"Because emergency medicine deals with victims of violence throughout the life cycle, emergency physicians can play a critical role in addressing violence . . . Core curricula for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education should incorporate training in dealing with interpersonal violence." (Acad Emerg Med 1996; 3(7) 712). A challenge for those in emergency medicine education is effective presentation of that curriculum.

The SAEM Public Health and Education Task Force developed four Case-based modules for resident instruction about violence throughout the life cycle. The package's overall goal is to enable the learner to gain a practical understanding of interpersonal violence throughout the life cycle (child abuse, youth violence, domestic abuse and elder abuse), acquire knowledge to recognize its clinical manifestations, develop skills for appropriate and sensitive clinical intervention and management of interpersonal violence patients, and recognize the role that emergency physicians can play in advocacy and prevention. Each module contains an instructor's manual and slide sets.

Modules are one hour in length and designed to replace lectures about violence and abuse. They involve the audience through case discussion, role playing and progressive disclosure of information leading to diagnosis and management. Residents who participated in learning sessions report that this learning approach was effective in capturing their interest, stimulating thought and increasing their clinical skills.

SAEM Slide Presentations for Classroom Use

These slide presentations are available for viewing online. You may also download the PowerPoint 97 files if you wish. The files can be downloaded from the index pages for each slide presentation, below.