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Hidden in View: Recognizing Harm, Violence & Trafficking in Our Practices & Communities Part 1

Friday, May 9, 2025
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PT
CE: 1.5 CE Credits
Primary Audience(s): Hygienist

Additional Audience(s): Dentist, EFDA/Dental Assistant, Front Office, Lab Tech
The goal of this session is to educate an attendee as to the mechanisms and appearances of injuries in children and adults. Focus will be on the common modalities of injuries including unintentional, intentional, patterned and mimickers of injury. Lessons from the viewpoints of dentistry, pathology, and law enforcement will be shared with the mutual objective being the earliest possible intervention and interruption of harm to our patients, and our friends and families.

Learning Objectives:

  • Attendees will learn to recognize and differentiate among accidental, incidental and intentional injuries and will learn about less visually obvious indications of violence and abuse.
  • Participants will receive guidance and resources on mandatory reporting, when necessary, as a healthcare professional or private citizen.
  • Explanations, differentiation and case discussions will be given to educate the attendee as to the criminal acts of human smuggling and criminal human exploitations of labor and sex trafficking.