Clinical GuidesDec
30
Putting 2010 to Bed
December 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
And honestly, not a moment too soon. This will be my last post for the year. Tomorrow I am going to enjoy my daughter and my partner, and head to Baltimore to ring in the new year with good friends. But today, I thought I’d leave you with a little inspiration to carry us into [...]
Dec
28
Injury Surveillance
December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
WHO has an upcoming webinar on Injury Surveillance, Â January 13th at 10:00 CET (click here to convert this to your time zone). Participation is free, but requires signing up for their webinar mailing list in order to get an invite (instructions after the jump). You can also check out their archived offerings on child injury [...]
Nov
10
10 Things: Truisms in Forensic Healthcare
November 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
My friend and colleague Jen and I have been teaching a DV course in Maine (love those Maine folks, BTW, and not just because they feed us lobster). In our discussions today, we touched on a few things that end up being inevitable in the course of our work. This has led us to compile [...]
Oct
19
The Impact of Trauma on Women and Girls Across the Lifespan
October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Health and Human Services is offering a live webcast November 2nd at noon ET: The Impact of Trauma on Women and Girls Across the Lifespan. It’s being billed as “what every health and social service provider needs to know about the importance of providing trauma-informed services to women and girls across the lifespan”. Click here [...]
Oct
8
New Giveaway from STM Learning
October 8, 2010 | 47 Comments
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. I have been remiss in getting this giveaway up and running, I confess. Thanks to our friends at STM Learning (formerly GW Medical) for being patient with me, and of course for providing our latest goody. As with previous giveaways, please answer the question in the Comments section to be [...]
Oct
6
Because I am *such* a nerd…
October 6, 2010 | 3 Comments
…I am posting this today. I know, I know–you’re thinking, Jen, all I see is Algebra (or maybe, Jen, why do you hate us today?). But trust me, scroll down, because there’s a whole biology section, and I don’t know about you, but in nursing school, things like ATP and Krebs Cycle and all that [...]
Sep
3
10 Places I’m Loving Right Now
September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
I have just completed what I would consider a marathon summer of travel (64 days living out of a suitcase, although thankfully some of it was working from my beloved mountain house). This being Labor Day weekend, I’m going to officially call the summer travel season done. In looking back at where I’ve been between [...]
Aug
28
Weekend Extra: WTF???
August 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Enough of you sent this to me that I just had to post it: Those tricky vaginas: they can make or break a deal. Thank god for these pearls of wisdom…
Aug
11
Canada Update
August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I’d like to be able to add a flashy little icon over my Canada tab so that readers would automatically see when new content was posted there. Until then, I’ll have to just keep adding short entries letting you know good stuff has show up over there, courtesy of Sheila Early. Found one! Now when [...]
Jul
9
Weekly Wrap-Up
July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
It’s been a busy, albeit shortened week here at FHO. Here’s what you may have missed: *Baltimore public radio covering the recent news story of downplaying sexual assault in the city *Family Violence Prevention Fund’s webinar on a systems advocacy approach to addressing DV in healthcare *July’s edition of Articles of Note *VAWNet’s new compilation [...]
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