2025 Project ECHO Child Abuse and Neglect Clinical - Series Three

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Add to Calendar 2025 Project ECHO Child Abuse and Neglect Clinical - Series Three 7/24/2025 8:00:00 AM 7/24/2025 9:30:00 AM America/New_York For More Details: https://vcu.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=37078 Description: Participants will be joining us via Zoom for six 1.5 hour sessions over a period of 12 weeks including 50 minutes of didactic and 10 minutes of Q and A and 30 minutes of case presentation by participants on child abuse and neglect.Series Three begins on July 24, 2025 at 8:00am - 9:30amSession One: 7/24/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30amSession Two: 7/31/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30amSession Three: 8/7/2025 at 8:00am - 9:3... Zoom false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Occurs weekly every Thursday starting on 7/24/2025 at 8:00 AM
Thursday, July 24, 2025, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EST, Zoom

Target Audience
Specialties - Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, General Surgery , Nursing, Pediatrics, Social Work
Professions - Nurse, Physician, Physician Assistant, Social Worker

Overview

Participants will be joining us via Zoom for six 1.5 hour sessions over a period of 12 weeks including 50 minutes of didactic and 10 minutes of Q and A and 30 minutes of case presentation by participants on child abuse and neglect.

Series Three begins on July 24, 2025 at 8:00am - 9:30am

  • Session One: 7/24/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30am 
  • Session Two: 7/31/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30am 
  • Session Three: 8/7/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30am 
  • Session Four: 8/14/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30am 
  • Session Five: 8/21/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30am 
  • Session Six: 8/28/2025 at 8:00am - 9:30am 

Objectives
  1. Examine the epidemiology of child abuse and neglect in the Commonwealth of Virginia
  2. Recognize common patterns of injury in child physical abuse
  3. Recognize when histories are incongruent with the physical findings of the child
  4. Familiarize with the additional diagnostic testing for those children with suspected abuse and neglect
  5. Evaluate reporting and response systems within CPS and Law enforcement for abused and neglected children
  6. Identify the face of child sexual abuse in the prepubertal and pubertal child in terms of signs and symptoms
  7. Distinguish between normal exam variants and abnormal physical exam findings in child sexual abuse
  8. Examine the types of child neglect and how those children present to care

Registration

There is no cost associated with this activity. Please select the "Register" tab above to register for this activity.

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Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


VCU Health Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education designates this activity for a maximum of 1.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

VCU Health Continuing Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, VCU Health Continuing Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 continuing education credits.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Accommodation
All participants have the right to participate in this continuing education activity without discrimination due to age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you need accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at [email protected] for more information. Requests for accommodations must be received 21 days prior to activity start date.

Complaint Policy and Resolution Process
All complaints must be made in writing to [email protected].

All complaints will be logged into the complaint log. The Director, Continuing Education will attempt to resolve the complaint within the first contact, when possible, and will respond to the client and customer's concerns within 5 business days of the initial complaint. At the time of the first contact, Director, Continuing Education will inform the complainant if more time will be needed to research the complaint.

If the complaint is still unresolved after communication with the Director, Continuing Education, or if the initial complaint is not addressed in a timely manner, the complainant may contact the President & CEO, UHS-PEP. The President & CEO will then contact the complainant and endeavor to resolve the complaint within 10 business days after being contacted.

The complaint log will be regularly reviewed to identify areas of operations and service that may require improvement. The Director, Continuing Education will research reoccurring complaint matters and recommend process and procedure changes, when appropriate. These changes will be noted on the Complaint Resolution Log, and any necessary policy and/or procedure updates will be made within 15 business days thereafter.

Disclaimers
Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance at this event have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers/topics, adjust credit hours, or cancel if necessary.

By attending this event you grant VCU Health Continuing Education the right at the event to record, film, photograph, or capture your likeness in any media and to distribute, broadcast, use, or otherwise disseminate, in perpetuity, such media without any further approval from or any payment to you. 

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

 

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credit (1.50 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (1.50 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) (1.50 hours), General Attendance - Attendance without CE credit (1.50 hours), IPCE - Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit (1.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.50 hours)