Violence in the Healthcare Workplace
Course Overview
This course will provide an overview of the different types of workplace violence, risk factors, emotional, social, and behavioral ramifications of workplace violence, and specific interventions and policies that have been implemented by organizations to address workplace violence and enhance practitioners' safety.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Define workplace violence.
- Identify the different forms of workplace violence.
- Describe the scope of workplace violence in various human service sectors including nursing, social work, and counseling.
- Discuss factors that place individuals at increased risk or impede victims from reporting workplace violence.
- Identify emotional, psychological, economic, and social consequences of workplace violence.
- Discuss the ethical and legal issues involved in workplace violence and the process for assessing risk of violence.
- Outline assessment and intervention strategies targeted to victims and perpetrators of workplace violence.
- Describe recommended occupational policies addressing workplace violence.
About the Author/Presenter
Alice Yick Flanagan, PhD, MSW,?received her Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University, School of Social Work. She has clinical experience in mental health in correctional settings, psychiatric hospitals, and community health centers. In 1997, she received her PhD from UCLA, School of Public Policy and Social Research. Dr. Yick Flanagan completed a year-long post-doctoral fellowship at Hunter College, School of Social Work in 1999. In that year she taught the course Research Methods and Violence Against Women to Masters degree students, as well as conducting qualitative research studies on death and dying in Chinese American families.
Previously acting as a faculty member at Capella University and Northcentral University, Dr. Yick Flanagan is currently a contributing faculty member at Walden University, School of Social Work, and a dissertation chair at Grand Canyon University, College of Doctoral Studies, working with Industrial Organizational Psychology doctoral students. She also serves as a consultant/subject matter expert for the New York City Board of Education and publishing companies for online curriculum development, developing practice MCAT questions in the area of psychology and sociology. Her research focus is on the area of culture and mental health in ethnic minority communities.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Counselor, Dental AGD Code: 550, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician, Psychology, Social Work
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