Child Abuse and Neglect Service

Education

Medical training in the area of child abuse and neglect is provided through one to four week clinical rotations for medical students, residents and fellows in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. Child abuse training is also provided through daily or weekly training sessions for DUMC and UNC nurses, SANE nurses, nurse clinicians, physician extenders, clinical social workers, and psychologists. On-going child abuse and neglect training is provided to community agency members from Department of Social Services Child Protective Services, Law Enforcement, and the Guardian ad Litem program. Physician and medical student training includes participation in inpatient/ER consults, precepted child abuse/neglect evaluations in the outpatient clinic setting, regularly scheduled didactics at DUMC, multidisciplinary clinical case reviews, community child abuse multi-agency review team meetings, and court cases of child abuse/neglect in both district and superior court.

Additional training opportunities for local medical and mental health providers are provided through the North Carolina Centers Training Grant which provides up to three days of precepted training in child abuse/neglect assessments at the Duke Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Clinic.

Medical Student Elective

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Child Abuse and Neglect Residency Rotation

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Child Abuse and Neglect Fellowship

The two-year fellowship program provides advanced training in the field of child abuse and neglect. Get details here. More>>