Estimated time to complete activity: 90 minutes

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of nurses, physicians, and other health and legal professionals involved in the treatment and care of victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

Statement of Need/Program Overview

The majority of health care providers have only minimal formal education and even less clinical experience in dealing with suspected cases of physical and sexual child abuse. This presentation will review the different types of medical and nursing professionals who commonly deal with child abuse pediatrics, their respective roles, and the skill’s set expected of each regarding child abuse. History taking and physical examination of suspected victims of child sexual and physical abuse will also be covered through review of actual cases.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

1. Identify both common and unusual child abuse physical and sexual abuse mimics.

2. Identify the appropriate medical workup for cases of suspected physical abuse in infants and young children.

3. Develop specific clinical and history taking skills related to possible physical and sexual abuse.

Faculty

Roger O. Blevins RN MSN CPNP

Phoenix Children’s Hospital Child Protection Team in Phoenix, AZ

Faculty Bio

Mr. Blevins received his baccalaureate in nursing from the University of

Tulsa in 1979, a certificate as a pediatric nurse practitioner from the U.S. Army

Academy of Health Sciences in 1984, and a master’s degree as a Clinical Nurse

Specialist in Pediatrics with clinical emphasis on child abuse and neglect from the

University of Utah College of Nursing in 1995. He has served both in the United

States Army and Air Force, becoming involved in child abuse pediatrics in 1987

while serving with the Air Force and continuing to the present day.

He has worked in private practice and academic medicine, becoming an

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Oklahoma College of

Community Medicine in 2007. At the present time, Mr. Blevins is working with

the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Child Protection Team in Phoenix, AZ and is

involved in the evaluation of all forms of child maltreatment including abusive

head trauma and child abuse fatalities.

Mr. Blevins has publications in peer reviewed journals and has taught

widely both at the local and national level. He has also served as an expert

witness in District Courts in three states, Federal Court in Oklahoma, and Military

Courts Martial.