
Moving Out of the Blind Spot: Interrupting Human Trafficking
Purpose
Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity which serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession.
Target Audience
Physicians, Advance Practice Professionals, Nurses, Ancillary Staff, Medical Students (Rotating), Non-Medical Students (Rotating), and Health Care Administrators.
Purpose
A recent study showed up to 88% of survivors of human trafficking saw a health care worker during their time of captivity, yet NONE were assisted. This presentation addresses the potential barriers to assisting a person victimized by human trafficking by health care workers. Some of these potential barriers include: Not identifying signs and symptoms, lack of separating from accompanying person, inability to talk with a potential victim, not having training on trauma-informed care, no protocol at the organization, etc.
Learning Objectives
- Define Human Trafficking and how traffickers groom their victims.
- Describe signs and symptoms of a person victimized by trafficking.
- Outline potential action steps in assisting a person victimized by trafficking.
Speaker(s)
Teresa Davidson, ARNP, MSN, MA
Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Disclosures
Speaker(s)
- Ms. Davidson indicated she has no relationships with a commercial entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients.
CME Committee
- No member of the Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee who planned this activity has any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content.
This program is supported by gifts to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation from Mary Greeley Medical Center, McFarland Clinic, First American Bank, and Green Hills Health Care Center. The content and selection of speaker(s) is the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee and not the sponsors of this program.
Accreditation Statements
DO: Des Moines University (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
No commercial interest company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.
DISCLOSURE
Everyone in a position to control the content of this educational activity will disclose to the CME provider and to attendees all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals or medical procedures and devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Determination of educational content and the selection of speakers is the responsibility of the activity director. Firms providing financial support did not have input in these areas.
DISCLAIMER
The information provided at this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The content of each presentation does not necessarily reflect the views of Des Moines University.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AOA Category 2A