Friday, March 30, 2012: 3:40 PM-5:00 PM
Pacific H (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)
Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the value of interdisciplinary cooperation to improve the efficiency and quality of both the medical and legal care provided to high-risk population groups
- Examine the effects of intimate partner violence and the available points of intervention for both the medical and legal communities
- Explore how these interdisciplinary partnerships could operate in tandem.
The Medical Legal Partnership at FSU brings together the Colleges of Law and Medicine to assist individuals with their joint medical and legal needs arising from experiences with violence. As part of this educational innovation, law students join with medical students and physicians to address the social determinants of health. Violence, abuse and other public health problems are also addressed, with particular attention to disparities in violence and abuse that contribute to the vulnerability and morbidity of specific population groups.