Child Abuse: Clinical, Ethical, & Legal Issues Self-Directed

1. Describe the epidemiology of child abuse among the American populace
2. Describe the predisposing factors for child abuse
3. Identify the categories of child abuse
4. Recognize clinical signs observable on child abuse victims
5. Recognize clinical findings & conditions that mimic child abuse
6. Recognize typical behaviors of child abusers in the healthcare setting
7. Discuss the ethical & legal implications of child abuse for healthcare practitioners
8. Describe the impact of child abuse situations on healthcare practitioners

Pennsylvania license holders: We are not able to report our Child Abuse course to the state of Pennsylvania, therefore you must take a course from a provider that does. We recommend you take the online course offered by the University of Pittsburgh (https://www.reportabusepa.pitt.edu). They will report your course completion electronically to the Pennsylvania Department of State professional licensing board.

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If you cannot get the evaluation to open after going through all the lessons, it is because you used the outline on the course page to move between lessons. As explained in Lesson 1 Instructions, if you fail to mark each lesson complete the evaluation will not open. You won’t have to watch each lesson again. Simply return to lesson 1 and click the MARK COMPLETE (or Next Lesson) button below each video. Each succeeding lesson will automatically load. Click the green MARK COMPLETE button on each lesson until you reach the evaluation. If the quiz won’t open, you need to complete the evaluation.