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ForwardCARE Network Medical ECHO Series - October 2025
Visual Diagnosis – Sexual Abuse
This training will provide medical CARE Network designated providers with evidence-based guidelines for care and improve both access and quality of care for patients.
Denise Abdoo, PhD
Wendy Williams, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Target Audience
CARE Network Medical Designated Providers to include FNEs and other registered nurses trained in the care of child maltreatment.
Learning Objectives
- Interpret and identify genital anatomy – normal and abnormal – in children and adolescents
- Describe genital findings in child sexual abuse, sexual assault and even in normal anatomy
Learner Outcome
- Participants will self-report increased knowledge of how to perform evidence-based high quality medical exams and behavioral health assessments using standard guidelines.
- Participants will self-report increased knowledge related to collaborating with non-medical professionals working on multidisciplinary teams to address child maltreatment.
The CARE Network Medical ECHO Series is hosted virtually.
Denise Abdoo is a PhD prepared pediatric nurse practitioner whose work is dedicated to improving the recognition and treatment of child maltreatment and sexual abuse, especially by frontline providers such as emergency providers and forensic nurses. She completed her master’s in nursing as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Yale University in 2003 and has worked in child abuse pediatrics ever since that time. Dr. Abdoo completed her PhD in nursing from the University of Colorado, specifically biobehavioral research, in 2014. She has been a principal investigator in research projects related to abuse recognition and human trafficking. She has lectured internationally, nationally, regionally, and locally on topics related to child maltreatment, child trafficking, and sexual abuse.
Disclosures
Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Medical
Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction as provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 1.0 nursing contact hour is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Others
A general certificate of attendance will be available after the completion of the online evaluation. Claim only credit commensurate of your conference attendance.
Completion Criteria
Logging attendance and completing an evaluation within 14-days is required to claim credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 Attendance
- 1.00 NCPD