At least one in 10 women attending general practice will have experienced Domestic and Family Violence (DFV), and it is estimated a full-time GP sees up to five unidentified abused women per week. This webinar series aims to enhance primary care staff’s response to patients, particularly women and children, who may be experiencing Domestic and Family Violence (DFV).
The ‘Strengthening primary care’s response to domestic and family violence’ webinars aim to support staff to effectively recognise, respond, refer and record DFV using a trauma and violence informed approach. The webinars will examine the barriers and facilitators to asking about and responding to instances of DFV and will include case studies that offer an opportunity to reflect on different ways of communicating and providing care.
Session 2 – Clinical staff
Facilitated by A/Prof Jennifer Neil (GP facilitator)
Khai Cooke (FV expert) and a Lived-experience expert.
Purpose: To provide clinical staff in primary care an overview of how to strengthen their capacity to recognise and respond to and appropriately refer patients who may be experiencing DFV, particularly women and children
The session focuses on the role of GPs, nurses, and other clinical staff in general practice.
This session aims to enhance the clinical response to patients who may be experiencing DFV, particularly women and children. It will discuss types and prevalence of DFV, risk factors to be aware of and look at how patients experiencing DFV might present. The webinar will consider the barriers and facilitators to women disclosing and how staff can ask about and respond to instance of abuse safely, including risk assessment and management. The session will include a role-play video to give attendees an opportunity to reflect on different ways of communicating and providing care using the principles of trauma-informed care and review the principles information sharing and how to make a warm referral. Support and referral options and other resources will also be provided to attendees.
RACGP activity no: 982335 eligible for 2.0 Hours Educational Activity
