Online Adult/Adolescent SANE Didactic Workshop

Course overview

Summary Rationale for this Workshop: Practice Gap: Many clinicians lack the specialized forensic and trauma-informed knowledge needed to provide comprehensive, evidence-based care to adult and adolescent patients who have experienced sexual violence. This gap results from limited exposure to medical-forensic content in basic nursing education and inconsistent access to specialized training. The 40-hour Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Didactic Course addressed this knowledge gap by providing foundational education in forensic nursing, trauma-informed care, evidence collection, sexual violence-specific medical evaluation, documentation, multidisciplinary collaboration, and legal considerations, preparing nurses for professional growth and the next phase of skill-based education. Overall Learning Outcome: As a result of participating in this activity, 100% of learners will demonstrate increased knowledge and confidence, measured by posttest and self-report, related to providing competent, comprehensive, trauma-informed, patient-centered, and coordinated care to adult and adolescent patients evaluated for or suspected of having experienced sexual violence. Summary of Evidence/data that validates the need for this activity: National guidelines and workforce data demonstrate a persistent gap in nursing education related to the care of adult and adolescent survivors of sexual violence. Basic nursing education provides limited preparation in forensic nursing, trauma-informed care, evidence collection, documentation, and legal considerations, resulting in clinicians entering practice without the specialized knowledge required to provide comprehensive, evidence-based forensic care.