed publications written related to the care of forensic medical patients.
Tracy Hunter,RN, BSN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Ms. Hunters expertise includes: Serving as a registered nurse for 18 I have worked in a variety of settings including seven years in the Emergency Department at York Hospital. While working in the Emergency Department I joined the forensic examiner team and have been with the team for 14 years. In my most recent years with the team I have served as the program coordinator adding policy development, best practice research, team education and peer review to my experince in addition to direct clinical service.
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 a maximum of 1.5 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 1.5 Nursing CE Credits. JBS International, Inc. designates this live activity for 1.5 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) contact hours.
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. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
| Name of Faculty or Presenter | Reported Financial Relationship |
|---|---|
| Emily Huggins | Nothing to disclose |
| Tracy Hunter | Nothing to disclose |
The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
The following PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP, Judi Smelker-Mitchek, RN, BSN and Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CHCP, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.
The following International Association of Forensic Nurses planners and managers, Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P and Sarah Tucker, BA, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.
Media:
Live webinar
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use:
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer:
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
CNE CEU Evaluation:
Nurses: How to Obtain your CEU or CNE Certificate
IAFN and JBS will use their standard activity evaluation for CNE and CEU.
For any questions relating to CNE (nursing) or CEU certification, please contact us at [email protected].
CME Evaluation:
Physicians: How to Obtain your CME Certificate
PIM supports Green CME by offering your Request for Credit online. If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please follow the steps below:
- Go to CME University at: www.cmeuniversity.com and register or login
- Once logged in, click on “Find Post-test/Evaluation by Course” at the top of the page
- Type in “10864" in the box, and hit enter
- Click on the activity title
- Complete the online posttest and evaluation and obtain your CME certificate to download and/or print for your files.
Upon completion of the online posttest and evaluation form, you will have immediate access to a certificate of attendance to print or save for your files. You can save your certificate by selecting the “Save” option on the print screen.
For any questions relating to CME (physician) certification for this activity, please contact Postgraduate Institute for Medicine at: [email protected] or (303) 799-1930.
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Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and International Association of Forensic Nurses.
Pediatric forensic examinations can be intimidating. What would happen during an examination if you can’t see the rim of the hymen? Is what I’m seeing an injury or something else? Does injury always mean abuse? Are there tests to be done when abuse is suspected? This presentation will utilize case presentations to assist in answering these questions! The information is intended for novice forensic nurses.