Disciplines:
  • Physical Therapists
  • Physical Therapist Assistants
Hours: 2 Contact Hours
Author(s): Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH
Peer Reviewer(s): Demetrius James Porche, DNS, PhD, APRN
Item#: Q3560
Contents: 1 Course Book (60 pages)
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Human Trafficking: Overview for Healthcare Professionals

Price $24.95
Item # Q3560
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Release Date: January 30, 2018

Expiration Date: January 30, 2021

This intermediate level course for healthcare professionals is an introduction into the complex crime of human trafficking, with a focus on sex and labor trafficking and the common symptoms and conditions that occur in trafficked persons. The course provides insights into the facts surrounding human trafficking and relevant health risks for the trafficked person.

California PTs & PTAs - Approved by the Physical Therapy Board of California through Net Education Design, Inc., an agency recognized by the board to approved courses that meet Physical Therapy Regulations 1399.96.

Texas PTs & PTAs - This activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #1911021TX and meets continuing competence requirements for PT & PTA license renewal in Texas.

Course Objectives

  • Describe human trafficking, including the types of trafficking and those populations most vulnerable to trafficking.
  • Identify potential trafficked persons using clinical signs and screening tools.
  • Describe components and implementation of trauma-informed care.
  • Review appropriate national organizations and local resources when intervening in human trafficking cases.

Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, is an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, faculty at Harvard Medical School, and a Human Trafficking and Forced Labor fellow at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University in Boston. She is an Institute of Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine fellow in health sciences policy and cofounder of HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, Linkages) Trafficking, an international network of professionals com­bating human trafficking from a public health perspective. Through her work, she seeks to advance research and policy on the health needs of human trafficking victims globally and locally.

Demetrius James Porche, DNS, PhD, APRN, is professor and dean of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, School of Nursing. He also holds an appointment in the School of Public Health at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Porche is certified as a clinical specialist in community health nursing and family nurse practitioner. He is currently the chief editor of American Journal of Men’s Health and serves on the editorial board of the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Porche is a gubernatorial appointed member of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing. He was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

  • Courses must be completed within one (1) year of the date of purchase.
  • You must score 75% or higher on the final exam and complete the course evaluation to pass this course and receive a certificate of completion.
  • Through our review processes, Western Schools ensures that the course content is presented in a balanced, unbiased manner and is free from commercial influence. It is Western Schools’ policy not to accept commercial support.
  • All persons involved in the planning and development of this course have disclosed no relevant financial relationships or other conflicts of interest related to the course content.
  • There are no prerequisites for this course.