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CE Course Description

Medico-legal evidence is at the intersection of medical and justice processes.  This CE course addresses key knowledge gaps within and between sectors, to help support service provision and coordination in low-resource settings.

Author:  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.  (2015).  Strengthening the Medico-Legal Response to Sexual Violence.  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Retrieved from:  http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/197498

CE Course Objectives

1.  Analyze why documenting an individual’s account of sexual violence is an important component of the medico-legal process.

2.  Explain the knowledge that all of those working in the medico-legal system should possess.

3.  Conclude the role of the healthcare worker during the forensic medical exam.

4.  Describe what a survivor-centered approach means.

CE Outline with Main Points

1.  Facts about sexual violence

2.  Coordination and cooperation

3.  Key stakeholders

4.  Ethics

5.  Competencies

6.  Support and protection for victims

7.  Preparing to gather the story

8.  Documenting the story and responses

9.  Elements of the initial investigation

10.  Minimum requirements for the health facility

11.  Managing the health issues

12.  The forensic medical examination

13.  Medico-legal evidence in sexual violence

14.  Forensic specimens

Social Work Approval

Social Work CE Credit for this course is offered with the following approvals. Many state boards of social work will accept the approvals listed. Provider Approvals by state and license type can be found here.

• Quantum Units Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CAMFT Provider #89970, to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEP. Quantum Units Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
• Florida board for Social Workers CE Provider #50-8650 (Quantum 'immediately' reports CE Credits to Florida licensees) 
• Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, License No. 159.001261 approved CE Sponsor
• Ohio CSWMFTB #RCST091701 approved CE Provider
• Texas Board of SWE #5070 approved CE Provider
• Quantum Units Education, #1289, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 01/03/2023 - 01/03/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 'General' continuing education credits.

To see other approvals in your state, see our state by state provider approval listings here.

CAADE Approval

This course does not have CAADE approval for CEUs.

Course Development: Each course is identified and reviewed by the appropriate Quantum Units Education consultant with professional and licensed expertise in the various disciplines we serve. Our professional consultants oversee course development to satisfy the needs of various professionals based on their board requirements, rate course degrees of difficulty and ensure the course content and exam questions are appropriate, relevant and comprehensive. See our professional staff and their bios here.

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Added On: 09/18/2017