Advocate Health Anti-Human Trafficking Healthcare Symposium

Charlotte, NC US
June 4, 2025

Human trafficking is a crime, a human rights violation, and a public health crisis happening every day in our community.  Traffickers target and exploit victims by manipulating the unmet needs and unique vulnerabilities of the individual.  Trafficking overlaps with other forms of abuse and violence.  There is a strong intersection between intimate partner violence and sex trafficking.  Sexual assault may be a gateway crime in the recruitment process.  Mutually agreed upon but fraudulent contractual agreements may be used to entrap labor trafficking victims.  Victims may experience trauma bonding and feel loyalty to and empathy for the trafficker.  

A survivor's decision to leave may be fraught with financial collapse, threats of harm to self and family, threats of deportation, threats of criminal conviction and overwhelming loneliness and struggles with identity and self-trust.  Adolescents may fear being placed in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems more than they fear the violence and abuse perpetrated by the trafficker.  Restorative healthcare addresses the immediate healthcare needs and safety of the survivor and supports the survivor in regaining self-efficacy and hope for the future.

Connection and consistency are critical to encouraging a victim to unlock their potential for recovery.  This healthcare symposium will train physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, community health workers, advocates, and other frontline healthcare teammates to recognize potential indicators to human trafficking.  Participants will learn the survivor's perspective from focus group research conducted by Reclaim 13, a community partner based in Chicago.  Case examples will be used to teach techniques for engaging in conversations with patients about trafficking, how to handle mandated reporting, where to find help and how to document the encounter appropriately.

This conference is being held both in-person & virtually via Zoom.

NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented 9:00am – 2:15pm EST/ 8:00am - 1:15pm CST

Target Audience

This course is intended for physicians, nurses, APRNs, physician associates, and social workers

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Recognize patients experiencing trafficking during healthcare encounters.
  2. Explain how to engage patients experiencing trafficking using trauma informed principles of care.
  3. Describe how to offer options to patients experiencing exploitation.
  4. Develop trauma informed documentation practices and communication skills.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 4.75 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
    Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 4.75 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits.
  • 4.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 4.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 4.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 4.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 4.75 Physician Associates Credit
    Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Course opens: 
04/15/2025
Course expires: 
07/04/2026
Event starts: 
06/04/2025 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
06/04/2025 - 1:15pm CDT
Cost:
$50.00
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Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute: Sandra & Leon Levine Auditorium
1237 Harding Place
also Virtual via Zoom
Charlotte, NC 28204
United States

Faculty

  • Ann Adlington, MS, BSN, RN - Director of Forensic Nurse Examiners and SANE Nursing Services | Atrium Health
  • Angie Alexander, DNP, MSN: Coordinator, Forensic Program I Atrium Health
  • Morelia Blancorincon - Lead Anti-Human Trafficking Advocate Latin Resource Center I UMOS
  • Adrianna Boston, MSW - Advocate, Human Trafficking Advocacy Team I Atrium Health
  • Belinda Boyle, MSN, RN - Director of Forensic Nursing Services I Advocate Health
  • Emma Evitts, PA-C - Medical Director, Human Trafficking Advocacy Team I Atrium Health
  • Simmone Kilgore, MS, LPC - Manager I Aurora Healing Center
  • Joy Lo, MD - Child and Family Program Manager I Reclaim 13
  • Melissa McGovern, LCSW-A - Advocate, Human Trafficking Advocacy Team I Atrium Health
  • Kim Miiller, PsyD - Director, Advocate Trauma Recovery Centers I Advocate Health
  • Oyinkansola Okubanjo, MD - Medical Director of Clinical Impact and Opportunity I Advocate Health
  • Alexa Polzella, MHA - Project Manager, Human Trafficking Advocacy Team I Atrium Health
  • Stacy Reynolds, MD, MBA - Medical Director, Human Trafficking Advocacy Team I Atrium Health

 

Disclosure

Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health 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.

 

Credit Statement(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.75 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 4.75  ethics continuing education credits.

American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Board Recognition Statement(s)

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Available Credit

  • 4.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 4.75 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
    Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 4.75 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits.
  • 4.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 4.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 4.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 4.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 4.75 Physician Associates Credit
    Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Price

Cost:
$50.00
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For those attending this conference virtually, a link to the meeting will be provided prior to the event.

 Fee

Registration Fee 

$50.00 - In-Person registration includes boxed lunch
SpeakersFree with code

Payable by credit card only


Cancelation/Refunds/Substitutions

  • Cancellations must be in writing (email)
  • Registrants cancelling between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are "refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee."
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
  • No refunds or credit will be given for no-shows.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.

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