Behind Closed Doors Equipping Healthcare Professional Spot and Support Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Houston, TX US
November 20, 2024

This presentation is designed for healthcare providers and professionals to enhance their ability to recognize the dynamics of intimate partner violence (IPV) within their practice. Participants will gain critical insights into the signs of abuse, including physical, emotional, and psychological indicators that may otherwise go unnoticed. We will explore the impact of trauma on survivors and the importance of approaching IPV with a trauma-informed care perspective.This activity will also provide actionable strategies for creating safe, supportive environments for patients to disclose abuse. Attendees will learn best practices for conducting sensitive conversations, offering appropriate resources, and ensuring that safety planning becomes an integrated part of patient care. This training will cover legal and social support services available to survivors and how healthcare professionals can connect patients with these essential resources.By the end of the session, participants will be equipped with the tools and knowledge to proactively address intimate partner violence in a healthcare setting, ensuring a comprehensive, survivor-centered approach to patient care.

Target Audience

Medical Staff for HCA Medical Center

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the dynamics and warning signs of intimate partner violence in patients.
  • Develop skills for trauma-informed communication and creating safe spaces for disclosure.
  • Recall appropriate legal, medical, and social services available to survivors and learn how to connect survivors to services.
  • Integrate safety planning into patient care routines to better support those experiencing abuse.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
11/13/2024
Course expires: 
08/31/2025
Event starts: 
11/20/2024 - 5:00pm MST
Event ends: 
11/20/2024 - 6:00pm MST
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HCA Medical Center
1313 Hermann Drive
Doctor's Dining Room
Houston, TX 77004
United States
Course Director(s)

Christina McErlean

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Christina McErlean

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Amanda Oder, BS Psychology and Criminal Justice

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Accreditation:

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 HCA Healthcare Continental Division and HCA Gulf Coast Division. HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties involved in content development are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division has identified, reviewed, and mitigated all conflicts of interest that speakers, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, or relevant staff disclose prior to the delivery of any educational activity. The CME planning committee who are in a position to control the content of this CME Activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Attendance
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