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Since Last We Spoke, 12-14-15 (Winner Edition!)

Post author By Jen
Post date December 14, 2015

Thanks to everyone who entered last week’s giveaway. The randomizer has spoken, and #15 was chosen: Tracie Bourque, congratulations! I just need an email with your address and we’ll get your copy of the Core Curriculum for Forensic Nursing out to you. If your name wasn’t drawn, there’s a small consolation: Wolters Kluwer Health is generously offering FHO readers 20% off the list price using this link.

Today is my favorite lawyer’s birthday, so on top of the usual holiday festivities, we have birthday shenanigans to attend to, as well (this nice man is cooking for us tonight). The night out will be a treat–I worked through most of the weekend, so there wasn’t a lot of down time. Not much reading happened either (again), but there were a few things that caught my eye since last we spoke:

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The Truth About Hymens and Sex

Post author By Jen
Post date December 11, 2015
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It’s been a long week, right? How could I possibly resist?

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"The Truth About Hymens And Sex" – Watch Adam Ruins Everything Tuesdays at 10pm, on truTV!
Posted by CollegeHumor on Monday, December 7, 2015

{H/t Kim Nash}

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ProPublica Series on Medical Privacy Violations

Post author By Jen
Post date December 10, 2015

Don’t forget: we have a giveaway happening right now. Enter here to win a copy of the new Core Curriculum for Forensic Nursing. Entries will be accepted until Friday 11 December. Check out all the detail here.

I don’t know if you’ve been following the excellent reporting being done by ProPublica on medical privacy violations. Their pieces on violations of student medical records and universities accessing student counseling records post-sexual assault, published in October, were great reads. They’ve just published a new article in that series (also featured this morning on NPR): Small-Scale Violations of Medical Privacy Often Cause the Most Harm. These articles are great adjuncts to the kinds of privacy discussions we frequently have in clinical forensic courses and multidisciplinary meetings. Particularly because they provide human stories behind the issue itself, making for a more compelling discussion. Make some time to check out the full series.

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Worthwhile Read: Strengthening the Medico-Legal Response to Sexual Violence

Post author By Jen
Post date December 9, 2015

WHO has just released their new toolkit, Strengthening the Medico-Legal Response to Sexual Violence (PDF). This is a multidisciplinary guide to the comprehensive response, and is “designed to be used by people working in health‚ social services‚ forensic medicine and lab services‚ police‚ the legal system (including judges and lawyers)‚ and those coordinating these sectors.”

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10 Things: 2015 Team Gift Guide

Post author By Jen
Post date December 8, 2015
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The last few years, we’ve tried to help you celebrate your team members with gift guides, and as promised, here is our 2015 edition (check out 2014, 2013 and 2012 for more ideas). While once a year may not be enough to express your full appreciation of your fellow colleagues, the holidays are ideal for a slightly grander gesture (even if that gesture isn’t a financially grand gesture, because celebrating people needn’t be costly). Click through for this year’s suggestions to fete your folks:

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Since Last We Spoke, 12-7-15

Post author By Jen
Post date December 7, 2015

A very happy Hanukkah to all of you who celebrate: we pulled out our menorahs (one traditional, one awesome glow stick menorah), and Sasha made rugelach last night, so we are in full holiday mode (perhaps there will be latkes in my future–who can say?). It was pretty busy in our household, not just with holiday festivities, but just the business of life after a very hectic work week. Life should be slowing down soon–no more work travel for the rest of the year, the last 2 weeks of my contract with the Army, family time on the horizon. For now, though it’s still full-speed ahead. There wasn’t a whole lot of time for reading, but when I finally crawled into bed last night here’s what caught my eye (since last we spoke):

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Raped or Seduced? How Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual Violence

Post author By Jen
Post date December 3, 2015

One of the most popular speakers at the last several IAFN conferences (and at others, as well) has been the very fabulous Claudia Bayliff. If you haven’t had the opportunity to hear her present on the topic of language and sexual violence, you’re in luck: Legal Momentum is hosting a webinar, Raped or Seduced? How Language Helps Shape Our Response To Sexual Violence. It will be held December 10th from 3-4:30 pm ET. Click through for details:

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Winter Health E-Bulletin on HIV and Violence

Post author By Jen
Post date December 2, 2015

Today is World AIDS Day (read the Presidential Proclamation here). Futures Without Violence has just published their Winter Health E-Bulletin (PDF), and it addresses the intersection of HIV and violence in the healthcare setting. Click through for details about the edition:

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A Winter Giveaway!

I’m so excited to be able to offer up a new giveaway here at FHO. It’s been awhile since we’ve had one, and I’m particularly excited about this because it’s newly on the market. Click through for all the details!

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Since Last We Spoke, 11-30-15

Post author By Jen
Post date November 30, 2015
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Another Monday post, another weekend spent reading about a senseless mass shooting in this country. It’s beyond appalling, and when it targets a women’s health clinic it feels all the more personal. There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said here in countless other posts; what was an otherwise lovely and peaceful Thanksgiving holiday was quickly overshadowed by incomprehensible violence and some significantly tone deaf (or outright unreal) political responses. What else can I say this morning but here’s what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m in the 216 this week spending time with the girl-child, little brother and his family, and my folks, stealing myself (happily) for the food onslaught that is to come. Thanksgiving is my family’s main holiday of the year, since we scatter for Hanukkah and Christmas. We are a serious cooking family, which means that starting today, the two ovens in my parents’ kitchen will be on overdrive. My father is not to be trifled with when it comes to the turkey–this year’s is a 27 lb beast. And for those of you who know Sasha, she is as serious about baking pies as she is about the law (this one is a favorite at our table).

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Gender-Based Violence, Health, and HIV

Post author By Jen
Post date November 24, 2015

On World AIDS Day, Futures Without Violence is hosting a webinar, Gender-Based Violence, Health, and HIV. It will be held December 1st from 4 to 5: 30pm ET. Click through for all of the details:

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Since Last We Spoke 11-23-15

Post author By Jen
Post date November 23, 2015
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Did anyone else watch The Hunting Ground last night on CNN? I had my twitter feed open while we watched, which was at time horrifying (nothing brings out the worst in the twittersphere like the intersection of football and rape reports) and at times deeply comforting, as I saw friends, real and virtual, popping up from all over the country. If you haven’t yet seen it, you can find future showings here. Definitely worth the time, although I felt bone-weary at the end of it; so many of the same stories we hear from patients day after day. Disastrous disclosures, frequent lack of support, and confusion about options. Much work still to do, my friends.

I want to extend a quick welcome to all of FHO’s new subscribers. Last week saw the largest increase in subscribers since we started the site in 2009. Pretty happy to have you join our (much less) small but mighty band of forensic healthcare providers and associated colleagues from law enforcement and the legal community, victim advocacy, and a variety of other fascinating professions who come together each week at the intersection of healthcare and the law. So pleased you found us.

It’s a short week here in the US with the Thanksgiving holiday, so postings will be light. Look for a more robust schedule next week–perhaps even our annual staff gift guide, who knows? Really anything could happen, hard to tell. In the meantime, here’s what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:

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Articles of Note: November 2015 Edition

Post author By Jen
Post date November 19, 2015
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Time once again for Articles of Note, my walk through the recent peer-reviewed literature. While not exhaustive, it’s an overview of the articles that have been published in the last 4-6 weeks that seem most relevant to my practice (the operative words being my practice). FHO readership has grown *so much* in just the last 6 months that it’s getting harder and harder to anticipate relevance for this broadly focused and multidisciplinary audience (not a complaint). So I encourage you to use this list as a jumping off point–follow the footnotes, check out the tables of contents for these journal editions, see what else is out there that speaks to the work that you do. Click through for the more printer-friendly, sharable PDF and the Word doc with active hyperlinks:

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Worthwhile Read: Elder Abuse in NEJM

Post author By Jen
Post date November 18, 2015

The current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has a free full-text article on elder abuse that’s worth reading and sharing with your team and colleagues in the ED, ICU, etc. Although obviously clinically focused it’s one to bring to your next multidisciplinary meeting, as well.

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What Paramedics Need To Know About Strangulation

Post author By Jen
Post date November 17, 2015

While strangulation offerings aren’t new to FHO, ones geared toward paramedics certainly are. The Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention has one coming up November 23rd at 1pm ET, though, so it’s a great opportunity to share with colleagues in your communities. Click through for the details:

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Since Last we Spoke 11-16-15

Post author By Jen
Post date November 16, 2015

I was stuck in DC rush hour traffic when the horror in Paris was becoming tragically clear to us here in the US. And it felt like some kind of terrible deja vu, because only hours earlier, as I picked my way across the DC metro area to get to the speaking gig that would have me stuck in said traffic later, I listened to news of the bombings in Lebanon that took place the day before. FHO has subscribers in both France and Lebanon; and so what is an already small world feels all the more tiny, and I can only hope you are safe. That we all can, in fact, be safe.

Here’s what I’ve been reading since last we spoke:

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What Credentials Can I List After My Name?

Post author By Jen
Post date November 12, 2015
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At least once a month I get a question about credentials and listing initials after one’s name. It usually comes down to this: if I’ve taken a SANE course, can I use SANE (or sometimes FNE) after my name? And the short answer is: No. If all you have done is take the course, you cannot just add those initials after your name upon completion.

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Online Pediatric (and Adult) SANE Training

Post author By Jen
Post date November 11, 2015

I generally limit educational opportunities on FHO to free and low-cost offerings. This post isn’t going to meet that criteria. However, enough of you regularly email me asking about SANE training opportunities–both adult and pediatric–that I am pleased to be able to share that IAFN now has both adult/adolescent and the brand new pediatric SANE online courses available.

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How the Affordable Care Act Can Help Patients Experiencing Domestic Violence

Post author By Jen
Post date November 10, 2015

Futures Without Violence has an upcoming webinar that is a must for any of us (US-based folks) working with patients experiencing domestic violence. Open Enrollment:How the Affordable Care Act Can Help Patients Experiencing Domestic and Interpersonal Violence will be held November 19th at 2pm ET. This is probably a significant knowledge deficit for many of us, and how much would patients benefit from having us all be able to speak just a little more cogently on this topic? It’s great if you can refer patients to agency advocates or social workers (or billing departments) for assistance with this–but wouldn’t it be nice to be able to also be able to answer questions or provide basic information during the patient encounter, as well? Click through for details about the session:

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