Aug
12
Articles of Note: August Edition
August 12, 2010 | 3 Comments
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the July/August issues and electronic previews. It’s a bit brief this month, but there’s some good stuff, particularly on DFSA. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection [...]
Aug
9
I’m back from Seoul (14 hours in coach–ugh), and although it was a truly amazing week, I’m glad to be back in the office this week, if only for a minute. There’s much to post on, starting with a couple interesting podcasts from ReachMD. They appear to be doing a series on child health issues, [...]
Jul
23
Breast Ironing & the Weekly Wrap-Up
July 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
Apologies for missing a post yesterday, but I had a busted router, and therefore, no internet connection. Had I been up and running, I would have brought you this video clip [after the jump], which I find pretty disturbing. As far as things go, I’d say breast ironing, a practice found in Cameroon (in part [...]
Jul
16
I’m back in the CLE for about a minute, before I head on to DC and then Portland (OR) for the week. Before I go, a couple things worth mentioning. First up is the newly released report on anti-LGBTQ hate violence, published by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (PDF). Click here for the short-attention [...]
Jul
14
Vicarious Trauma
July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The National Child Protection Training Center is offering a webinar on vicarious trauma Thursday, August 19th at 3pm CT. Registration is $10. From the site: This workshop will address the effects of working with and responding to children who have witnessed and experienced violence, the effects of working with the people whose loved ones have [...]
Jul
7
Articles of Note: July Edition
July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time once again for Articles of Note. All of these are from the June/July issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead to PubMed abstracts; from there you can choose what’s [...]
Jun
11
Articles of Note: May/June Edition
June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Time for May and June’s Articles of Note {so sorry to have not gotten one done last month!}. All of these are from the late April/May/June issues and electronic previews. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed [...]
Jun
9
New Online CEUs
June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
IAFN just released 4 new online CEU offerings. They’re $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Perfect for those of you trying to recertify. You can see the complete listing of all the available courses here.
Jun
4
Friday Odds and Ends
June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Don’t forget, we have a fantastic giveaway going on right now! Just leave your comment here to enter. Happily, I am teaching for the forensic nurses in Utah today, so it should be a pretty fantastic day. What makes it better is that I will then head straight to Moab (you’ll find me here) for [...]
Jun
1
Testimony in Child Abuse Cases
June 1, 2010 | 4 Comments
Don’t forget, we have a fantastic giveaway going on right now! Just leave your comment here to enter. The National Child Protection Training Center has a webinar coming up in July that should be fantastic for those of you working with kids: Testifying in Court will be presented July 15th at 3pm Central. Cost is [...]
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