We train UCSF-affiliated clinicians, medical students, residents, and fellows to perform forensic evaluations, and educate health and legal professionals on trauma-informed care for immigrants. To this end, HHRI:
- sponsors interdisciplinary medical electives for UCSF students and residents
- is a HEAL Fellowship site
- holds clinical trainings for UCSF Faculty and Affiliates
- trains mental health clinicians from Immigrants Rising Mental Health Career Program
- is founding collaborator of the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative, a national effort to train healthcare professionals to meet the need for forensic medical evaluations of people seeking asylum in the United States. AMTI provides an online course created by a national collaboration of experts and featuring peer-reviewed best practices in asylum medicine. The course is free for health, human rights, and legal professionals. The content is based on the updated Istanbul Protocol 2022 and is suitable for healthcare providers at all levels of training. After completing the first five mandatory modules of this course, participants will be qualified to conduct forensic medical evaluations with UCSF HHRI or other prominent asylum medicine organizations, including Physicians for Human Rights.
Interested in learning more about forensic evaluations? Check out our MedicoLegal Resources page!
