Interprofessional Grand Rounds Nothing's wrong with them! It's Trauma

Dartmouth Health Continuing Education for Professionals Home, Interprofessional Grand Rounds – Nothing’s wrong with them! It’s Trauma, 7/20/2022 12:00:00 PM - 7/20/2025 1:00:00 PM,

The effects of trauma have an impact on all of our patients. Do you know what trauma is?  Have you heard of Trauma Informed Care? This presentation will review the neurobiology of trauma, how previous exposure to trauma can have a lasting effect, trauma informed care approaches to take with our patients, and how to sustain ourselves in this work. 

Presenter
Linda Douglas, M.Ed., CTSS
Trauma Informed Services Specialist, NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

About our Presenter
In her role, Linda Douglas works to enhance the capacity of member programs of the Coalition, and local communities, to address the effects of trauma and the complex needs of victims with mental health and substance abuse problems. She has been training statewide and nationally for the past thirteen years.

Learning Outcome
At the conclusion of this learning activity, (at least 75% of) participants will be able to discuss the importance of implementing a trauma informed approach to patient care. 

Disclosure
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content for this activity have reported NO financial relationship(s)* with ineligible companies**.

* A “financial relationship" includes employee, researcher (named as the PI), consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and/or an ownership interest (not including stocks owned in a managed portfolio).

** An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Bibliographic Material

1. Methot, Suzanne, Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing, 2019, BCW Press, Ontario
2. https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/addressing-aces-as-a-social-transformation-initiative [acesconnection.com]
3. Brockie, Heinzelmann, and Gill, A Framework to Examine the Role of Epigenetics in Health Disparities among Native Americans, 2013, Hindawj Publishing, Nursing Research & Practice
4. Angelis, Tori, The Legacy of Trauma, APA, February 2019, Vol 50, No. 2
5. Jain, Shaili, M.D. The Unspeakable Mind – Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science, Harper Collins, 2019