“Violence in Healthcare: A Dangerous Issue With a Promising Solution”

Lynn Van Male, PhD, CTM

Director

U.S. Veterans Health Administration Workplace Violence Prevention Program

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Oregon Health and Sciences University

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Auditorium E, Rubin Building, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Co-sponsored by the Section of Occupational Medicine and

the Department of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Objectives

      1.  Identify the essential elements of a data-driven, evidence-based healthcare violence prevention program

      2.  Differentiate the behavioral stages along pathways of two types of violence experienced in healthcare  settings

      3.  Identify six violence protective factors that reduce behavioral violence risk in a one-year period

  Dartmouth-Hitchcock is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical         education programs for physicians.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.