The CCFMTC earned a second FREDDIE International Healthcare Media Award for its video, “Compassionate Care: An Overview of the Sexual Assault Clinical Forensic Medical Exam.”

After the film scored the top prize in the category of Patient Care, it went on to win the Surgeon General’s Award as the 2008’s Best Educational Video for Healthcare Professionals.  The Surgeon General’s Award is one of four prestigious Founder’s Awards announced November 14th in Philadelphia.  A stunned David Gottlieb, the movie’s producer and director, accepted the prize.

“Compassionate Care” presents a complete overview of the forensic medical evidentiary examination for a sexual assault victim, conducted according to the State of California protocol.  The exam video was developed as a curriculum tool for the CCFMTC’s sexual assault forensic examiner training, a five-day instruction program for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, and registered nurses.

In the hour-long video, the viewer follows a young woman from the time of her assault to her referral to a sexual assault forensic examiner.  The examiner takes the victim and the viewer through each step of the exam.  Throughout the procedure, she models the compassion essential to helping the victim feel safe and in control of the exam process, a vital first step toward healing.

The video depicts the role of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) partners in responding to a sexual assault.  These partners include law enforcement, the rape crisis center and crime lab.

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Now available from the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center (CCFMTC) is a new DVD overview of the sexual assault suspect exam.  This new training DVD, The Sexual Assault Clinical Forensic Medical Examination: An Overview of the Suspect Examination, is now available in our online store.

The purpose of this training DVD is to provide an overview of the sexual assault suspect clinical forensic medical examination for all disciplines.  This DVD educates all disciplines about the detailed nature and scope of the examination process and procedures.  Viewers will learn how to anticipate, recognize, collect, manage, preserve evidence, and understand the necessity of a timely examination.

This training DVD contains chapters on:

• Medical and forensic history
• Forensic and medical examination
• Clothing collection
• Forensic photography
• Wood’s Lamp evaluation

This training DVD was made possible by a grant from the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES).

For more information or to purchase this DVD, please visit our online store.

The California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center at UC Davis has won a prestigious FREDDIE international health care media award for its video “Compassionate Care: An Overview of the Sexual Assault Clinical Forensic Medical Exam.” The award was presented in a ceremony in Philadelphia, Pa., on November 14, 2008.

“Compassionate Care” presents a complete overview of the forensic medical evidentiary examination for a sexual assault victim, conducted according to the State of California protocol. In the hour-long video, the viewer follows a young woman, portrayed by actress Hope Wells, from the time of her assault and report to law enforcement to her referral to a sexual assault forensic examiner.

The forensic examiner in the film is UC Davis Medical Center nurse practitioner Leslie Schmidt, who has conducted over 1,000 forensic medical exams as a member of the UC Davis sexual assault forensic examiner team. Schmidt takes the victim and the viewer through each step of the exam, beginning with the patient/victim’s consent, and continuing through the forensic interview, evidence collection and packaging, the cervical examination, documentation of findings and pregnancy prophylaxis.

Throughout the procedure, she models the compassion essential to helping the victim feel safe and in control of the exam process, a vital first step toward healing. Further, the video depicts the role of the sexual assault response team partners in responding to a sexual assault. These partners include law enforcement, the rape crisis center and crime lab, as well as the medical examiner.

The exam video was developed as a curriculum tool for the CCFMTC’s sexual assault forensic examiner training, a five-day instruction program for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants and registered nurses. The production was funded by the training center’s operating grant, which is provided by the governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

Project Director Marilyn Peterson, MSW, and William Green, M.D., associate physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of the CCFMTC Sexual Assault Education Program, planned, wrote and oversaw the production. The video was produced and directed by David Gottlieb of Never a Dull Moment Productions in Los Angeles.

Each year, the FREDDIE Awards competition attracts hundreds of submissions from around the world, including documentaries, series, shorts, videos, Web sites, and CD-ROMs, in 32 categories, including oncology, diabetes, fitness/wellness, infectious diseases, prevention and women’s health. The competition is now in its 34th year.