Violence and Care : the professional relationship as a powerful ool
Lou RICHELLE, Anne-Marie OFFERMANS and Vincent HUBERLAND
Domestic violence (DV), due to its high prevalence and associated morbidity, constitutes a major public health concern. As frontline healthcare providers, general practitionners (GPs) play a pivotal role in the identification of DV and must be adequately trained to deliver appropriate medical and psychological care to direct and indirect victims, as well as to perpetrators. The XXX from XXX has developed well-established expertise in this domain, as evidenced by several peer-reviewed publications, academic theses, clinical guidelines, and the ongoing delivery of Continuing Medical Education programs focused on domestic violence for primary care professionals.To strengthen the capacity of primary healthcare professionals to detect violence at an early stage and to ensure appropriate biopsychosocial support for individuals concerned.The professional stance and the nature of the relationship established with the patient are key determinants in both the disclosure of violence and the development of sustainable change in situations involving violence. Grounded in active learning pedagogy and interdisciplinary intervision, this co-facilitated workshop will address the fundamentals of detection and the provision of a safe and supportive response. It will outline the integration of motivational interviewing approaches, the transtheoretical model of change, cycle of violence specifically adapted to this context. To ensure problem-based learning, intervision will be conducted using a real clinical case selected by the facilitators. Presentation of the methodology (5') Intervision based on a complex clinical case, with the progressive introduction of practice-support tools made available to participants throughout the discussion (30') Collective reflection on appropriate and potentially harmful practices in the reception, identification, and management of situations involving violence, with the aim of identifying relational and clinical attitudes that promote safe and effective care Co-construction of an appropriate, transferable care pathway (20') Take-Home Messages (5')To strengthen participants’ clinical awareness and to provide them with evidence-based professional attitudes and clinical tools, from the first patient encounter through to appropriate biopsychosocial approachThis workshop aims to enhance participants’ skills in managing DV, a widespread but frequently underscreened problem, which is often inadequately addressed by GPs, resulting in both patient revictimization and iatrogenic medicalization.
