Sexual Abuse in Children - Understanding What Helps Kids Tell

PHM from Pittsburgh

Course: Sexual Abuse in Children - Understanding What Helps Kids Tell

Course Director: Tony R Tarchichi MD - Associate Professor in Dept of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Course Director: Jennifer Clarke MD - Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Child Advocacy center

Course Director: Sara L. Gluzman, MS. Forensic Interviewer Lead. Child Advocacy Center. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Disclosures: None

This Podcast series was created for Pediatric Hospitalists or those healthcare professionals who take care of hospitalized children.

This episode is Sexual Abuse in Children - Understanding What Helps Kids Tell. As always there is free CME credit of up to 1 AMA category 1 for listening to this podcast and going to the Univ of Pitt site. See the link below.

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Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Review what prevents children from disclosing sexual abuse.
2. Review what helps children tell about sexual abuse they suffered.
3. Review how and why forensic interviewers are used to interview children who have believed to suffer from sexual abuse.

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Released: 11/24/2021, Reviewed 11/243/2021, Expire: 11/24/2022

If you are new to the Internet-based Studies in Education and Research (ISER) website (which is how you will get your CME credit), you will first need to create an account:

Step 1. Create an Account

https://www.hsconnect.pitt.edu/HSC/home/create-account.do

If you have used the ISER website in the past, you can click on the link below and then log onto in order to complete the evaluation for this training:

Step 2. To access the test for CME credit:

https://cme.hs.pitt.edu/ISER/app/learner/loadModule?moduleId=23075&dev=true

Accreditation Statement:

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of (1) AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.