Nov

10

Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites

November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The Pew Internet and American Life Project just published the findings from their survey on teens and social networks: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites. Read the full report here (PDF), or review the section breakdown (with hyperlinks) after the jump…

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Mar

16

Elder Abuse: Forensic Markers

March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Apologies for being absent this week. I’ve been pretty mired in the photography symposium these last couple days (time well-spent, I might add). Over at the Government Innovators Network, they’re sponsoring a webinar series on elder abuse. The next one is March 22nd at 3pm ET and it will focus on forensic markers.

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Jan

10

State Statutes and Policies on DV and Healthcare

January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

FVPF has reissued an updated Compendium of State Statutes and Policies on Domestic Violence and Healthcare (PDF). You can view the webinar slides related to the Compendium that took place at the end of September here (PDF).

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Nov

18

Archived DNA Webinars

November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment

We’ve been talking a lot about DNA here at work over the past several days, so I thought I would repost some previously delivered (now archived) webinars on a variety of DNA-related topics over at NCVC.

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Oct

14

Resources & Handouts from the National Sexual Assault Conference

October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget, there’s still time to enter our latest giveaway. Just leave a Comment here to be eligible for the drawing. If you were hoping to get your hands on the resources and handouts from NSAC in September, you’re in luck. CALCASA has just posted them and they are available for download. What’s more, they [...]

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Sep

9

Suggestability

September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment

First off, a thank you to everyone on the testimony webinar yesterday. What a fantastic turnout! And some really great questions, as well. Over at NCPTC, they have a webinar next week on suggestability. It will take place September 16th at 3pm CT, and cost is $10. I’m not a peds person, but I looked [...]

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Jul

9

Clinical Guide: Peer Review and Competency

July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The issues of peer review and competency are critical ones in forensic healthcare. Because of the potential legal ramifications of our findings, we have to be confident in our capacity as objective clinicians, and current in our knowledge and approach. Having some type of quality assurance process in place can ensure that we meet the [...]

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Apr

21

Victim Centered Webinars

April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment

A couple of webinars are now available as archived presentations on the topic of victim-centered sexual assault care. My good friend Kim Day who runs the SAFEta project at IAFN had a hand in both: one is Victim Centered Care (w/Laura Williams from MNCASA) and was mentioned last month. You can visit the original post [...]

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Mar

3

Pressure Ulcers

March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

My long-time readers know that I am crazy about photographs. Anytime I can add a resource that includes good quality ones is a happy day. So I was very pleased to come across this excellent slide presentation on classifying pressure ulcers over at Medscape. If your work includes caring for neglect patients, then this is [...]

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Feb

18

New CEU Webcasts from IAFN

February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment

It looks like IAFN just made 12 sessions available from the ATL Annual Scientific Assembly as webcasts. The audio plus PowerPoint can be reviewed for CEUs, and if you attended the Assembly, it’s free. Not to worry–if you couldn’t make it, it’s still available to you for $19.99 if you’re an IAFN member ($29.99, non-members). [...]

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