The United States VA/DoD have developed new guidelines for managing concussion and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Whether as combat injuries or resulting from assaults or MVAs, this is an issue we’re seeing pretty regularly. Medscape is offering a free CE/CME on the new guidelines; maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians, 0.50 ANCC Contact Hour(s) for nurses.
Month: January 2010
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Violence in the Workplace Roundtable
January 20th, EmployeeScreenIQ is hosting an interactive roundtable discussion via webinar on violence in the workplace. The session will be held from 2-3pm ET. Preregistration is required.
I keep putting this topic up on the site because I think it’s one area where forensic clinicians can really push our institutions to be accountable and proactive in creating policies on this issue. And when we look at the Spectrum of Prevention, it’s a great place for us to participate in the process (Changing Organizational Practices).
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DV & Animal Cruelty
I am stranded at the CLE airport, where power went out 9 hours ago and has only just been restored. Needless to say, it’s chaos here, and the flight I was supposed to get on to go to Dallas has been cancelled. I’ve allegedly been rebooked for later tonight, so while I hang out to see whether I pissed off the travel gods that badly, I figured I’d get a post up.
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Victim Intimidation
I had the privilege of attending a focus group on victim intimidation with predominantly law enforcement professionals yesterday. As the only healthcare provider in the room, I was trying to impress upon the group that clinicians have a stake in victim intimidation, and that the healthcare implications are significant. Although people most often think of victim intimidation in organized crime and gang cases, we see it more often in DV, sexual assault, child abuse, and even elder abuse cases. Which leads us to this post, because I’m interested in a couple things:
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Happy One Year Anniversary, FHO!
That’s right–January 6th is our one year anniversary. And what do we have to show for ourselves? More than 400 posts, tens of thousands of visitors, and a global community of like-minded professionals. And what am I doing on this momentous occasion? I’m celebrating in DC, of course. Well, not celebrating so much as sitting for hours in a windowless conference room before enduring an endless rush hour security line at Reagan, which will allow me to make my way to Charlotte for a connection to Montgomery, Alabama, where I will spend 18 quality hours at Maxwell AFB before heading back to the snowy wonderland that is the CLE. Whew–can’t you feel the magic?
Seriously, thanks for supporting the work here at FHO. I love that you guys keep coming back.
That is all…carry on.
Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. All of these (but one) are from the December/January issues. 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 or publisher abstracts; from there you can choose what’s worth a.) paying for; b.) a pilgrimage to your nearest medical library; or c.) downloading via the full-text access you possibly have at your disposal.
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FHO: Now 100% More Mobile
I spent most of my holiday weekend writing. But tonight, in between the Cavs game, Iron Chef America and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (we’re geeky here, but our interests are broad), I played with code (like I said–geeky). Happily, I neither wiped out all of my data, nor did I inadvertently convert all the text to the Cyrillic alphabet. Nope, instead I managed to tweak the functionality of the site. Most of it you probably won’t notice, but I would like to point you toward the new mobile version of the site. Now you can browse the site from your iPhone or web-enabled device of your choice. Just dial us up on your browser as usual–you’ll see a much more streamlined page, easier for viewing on small screens. Enjoy!
January is a pretty slow month for online events, but there are a couple of things I’d like to bring to your attention. The first is that January is stalking awareness month. You can find a wide variety of resources and ways to promote awareness at their dedicated site. One of the things I particularly like is their 31 Days of Status Updates (PDF), which gives you daily crafted messages to use for Facebook updates or Twitter messages.