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Susan L. Hanshaw, Col, USAFR, NC
Director, Medicolegal Education and Training,
Armed Forces Medical Examiner System,
Rockville, Maryland |
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| SPONSORED BY: |
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| Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and American Registry of Pathology |
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| Armed Forces Medical Exaimer System |
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| Sexual Assault Response Team Training Progam (5170) (THIS COURSE IS CANCELLED) |
| April 21, 2008 - April 25, 2008 |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This program is designed for health care personnel (officer, enlisted and civilian) desiring education and training in performing sexual assault examinations. In addition, chaplains, investigators, law enforcement, mental health care workers, sexual assault victim advocates, and persons from other disciplines who wish to have an increased understanding of the sexual assault examination, and to provide a multidisciplinary approach to sexual assault care and the medicolegal process may attend. This course will include laboratory sessions to introduce sexual assault forensic examination techniques, forensic photography, documentation and physical evidence collection.
Lectures will prvide medicolegal insight to identify and preserve the biological, psychological and social health of the survivor of sexual assault or abuse. This program also satisfies the International Association of Forensic Nurse (IAFN) national standard requirements for the didactic component of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certification process. A separate clinical preceptorship must be completed in conjunction with the didactic portion in order to sit for the SANE certification exam. Requirements for the clinical preceptorship will be covered in the program.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
By attending this course, participants will be able to:
- Define the roles of each member of the Sexual Assault Response Team
- Describe forensic evidence collection methodology and rationale
- List injury patterns found on the victim of sexual assault
- Describe the Rape Trauma Syndrome
- Describe the role of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Sexaul Assault Forensic Examiner in the judical process
- List the requirements of the preceptorship for SANE certification
- Differentiate between deviant sexual behavior and criminal sexual behavior
- Describe how to conduct a medicolegal examination for a sexual assault/abuse victim
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TARGET AUDIENCE:
This program is design for health care personnel (officer, enlisted and civilian) desiring education and training in performing sexual assault examinations. In addition, chaplains, investigators, law enforcement, mental health care workers, sexual assault victim advocates, and persons from other disciplines who wish to have an increased understanding of the sexual assault examination, and to provide a multidisciplinary approach to sexual assault care and the medicolegal process may attend.
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LOCATION:
Complimentary shuttle service to downtown Bethesda, Medical Center Metro stop, and White Flint Mall is provided by the hotel from 6 - 11 pm.
Marriott Bethesda Hotel
5151 Pooks Hill Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel: 301-987-9400
Toll-Free Tel: (800) 228-9290
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FACULTY DISCLOSURE:
In accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the authors involved in this continuing medical education activity are required to complete Disclosure Declarations. The authors of this course do not have any financial interest, arrangement, or affiliation with organizations that may have a direct or indirect interest in the subject matter of this course.
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U.S. CITIZENS:
US citizens must provide, PRIOR TO THE COURSE, a clear copy of your birth certificate or the first two pages of your passport. Failure to provide this information will result in your being unable to attend the course. You may receive the syllabus and related material, but no refunds.
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NON-U.S. CITIZENS:
PRIOR TO THE COURSE, non-US citizens must mail or fax a one of the following: (1) a clear copy of the first two pages of your passport with number showing (2) a clear copy of your green card with number showing (3) a clear copy of your visa and the DS-2019 form Send to: Department of Medical Education Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 14th Street & Alaska Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20306-6000 Fax: (202) 782-5020. Failure to provide this information will mean you will be unable to attend the course. If you are sponsored by an ECFMG organization, please verify your status as current and active by including a letter from the program director with your registration form. If you are affiliated with your country’s government/military, please write to the Office of the Surgeon General, DASG-HCZ-IP, 5109 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041-3258 [FAX: (703) 681-3429] and provide: (1) a copy of the application from the course announcement and (2) a letter from your personnel office certifying full-time employment. All non-US citizens must make checks or international money orders payable to the American Registry of Pathology. All payments must be in US dollars and be accompanied by the course application. Send to the Department of Medical Education at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000.
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