Hidden In View: The Evidence of Harm, Violence and Trafficking

  • Thursday 1/25/2024
  • Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
  • Course Code: 339TL
  • Cost: $129
  • Room Location: BCEC Room 105
  • Credits: 3 CE Hours
speaker
Amber Riley, RDH is an internationally recognized speaker providing continuing education programs for dental and medical professionals covering oral and systemic pathologies, forensic odontology, and the use and misuse of therapeutic and illicit pharmaceuticals. She is a Federal Safety and Occupational Health Specialist & member of the forensic dental unit of the U.S. Government disaster mortuary operational response team, an advisory Board Member to the Oral Cancer Foundation and a professional risk and liability consultant specializing in the dental sciences to national medical/dental liability insurance brokerages and a certified medical cost projection specialist for civil litigation casework. She is the President of the American Society of Forensic Odontology, Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Fellow of the International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners, Member of the California Dental Hygienists? Association and an Associate Member of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health.

The goal of this course 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 non-intentional, 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.

After this course attendees will be able to:
  • Learn to recognize and differentiate accidental, incidental, and intentional injuries
  • Identify less visually obvious indications of violence and abuse including: acute, chronic, intermittent, and historical
  • Receive guidance and resources on mandatory reporting, when necessary, as a healthcare professional or private citizen
  • Discuss the criminal acts of human smuggling, and criminal human exploitations of labor and sex trafficking
Recommended Audience: Assistant, Dentist, Hygienist, Office

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