The evolution of a hospital-based intimate partner violence [IPV] task force into a inter-professional collaborative practice for educating and engaging providers

Friday, March 20, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:20 PM
Room 5 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)
Speakers:
Ebony Hughes, RN, Magee-Womens Hospital of Upmc
Janice Goldsborough, MS, Womens Center and shelter of Pittsburgh

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Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:
  1. Describe the evolution of an hospital bases IPV Task force into an inter-professional collaboration addressing IPV.
  2. Determine the community needs for this type of Task Force.
  3. Create strategies and tools to engage and educate providers and other community members.
Description:
We will discuss the strengths, challenges, and key steps in the development of a multidisciplinary IPV task force. We will review how the medical and community participants feedback of programs helped identify gaps in knowledge, services, knowledge, and skills, and how that information guided the content of future programs