Event Description
Understanding the tenets of forensic science in the healthcare arena promotes accuracy and fairness in today's criminal justice system, enhances the safety for patients who may be victims of violence, ensures adequate healthcare for offenders, potentially improves investigation of both civil and criminal cases, initiates the healing following interpersonal trauma, and can extend and support the rehabilitative process for offenders. Given the current barometer of healthcare, these are inherently important factors for front-line clinicians, managers, administrators and healthcare educators to possess and promote within their specific specialty and could directly contribute toward comprehensive, ethical and equitable care as well as enhancing safe and effective environments.
The Forensic Trends in Healthcare conference is intended for providers and educators in the healthcare sciences, as well as professionals who have direct contact with victims and/or offenders across disciplines and areas of practice. The combined session offerings will examine the contemporary trends and issues related to the wide range of interpersonal violence, crime and sudden violent death that may be encountered in a variety of healthcare settings. Theoretical tenets, methods for assessment and related implications for intervention and/or referral will be examined from a multifaceted perspective – including that of the offender, crime victim, families, and the healthcare community-at-large. Emphasis will focus on understanding the etiologic and motivational issues and response patterns to perpetration, victimization, bio-psycho-social dynamics and related analysis, and implications for enhancing safe and effective practice and policy initiatives/modifications.
Schedule:
Friday 4/15: 4:30pm-7pm
Saturday 4/16: 7am-6pm
Sunday 4/17: 7am-2pm
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