Forensic Examiner Program

Caring for Patients When Health and Legal Systems Intersect

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Forensic Examiners care for patients when health care and the legal, or criminal justice system intersect. They respond to patients after a report of a crime and help start the healing process. Our team follows a patient-centered approach to providing options for medical documentation of injuries, evidence/DNA collection, testing, and treatment. Forensic Examiners can provide expert or fact witness testimony in court cases when necessary.

St. Peter’s Crime Victim Services Forensic Examiner Program sees patients at St. Peter’s Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and Albany Memorial Campus, 24-hour a day.

We see patients and provide evidence collection for patients who are victims of:

sexual assault
domestic violence/intimate partner violence
physical assault
elder abuse
child abuse
maltreatment
neglect
human trafficking

All Forensic Examiners within St. Peter’s Health Partners are trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE). We also offer no-cost training to New York State providers to become a SANE.

Training For Nurses and Health Care Providers

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Physicians can take our SANE course, approved by the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN) for compliance with the most current edition of the IAFN guidelines. This course offers you 50.33 CEU’s and is currently available at no cost in both in-person and virtual formats. The program also offers no-cost Competency Days throughout the year at which trained SANEs are able to refine their skills.

For more information about upcoming trainings,
please contact forensictraining@sphp.com

The speakers and planners of this program have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest.

DISCLAIMER:

St. Peter’s Health Partners is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This project is supported by a grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. Points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Join Our Team

Become a part of our Forensic Examiner Program, covering St. Peter’s Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and Samaritan Hospital - Albany Memorial Campus. Our program hires previously trained SANEs or will train those who have not yet completed the training. Contact Grace Coons at Grace.Coons@sphp.com for further information.

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