Intimate Partner Violence: The Silent Secret

November 10, 2022

SafeNet’s Domestic Violence Prevention Medical Committee promotes education and professional development around issues of Intimate Partner Violence.
The goal of this initiative is to raise awareness of the impact that IPV has on our community, while promoting action to improve responses to this important social issue.

Learning Objectives

• Identify non- lethal signs of strangulation • Identify post mortem signs of strangulation • Explain medical importance of identifying NFS in legal settings including bail hearings • Recognize the importance of documentation and proper care of evidence for prosecution • Identify power and control through strangulation • Describe the spectrum of abuse rather than focusing on only the physical • Demonstrate increased compassion for victims of abuse • Recognize potential symptoms of non-physical forms of abuse • Discuss the need to elicit truthful responses about the extent of abuse • Recall ways to provide information in ways less likely to make the patient defensive • Recognize how the intersection of technology and collaboration has innovated service delivery for agencies and victims.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 6.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 6.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
11/02/2022
Course expires: 
11/30/2022
Event starts: 
11/10/2022 - 6:00am EST
Event ends: 
11/10/2022 - 6:00pm EST
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AGENDA
7:30 a.m.—8:00 a.m.
Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m.
Welcome / Opening Comments/Introductions
Robyn Young, Executive Director, SafeNet
8:15 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
“WE NEED TO TALK”
Janine Latus, Author of International Best Seller: If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister’s Story of Love, Murder and Liberation.
9:15 a.m. -10:15 a.m.
“BECAUSE WE DIDN’T KNOW”
Dr. William Smock, Police Surgeon & Director of Clinical Forensic Medicine Program for the Louisville Metro Police Dept. in Louisville, Kentucky.
10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
“HOW DO YOU KNOW-INVESTIGATIONS”
Dr. William Smock
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Networking Lunch with Keynote Speaker, Janine Latus
12:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
“IF WE ONLY KNEW-ALL THINGS MEDICAL”
Dr. William Smock
2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
“HOW DO YOU PROVE IT-ALL THINGS LEGAL”
Dr. William Smock
3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
“THE INTERSECTION OF
TECHNOLOGY & COLLABORATION”
Kara Wasser, Founder & CEO of OhanaLink Technologies, a woman-owned technology solutions development company based in Western Pennsylvania.
4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion/Closing Remarks

Ambassador Center
Erie, PA
United States

Janine Latus

Author of International Best Seller:

If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister’s Story of Love, Murder and Liberation

Dr. William Smock

Police Surgeon & Director of Clinical Forensic Medicine Program for the Louisville Metro Police Dept. in Louisville, Kentucky

Kara Wasser

Founder & CEO of OhanaLink Technologies, a woman-owned technology solutions development company based in Western Pennsylvania.

 

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

PHYSICIAN (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (AAPA)

The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

NURSING (CNE)

A maximum of 6.5 nursing contact hours will be awarded. Participants will be able to claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the program.

OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 6.50 AAPA Category I CME
  • 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 6.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 6.50 Attendance
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