Sexual Assault Examiner (SAE) Training For Nurses and MDs
BC Women's Sexual Assault Service (SAS) five-day SAE training is open to both nurses and physicians who want to become skilled sexual assault examiners. The five-day long training program is held in Vancouver annually, in spring, and can potentially be held elsewhere in the province at another time of year.
The SAE Training Curriculum
- Philosophy of patient-centred care
- The social context of sexual assault
- Medical-legal options of care
- Obtaining informed consent
- Gathering patient medical and assault history
- Physical assessment
- Prophylactic medications for sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy prevention
- Documentation of injuries
- Forensic sample collection
- Genital examination
- Drug-facilitated sexual assault
- Cultural diversity issues
- Youth
- Writing a medical-legal report
- Testifying in court
Please contact us for more information: (604) 875-2000, extension 6569 or (604) 875 3225.
On-line training is currently being developed.
Video segments of 2011 SAE training
View the video segments of the 2011 SAE training
These video segments serve as an update or review for those who have taken the course, and as an introduction for those who are new to sexual assault care.
Please note: Not all the presentations in the course were recorded, and this is not a complete sexual assault examiner training.
Updates
Medication prophylaxes may have been revised since the 2011 training. Please check our current medication guidelines.
Guidelines for Dispensing HIV PEP in Sexual Assault can be found here, or visit the Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS website; first click on Therapeutic Guidelines, then on Sexual Assault Therapeutic Guidelines.