Compassionate Care DVD Wins Two FREDDIE Awards
December 5th, 2008The
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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