- Thursday 1/25/2024
- Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- Course Code: 339TL
- Cost: $129
- Room Location: BCEC Room 105
- Credits: 3 CE Hours
Hidden In View: The Evidence of Harm, Violence and Trafficking
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.
- 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
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The Massachusetts Dental Society is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.