Child Abuse Prevention Month: Practical Strategies for Mitigating Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Evaluation of Suspected Child Abuse

April 23, 2024

This Presentation will be virtual only

This week's panel discussion brings together four child abuse pediatricians from across the country to discuss what happens after the report in regards to the social ecological model of racism and anti-racism along with implicit biases and identifying bias mitigation strategies.

Target Audience

Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Law Enforcement, Legal Professionals.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity participants will be able to:

  • Name the 4 levels of the social ecological model of racism and anti-racism.
  • Identify bias mitigation strategies within each level of the model.

Practice Change: Identify at least one area where a bias mitigation strategy might fit into your own program or the system in which you work.

 

Contact Information:

  • For questions regarding the Nemours Children's Health CARE Program, please contact Stephanie Deutsch, MD | stephanie.deutsch@nemours.org
  • For technical questions regarding this course please contact Betsy Lee | betsy.lee@nemours.org
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The Nemours Foundation designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 ANCC Nursing Contact Hour

    Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.

  • 1.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 1.00 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
03/01/2024
Course expires: 
05/14/2024
Event starts: 
04/23/2024 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
04/23/2024 - 1:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00

This Presentation will be virtual only.

Katie L. Johnson, MD is a child abuse pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic Center for Safe and Healthy Children and Adolescents. She completed her medical school and pediatric residency at the Mayo Clinic, her fellowship in child abuse pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and returned to Mayo in her current position in 2022. She is passionate about interactive education and curriculum development, having created an online, game-based curriculum in child maltreatment that is being submitted for national dissemination. She also serves as an associate program director for the pediatric residency and writes board prep questions for child abuse pediatrics.

Hiu-fai Fong, MD, MSHP is a Staff Physician on the Child Protection Team in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital and an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She is a general pediatrician with a subspecialty in child abuse pediatrics. Her research focuses on improving mental health outcomes for maltreated children and their caregivers. She has conducted research on the impact of child and caregiver mental health services after maltreatment, as well as barriers to mental health services linkage after child sexual abuse.

Tagrid M. Ruiz-Maldonado, MD is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics with the University of Utah and a Child Abuse Pediatrician with the Center for Safe & Healthy Families at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. She completed her General Pediatrics residency at the University of Puerto Rico, University Pediatric Hospital after having received her medical degree from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus. Dr Ruiz-Maldonado's interests focus on diagnostic research in child abuse pediatrics and aim towards improving the utilization of medical resources in child abuse evaluations.

Christopher C. Stewart, MD, FAAP, is Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF, and Board Certified in child abuse pediatrics. Dr. Stewart received his MD degree from Harvard University and completed his residency training and a chief residency in pediatrics at UCSF. Dr. Stewart works as a hospitalist and general pediatrician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the only trauma center and public hospital serving San Francisco County. Dr. Stewart is a pediatric medical forensic examiner performing forensic medical evaluations for sexual and physical abuse of children for the county of San Francisco. Dr. Stewart runs a child abuse rotation for medical students, as well as residents. He also works at Stanford University and Lucille Packard Children's Hospital as director of the SCAN (Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect) program.

The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Please check with your accreditation board to make sure they accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Below are the credit types available to you per your professional designation. 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 MOC ABS – Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    The Nemours Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The Nemours Foundation designates this activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 ANCC Nursing Contact Hour

    Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.

  • 1.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 1.00 continuing education credits.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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