PURPOSE & TARGET AUDIENCE
This course provides an in-depth look at the medical, social and legal issues surrounding domestic violence. It fulfills the domestic violence continuing education requirement (Kentucky Regulatory Statute 194) for health care professionals in the state of Kentucky. The target audience is physicians and other healthcare professionals who routinely interact with patients (some of whom may be victims of domestic violence).

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Physician - University of Louisville Continuing Health Sciences Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.0 hours in Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nursing - This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing for 3.6 contact hours through the University of Louisville School of Nursing, provider number 3-0046-01-2013-68, expiration date January 31, 2013. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Participants must complete entire session, provide license and social security number and complete evaluation to receive contact hours.

INSTRUCTIONS
The course takes approximately three hours. During the course, you will watch a lecture. After reviewing the lecture and an accompanying handout, you will have the option of paying to take an online test and receiving continuing education credit.

If you pass the test, you will be instantly taken to a web page confirming your continuing education credit. You will need to print this page for your records. If you do not pass, you may retake the course as many times as necessary at no additional charge.

You will need a high speed internet connection to view the lecture. You'll also need a computer with Windows and Internet Explorer; you cannot take the course on an Apple Macintosh computer or on any other computer that does not have Windows and Internet Explorer.

Viewing the lecture is free; the fee for taking the test and receiving continuing education credit is $25.00 and is payable with Mastercard, Visa, or Discover. If you are an incoming U of L resident or fellow, you are eligible to take the course for free. For more information regarding this, click here.

COURSE DIRECTOR/INSTRUCTOR
William S. Smock, M.D.
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Following this course participants will have a better understanding of:

• Recognizing adult and child victimization.
  
  
• Identifying behavioral and emotional indicators of patients who may be victims of abuse, neglect or explotation.
  
  
• Statistics about victims of domestic violence and the role of health care professionals to help lower the abuse of victims.
  
  
• The integral role of health care professionals in domestic violence in identifying intervention strategies including legal remedies, reporting responsibilities and liabilities, and community service for patients.
  

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
In order to take this course, you must have a PC that runs Windows XP and has at least 500 MB of RAM. You must have a broadband internet connection or better; the course will not work with a dialup internet connection. You must also have the following programs installed: Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Windows Media Player 10.0 or higher and Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher.

LECTURE
The lecture is in two parts:

Click Here For Part One

Click Here For Part Two

When you click on the links, Windows Media Player should open and begin playing them automatically. If that doesn't happen, open Windows Media Player, go to File, then Open, then copy and paste in the address (below) and click ok.

http://louisville.edu/television/dviolence1.asx

http://louisville.edu/television/dviolence2.asx

Some older versions of Windows Media Player (anything below version 11) may not be able to play the links. If that happens, you can upgrade to Windows Media Player 11 by clicking here.

If you need technical support, e-mail chse@louisville.edu, or call 502-852-6296 Monday-Friday between 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

HANDOUT
The handout has been split into two parts for easier loading. To view the handout, click on the link. To download the handout, right click on the link and choose "save as."

Viewing the handout requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader program. Most computers already have this program loaded. If yours does not, you can download and install it for free by clicking here.

Handout Part One

Handout Part Two

REGISTER AND PAY FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Click Here If You Are An Incoming U of L Resident Or Fellow

Click Here To Pay For And Take The Online Test & Obtain Your Certificate

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
No commercial support was received for this program.

DISCLOSURES
Dr. Smock has no disclosures.

ORIGINAL RELEASE/TERMINATION DATES
Course Originally Released On: 12/15/04
Date of Most Recent Review: 12/3/07
Course Termination Date: 12/3/10

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

TECHNICAL SUPPORT/QUESTIONS
If you need technical support or have questions about the course, please e-mail us at chse@louisville.edu

PRIVACY POLICY
All information provided by course participants is confidential and will not be shared with any other parties for any reason.