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Module 5 provides an overview of forensic testing-evidence evaluation.
Estimated time to complete Module 5 is one hour, 23 minutes
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Explain the purpose and role of the State Lab in the collection, handling, reporting, and storing of forensic evidence and its role in the investigation of sexual assault
- Identify the purpose of forensic testing in a sexual assault investigation, and the types of specimens that can be evaluated by forensic techniques at the State Laboratory.
- Describe the methods for evidence collection and preservation during the medical exam that are critical to maintaining the quality of forensic analyses
- Identify the process of comparing forensic evidence with federal genetic databases that are available to Law Enforcement for investigations of crimes
- Explain the barriers to the performance of forensic testing and the limits of testing
FACULTY
Susan Duffy, MD, MPH
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Academic Faculty Affairs
Department of Emergency Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director, Fast Track and Nurse Practitioner Programs
Hasbro Children's Hospital | Providence, RI
Erica Hardy, MD, MMSc
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Director, Infectious Disease, Care New England
Director, SAFE Clinic (Sexual Assault Follow Up Clinic), Women & Infants Hospital
Providence, RI
Cara E. Lupino, MS
Supervisor, Forensic Biology/DNA Lab
Rhode Island Department of Health | Providence, RI
CREDIT CLAIMING FOR COMPLETION OF ALL MODULES TAKES PLACE IN MODULE 8
The Warren Alpert Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Center for Professional Practice and Innovation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
CREDIT DESIGNATION
Physicians: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Health Professionals: Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. This credit is accepted by the AANP, AAPA, RI Pharmacy and RI Psychologist re-licensure.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.50 ANCCThis continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
- 1.50 AttendanceParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.