Clinical Aspects of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence

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Description: The course includes the concepts of a coordinated team approach, patient-centered care, forensic evidence collection, the examination process, documentation, medical forensic history, injury assessment and management, photography, strangulation, long-term health effects, impact on children, and evaluation, discharge, danger assessment, safety planning and follow-up. Also covered is the legal and ethical aspects of caring for an individual that has experienced IPV including informed consent, confidentiality, reporting, and testifying.