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Are the AVA Core Competencies understandable and feasible?
Viewing the Core Competencies for Health Professionals that have been developed with leadership from the Academy on Violence and Abuse I am curious to know what others think about the feasibility of requiring that ALL health professionals meet the competencies as defined in the draft document?
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asked Feb 16, 2010 at 11:18PM in Other
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0Votesanswered Feb 17, 2010 at 11:07AMJust to clarify, are referring to this document (http://www.medpedia.com/communities/191-AVA-Core-Competencies/documents#Documents) found in the AVA Core Competency Community (http://www.medpedia.com/communities/191-AVA-Core-Competencies)?
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1Votesanswered Feb 17, 2010 at 12:48PMHi Jennifer! That is the document - thanks for clarifying! I have been helping the AVA as the competencies come together, and I am very curious to know what health professionals think in terms of actually seeing the competencies enforced and in action! It would be great to hear your thoughts!
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1Votesanswered Feb 18, 2010 at 09:11AMI think that the AVA Core Competency proposal is excellent and very practical but will take time to get into place. I would suggest that a good starting point would be all first year medical students, nursing students, social work students and allied health students in training. The issue should then be reintroduces in their last year of study to reinforce the knowledge.
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I am a social work faculty person who has been building knowledge and skills on interpersonal violence into our social work curriculum. The AVA proposal is excellent. However, I doubt we can expect MSW students (while students) to achieve all the competencies unless this is their specialization area. The proposal can be a great help in working on curriculum.Ann Fleck-Henderson Ph.D. commented Mar 15, 2010 at 01:40PM
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1Votesanswered Mar 16, 2010 at 08:17AMI do not have the competencies in front of me but regardless, understanding the issues around domestic violence which are many but easily learned, with a good screening tool (assuming that screening will be done by social workers), access to state wide resources and some practical experience, is the best way to learn a new skills.
I train 3-5,000 health care/social service providers to understand and assess domestic violence, per above along with a clear message reminding them that this is not an issue that they can "fix", enables them to have their own learning experience.
I am happy to share my training programs with you and if interested in further discuss feel free to contact me directly at medadvocate@laurel-house.org -
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answered Mar 18, 2010 at 06:23AMI can only speak to medical school curriculum. It is very difficult to add to the medical schools curriculum, without the advocacy of someone on the inside. First you must convince them that a subject is valid enough to be taught. This topic passes the litmus test on that one. Then, you must have someone advocate to add it to a departments lecture plan.
To mandate that the medical students be "competent" beyond passing a test with the lecture material in it, requires a lot more internal support. It would almost require that it be mandated by a certifying agency on medical school accreditation.-
This is similar to issues in social work curricula.Ann Fleck-Henderson Ph.D. commented Mar 18, 2010 at 07:14AM
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0Votesanswered Mar 23, 2010 at 01:21PMThanks for your response Gary! I wonder if you would share any insight you have on engaging the "insiders?" The more ideas we generate at this point, the more likely we will find something that sticks! Do you think that the Core Competencies are clear and on target as they presently are worded?
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0Votesanswered Mar 23, 2010 at 02:38PMThe first step is to become an "insider". Offer to be a guest lecturer at the nearest medical school, nursing school or school of social work. Contact the head of education and approach the department head that would cover the topic. Give guest lectures at local teaching hospitals where nurses and student physicians train. You will network with the regional dean and directors of education. Once "inside" you advocate to have the competencies a part of the curriculum.
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0Votesanswered Mar 24, 2010 at 08:35AMThanks Gerry! These are great responses! I wonder if others following this dialog have thoughts on how to engage insiders! Hopefully the AVA will be able to use this information as they launch the competencies! Another way to view the "insiders" would be to refer to them as "champions."
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