Educational Opportunities
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The Future of Forensic Nursing: Want to Come Along?
Date: 03/26/2025 1200 – 1300 EST
Cost: Free for AFN Members, $25 for Non-Members
Details: The Forensic Nursing Certification Board (FNCB) has a vision of the “Future of Forensic Nursing” that is unlike the current landscape of today’s forensic nursing practices. Forensic nursing has flourished over the past 25 years with the development of many important, population-focused roles. However, role confusion and overreach have forensic nurses practicing outside their scope of practice according to their licensure.
Registration Link: https://goafn.thinkific.com/courses/032625
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Understanding Strangulation and Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Lifespan to Enhance the Medical Forensic Exam
Date: 04/03/2025 1300 CST
Cost: Free
Details: IAFN Strangulation resources will be highlighted and include detailed guidance on assessment techniques, documentation, and evidence collection in order to ensure providers are equipped to give the highest standard of care to victims of all ages who have experienced strangulation and traumatic brain injuries as the result of IPV and sexual violence.
Registration Link: https://ncjfcj-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_354tacRlTnSvkSJOoYondw#/registration
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Healthcare Response to Human Trafficking
Date: 04/09/2025 1200 – 1300 EST
Cost: Free for AFN Members, $25 for Non-Members
Details: This presentation will explore effective care strategies for trafficked persons, grounded in current best practices. It will cover essential topics such as universal screening for trafficking indicators, safety planning, and a healthcare response protocol that can be adapted to any healthcare setting. Both presenters bring extensive experience from primary care environments where they have worked directly with individuals identified as trafficking survivors. Consequently, this presentation will incorporate survivor insights, ensuring the information shared is relevant and rooted in lived experience.
Registration Link: https://goafn.thinkific.com/courses/040925
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Practice, Partnership and Prevention: Empowering Voices: Bridging Gaps in Healthcare Around Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault & Human Trafficking
Date: 04/09/2025 0900 – 1630 EST
Cost: $25
Location: Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Details: This year’s conference promises in-depth discussion and training regarding the intersection of medical care and support for survivors. Discussion topics will include: Substance Use and Domestic Violence; Working with Sexual Assault Survivors; Community Health Workers Using a Trauma-Informed Approach During Stalking Situations; Unseen. Unheard. Unhelped. Males Surviving Abuse.
Registration link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/medical-advocacy-conference--2025-2
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The Forensic Nursing Response to Workplace Violence
Date: 05/27/2025 1800-2000 EST
Cost: Free
Details: Attendees will gain valuable knowledge on: The role of nurses in workplace violence prevention within healthcare systems; Developing a process to support colleagues who experience physical or sexual assault in the workplace; Creating and implementing a workplace violence prevention program focused on supporting victims and survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence.
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Trauma-Informed Care for Hospital-based Personnel and STOP Teams
Date: May 29, 2025
Cost: Free
Details: Tracy Vogel, MD will focus on trauma-informed approaches for healthcare personnel to improve the coordination and care of acute sexual assault victims and the relevance of these approaches in the context of all patients who may have been victims of past sexual violence. Discussion will include how to incorporate trauma-informed approaches into routine care, focusing on communication, empathy, and creating a safe environment; and the importance of coordinating with other professionals involved in the care of sexual assault victims.
​Registration: Not yet available.​​