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About the Site:

Welcome to Forensic Healthcare Online, where readers can find current links to clinical education ranging from violence prevention to medical-forensic examinations to death investigation. The purpose of this site is to help clinicians identify affordable and accessible continuing education in the form of podcasts, webinars, webcasts, etc. You’ll also find other relevant information that impacts patient care and program management, with an emphasis on building defensible, sustainable clinical practices.

This site is maintained by Jenifer Markowitz, ND, RN, WHNP-BC, a practicing forensic nurse examiner. It is not the work of any organization or agency, all opinions are those of the editor and the editor alone, unless otherwise indicated. The editor receives no funding to host this site, although advertising is accepted to fund basic site maintenance. Users are encouraged to evaluate content carefully and post reviews as appropriate.

As with all information on the web, caveat emptor…

About the Editor:

Jenifer Markowitz is the Medical Advisor for AEquitas: The Prosecutor’s Resource on Violence Against Women. Dr. Markowitz presents around the country on a variety of forensic-related topics including medical-forensic examinations, strangulation, drug- and alcohol-facilitated sexual assault and expert witness testimony.

In addition to her work with AEquitas, she recently completed a stint as the project manager for an OVW-funded project on Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program sustainability for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Until October of 2010, Dr. Markowitz continued to maintain a clinical practice with the program she once directed, the DOVE Program, in Akron, Ohio, where she saw sexual assault, domestic violence and elder abuse/neglect patients. Although she now lives in Washington, DC, she logs far more hours in airport lounges around the world than she does in her own home.

A forensic nurse examiner since 1995, Dr. Markowitz has presented as an expert and a facilitator for organizations such as the National District Attorneys Association and a variety of state prosecuting attorney associations, as well as the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps of all the branches in the military.  Her past national activities include working with the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to develop a national protocol and training standards for Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations; with the U.S. Department of Defense to revise the military’s Sexual Assault Evidence Collection kit and corresponding documentation forms, and as an Advisory Board member for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.  She is the author of multiple publications, including the clinical text, The Color Atlas of Domestic Violence, (Mosby), published in 2003.  In 2004, Dr. Markowitz was the recipient of the International Association of Forensic Nurses’ Distinguished Fellow award.  In 2009, she joined the editorial board of the Sexual Assault Report; and she is the founder and editor of Forensic Health Online, an independent website dedicated to increasing online access to clinical forensic education.

Dr. Markowitz received a B.A. from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She completed her clinical doctorate in nursing (ND) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado and is board certified as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (Adult/Adolescent).

To contact, please email at jenifer.markowitz@gmail.com


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