Teaching Trauma-Informed Care: A Symposium for Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A large body of evidence links exposure to childhood trauma with negative health outcomes. Training future physicians to recognize and respond to trauma is paramount, and engaging medical students in the preclinical years affords the opportunity to foster the development of a trauma-informed lens that can then be solidified during clinical clerkships.

Methods

We developed and implemented a 4-hour trauma-informed care (TIC) symposium for 179 second-year medical students at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences during the Patients, Populations, and Systems course. The symposium included three interactive didactic sessions focusing on the connection between trauma and health and TIC principles. A facilitated small-group discussion

SUBMITTER: Chokshi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780743 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature