10:40 - 11:15am
A broken heart that the world forgot - Child Maltreatment
Presented By:
Dr. Elizabete Doyle
Description
· Discuss child maltreatment topics.
· Identify evidence-based management and variations in practice patterns where appropriate.
· Critique indicated investigations and subsequent management utilizing a case-based approach.
Specifically:
· Identify the importance of first presentations of child abuse
· Discuss the patterns of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse
· Examine an approach to emergency department assessment of children presenting with concerns for maltreatment