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Medical Core
Monday, January 25 ABUSIVE HEAD INJURY MIMICS - Christopher Greeley Suspecting and evaluating look-alike medical diagnoses.
THE STATUS OF EVIDENCE-BASED FORENSIC EVIDENCE - Barry Fisher TV crime shows have generated the expectation of very high tech forensic laboratory capability. This workshop will focus on the actual status of forensic labs as detailed in the National Academy of Sciences 2009 report, prepared at the request of Congress. What problems and what positive change is this likely to affect?
ABUSIVE BURNS - Barbara Knox The epidemiology and demographics of child abuse by burning, types of burns, medical evidence suggesting maltreatment, recommended history/medical evaluation, abusive burn mimics, and burn investigation tools.
Tuesday, January 26 THE PREVENTION OF CHILD MALTREATMENT: WHAT'S KNOWN ABOUT WHAT WORKS? - Howard Dubowitz What is known about different approaches and programs to prevent child maltreatment.
DANGEROUS LIAISONS: RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO NON-STRANGER SEXUAL ASSAULT – Joanne Archambault, sponsored by EVAWINTL Identifying how the community response is affected by the stereotype of “real rape” and how to overcome these negative effects.
BONE BASICS: WHEN BONES AREN’T HEALTHY - Kevin Coulter, Michael Gottschalk A basic understanding of skeletal development and metabolism is key to a comprehensive evaluation of bone injury when abuse is suspected. This workshop will focus on basic bone physiology and metabolism, including the measurement of bone density, and apply it to case examples of Vitamin D deficiency, osteogenesis imperfecta, and copper deficiency.
CHILD SEXUAL BEHAVIOR: THE SCIENCE OF SORTING IT OUT - Barbara Ryan Children may come for a medical evaluation due to sexualized behaviors. It is important for medical providers to know how those behaviors fit along a continuum, in addition to when and how to recommend counseling resources.
Wednesday, January 27 NEW TESTS AND TRENDS IN DIAGNOSIS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) - Sara Guerry What is new in diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis as well as other STDs.
FALLS IN CHILDREN: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HEADS - Kenneth Feldman The spectrum of childhood injuries reported to occur from falls will be discussed.
EFFECTIVE TRAUMA COUNSELING MODALITIES: WHAT MEDICAL PROVIDERS NEED TO KNOW - Robyn Igelman Current evidence-based and promising approaches for treating maltreated and traumatized children and families. Information on approaches that are contraindicated or have not proven effective for treating child abuse victims. By end of this workshop, medical providers will know when to refer a patient for trauma counseling and what they can expect when they make a referral for trauma counseling.
FAMILY VIOLENCE IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY - Kulsoom Hassan, Weheeda Samady Specific aspects of family violence prevention, outreach in the American Muslim Community and insights regarding specific barriers faced by those working with Muslim families.
Thursday January 28 DEPRESSION SCREENING IN MEDICAL PRACTICE - Jeffrey Rowe The incidence, effects, and consequences of depression and the role abuse and neglect play as a precursor of depression or as a result of parental depression. Learn of current tools available to screen, assess depression, reliability and cost of tools, time needed for screening.
BITES - Norman “Skip” Sperber Discussion on forensic evaluation, status of standards for forensic odontologists, and adult vs. child vs. animal bites.
BACKLASH UPDATE: ARE WE MEETING THE 2010 CHALLENGE? - Cynthia Kuelbs, Colin Murray Showing the BBC Panorama TV segment that aired after British child abuse physician Professor David Southall was struck off the registry by the General Medical Council. Medical providers who work in the field of child abuse will recognize that being discredited for this important work can take many forms. How can this potential challenge affect the style of one's practice? How does one prepare for it? How does one recover from it?
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