Webinar Topic:
Trauma-Informed Clinical Care: Fostering Healing and Recovery
Learning Objectives:
Define trauma and trauma-informed care (TIC)
Use SAMHSA’s 4 Rs of TIC as a model for clinical practice
Understand key principles of communicating with patients in a manner that is sensitive to all patients, particularly those with a trauma history
Review examples of trauma-informed language and behaviors that should be utilized during the physical examination
Discuss ways to mitigate vicarious traumatization
PLEASE NOTE: Post-Conference Webinar 3 recording will be posted in the Handouts and Recordings page once available (within 1 week of webinar date).
Speaker Bios
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine; Physician, the Boston VA Healthcare System
Dr. Sadie Elisseou, MD (she/her) is a primary care physician in the VA Boston Healthcare System, an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Adjunct Instructor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and a leading expert in trauma-informed care (TIC). Dr. Elisseou’s award-winning curriculum on ‘trauma-informed physical examination’ is now taught at medical schools across the U.S. She has since published novel works on trauma-informed clinical skills, a trauma-informed approach to burnout, and leading trauma-informed organizations.
Dr. Elisseou is the co-founder of the National Veterans’ Health Administration TIC Collaborative and a member of the Harvard Medical School TIC Steering Committee. She enjoys building platforms to train healthcare professionals in trauma-informed resilience.
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