In light of the fact that there are intimate forms of partners’ violence that are not easily detected even at the level of the health care setting, the Ministry of Health through the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), with the collaboration of the United States-based Vanderbilt University will today spearhead a seminar aimed at educating the relevant personnel.Designed to define intimate partner violence so that it can be recognized as a common and serious health problem that can not only be diagnosed and discussed, but also one that can be responded to appropriately, the goal of the seminar is to increase health care providers’ knowledge and self-efficacy in asking and responding to such violent situation.At a press conference yesterday, officials of the GPHC, including Director of Professional and Medical Services, Dr Madan Rambaran and Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, along with experts from the Vanderbilt University who will be facilitating the seminar, were on hand to comment on the issue of intimate violence.Dr Madan Rambaran (at right) in discussion with officials from Vanderbilt UniversityThe seminar, according to Dr Rambaran,Wholesale China Jerseys, comes as part of the continued education process of persons in the society so that the capacity can be expanded and persons can have the needful knowledge, skills and competence to deal with the various violence-related issues. The collaboration with overseas personnel, he added, is to find a way to have the addressing of intimate partner violence embedded in the teaching curricula with a view of detecting the psychological impact as well.“Many times we can recognize the bruises and broken arms and so on, but we are collaborating with many partners in developing training programmes to detect the psychological impact too…”According to Minister Ramsammy, the education process is essential, given the fact that there are two categories of victims,Cheap NBA Jerseys Authentic, that is, those who readily reveal the circumstances of their abuse and those who refuse to share for whatever reason.? As such,Wholesale Jerseys, he noted that there are skills that professionals are required to have if they are to elicit information to detect a violent situation.“It is still a skill to learn…not because you are a doctor or a nurse means that you have investigative skills to find out what the health problems are.? There is a unique set of skills that unfortunately our medical curricula in the past does not have…”According to the Minister, in the past the issue of violence was considered a security issue, thus the training that was extended to health workers did not always prepare them for what is encountered in the health setting.“What we have been doing in Guyana is adding ways upon which we have already been trained,Wholesale Jerseys NFL, so the health care providers of today are much different from the health care providers of a different era because we are dealing with a more complex society and we have to be prepared for that….”The Minister further pointed out that the collaboration with the Vanderbilt University is not coincidental, as they are already engaged in other training in the health sector.? He highlighted that the United States at the moment is quite sophisticated in terms of dealing with intimate partners’ relationships in relation to the existing support system, a move Guyana is expected to emulate.Once fully educated, it is expected that those in the various facets of the society, including the relevant Agencies such as the Ministries of Health, Human Services and Home Affairs, will work in close collaboration with members of the community and faith-based organizations in addressing the challenge of intimate partners’ violence.Today’s workshop,Cheap NFL Jerseys, slated for the Ocean View International Hotel, is expected to attract persons from the various support sectors and the society and will represent the way forward in helping to arrest the problem of intimate violence.