How Are You Going to Treat Me?

With guests Pauline Head (she/her), MD FRCPC and Lisa Bell (she/her), BScNJoin us as we discuss the kinds of trauma and violence-informed considerations that govern the nature and content of interactions between specialized physicians/nurses and people who have been sexually assaulted by other people. Learn from long standing colleagues whose decades of experience and insight shine an important light on the myriad considerations that inform a specialized healthcare response, and how to provide information, choice, and control throughout all encounters.Resources:The Calgary Sexual Assault Response Team (CSART) is a team of registered nurses, doctors and crisis counsellors who have specialized training and expertise to support people who have been sexually assaulted. They can offer confidential services including medical treatment, emotional support, reporting options, forensic examination and evidence collection for any child or adult who has been sexually assaulted in the last seven days. CSART services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.