|
|
Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Education Overview
Child abuse and neglect is an important component of the pediatric clerkship curriculum for third-year medical students at the University of Colorado Denver. The faculty at The Children's Hospital and the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect provides a lecture on basic child abuse principles as part of the pediatric clerkship's Core Lecture Series. A simulated child abuse patient evaluation is part of the clerkship.
An elective in Child Abuse and Neglect is available for fourth-year medical students who have completed a pediatric clerkship. The course is designed to educate students who are pursuing primary care or psychiatry residency in both the basic and more advanced principles of child abuse and neglect. Students participate in all activities of the Child Protection Team at The Children's Hospital and the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, including a busy outpatient sexual abuse evaluation clinic and inpatient and emergency department physical abuse consultation service.
Training for residents in child abuse and neglect involves the clinical faculty at The Children's Hospital and the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. Lectures on many aspects of child abuse are part of the pediatric residency curriculum. Intensive clinical training and experience in the medical and psychosocial aspects of child abuse occur throughout the three years of residency. An elective rotation with The Kempe Child Protection Team is available in the second or third year. Residents participate in all activities of the Child Protection Team, including a busy outpatient sexual abuse evaluation clinic and inpatient and emergency department physical abuse consultation service.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital and the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect offers a one- or two-year post-residency fellowship in child abuse and neglect. The goal of the fellowship is to provide physicians who are board eligible or board certified in pediatrics with in-depth and intensive training in child abuse and neglect that will prepare them for a clinical or academic career dedicated to the field.
Training Services
In addition to providing education for medical students, pediatric residents and child psychiatry residents, the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect contracts with the Colorado Department of Human Services to provide competency-based training on:
- Medical Aspects of Child Maltreatment
- Developmental Consequences of Child Maltreatment
- Maternal Substance Abuse
- Interdisciplinary Case Conflict
During 2004, 29 sessions and specialized foster parent training services were held throughout Colorado on the following topics:
- Mental Health and Medications
- Sexual Health for Foster Care Children and Adolescents
- Using of Books with Case Workers in Foster Care
- Medically Fragile and Developmentally Delayed Foster Children
In addition, a new training program has been developed which teaches child abuse and neglect professionals how to utilize interagency and multidisciplinary case consultation.
For further information, visit the Kempe Center's own Website.
|
|
