Confronting chronic neglect : the education and training of health professionals on family violence / Committee on the Training Needs of Health Professionals to Respond to Family Violence, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine ; Felicia Cohn, Marla E. Salmon, and John D. Stobo, editors
Published
Washington, D.C. ; [Great Britain] : National Academy Press, 2002
1. Introduction. The Charge to the Committee. The Committee's Approach. Definitional Issues. Organization of the Report -- 2. Defining the Problem. Definitions and Magnitude. Health Professionals' Roles -- 3. Current Educational Activities in the Health Professions. Physician Education. Physician Assistants. Dentistry. Nursing. Psychology. Social Work -- 4. Forces Influencing Health Professionals' Education. Intrinsic Influences on the Training Environment. Accreditation, Licensure, and Certification Requirements. Individual Issues: Professional and Personal Factors. Professional Organizations and Stakeholder Groups. Laws Mandating Reporting and Education. Resource Issues -- 5. Evaluation of Training Efforts. Search Strategy. Types of Training Efforts Evaluated. Assessing the Available Evidence. Characteristics of the Evaluation and Research Base. Training Outcomes and Effectiveness. Quality of the Evidence Base -- 6. Training Beyond the State of the Art. Training Content: Core Competencies. Achieving Competency Through Education and Training. Influencing Family Violence Education in the Future -- 7. Priorities for Health Professional Training on Family Violence. Building a Field. Conclusions. Recommendations. Final Thoughts. App. A. Accreditation Requirements -- App. B. Policy Statements of Health Professional Organizations -- App. C. Mandatory Reporting Laws for Family Violence -- App. D. Mandatory Education Laws for Family Violence -- App. E. Existing Curricula on Family Violence -- App. F. Summary of Evaluation Studies on Training of Health Care Professionals on Intimate Partner Violence -- App. G. Summary of Evaluation Studies on Training Health Care Professionals on Child Abuse and Neglect -- App. H. Core Competencies for Family Violence -- App. I. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Notes
Introduction -- Defining the problem -- Current educational activities in the health professions -- Forces influencing health professionals' education -- Evaluation of training efforts -- Training beyond the state of the art -- Priorities for health professional training on family violence -- App. A: Accreditation requirements -- App. B: Policy statements of health professional organizations -- App. C: Mandatory reporting laws for family violence -- App. D: Mandatory education laws for family violence -- App. E: Existing curricula on family violence -- App. F: Summary of evaluation studies on training of health care professionals on intimate partner violence -- App. G: Summary of evalualtion studies on training health care professionals on child abuse and neglect -- App. H: Core competencies for family violence
