Forensic Asylum Examination and Documentation Training

Highland Hospital - 1411 East 31st St Oakland

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Forensic Asylum Examination and Documentation Training Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Coffee/pastries and lunch included

Highland Hospital -1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA

What it is

Forensic asylum evaluation training.

Who should come

Anyone working in healthcare who wants to learn to provide forensic asylum evaluations.

How to register

Registration begins November 1. A follow-up email will be sent out a week before registration opens. The organizers have applied for continuing medical education (CME) designation for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Final CME status will be included in the November announcement.

Cost

$10

Why do asylum evaluations

The need for medical evaluations for asylum seekers has increased since the 2016 presidential election. This trend is happening for a couple reasons: more asylum seekers are being tried in court, rather than granted at the Asylum office; the Justice Department’s lawyers are more energetically opposing asylum claimants; and, ICE is arresting more people.

By performing forensic medical and/or psychological evaluations asylum seekers, you can use your skills to help immigration officials make the right decisions for people who are fleeing torture and other forms of abuse.

Schedule

8:00–8:30 a.m. Registration, coffee

8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

  • General Overview
  • Asylum Law 101 and Tips on Court Testimony
  • Guest Speaker: Immigration Judge
  • Psychological Evaluations
  • Traumatic Brain Injury in Torture Survivors 12:00-1:00 p.m. – Lunch, Q&A, Networking

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

  • Female Genital Mutilation
  • Physical Exam Findings: general principles and practice session with audience response
  • After The Evaluation (Writing Your Report, Correspondence and Testimony)
  • Ongoing Medical Care of Torture Survivors and Displaced People

More details on the training

This training will be open to all clinicians — including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, behavioral health clinicians, and students in any of these disciplines. Participants will learn how to perform rigorous forensic asylum evaluations using the Istanbul Protocol, an internationally accepted guideline for documenting torture.

The multi-disciplinary training team includes:

  • Physicians and nurse practitioners from Highland’s Human Rights Clinic
  • A human rights lawyer from Pangea Legal Services
  • A psychologist who is clinical faculty and program director for the Wright Institute Sanctuary Project

More information

Please contact Suzanne Portnoy for more information: [email protected]