PAEDIATRIC TRAINING COURSE IN  
​THE ASSESSMENT OF SUSPECTED SEXUAL ABUSE IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
Programme Friday 8 March 2024
9.00am-9.30am   Registration​
Moderator for all sessions: Kayla
9.30am-10.30am   Multidisciplinary Investigation
  • Juanita Harrison, Psychologist Team Leader, Oranga Tamariki
  • ​Carika Oschman, Specialist Child Witness Interviewer, NZ Police
  • Dr Susana Pereira, Paediatrician, Puawaitahi
  • Detective Sergeant Vanessa Pratt, NZ Police 
  • Karen Togi, Nurse Specialist, Te Puaruruhau
  • Debbie Watkin, Registered Psychologist, Te Puaruruhau
10.30am-10.45am   Morning Tea Break
10.45am-11.15am   Examination Findings – Quiz
  • Dr Jeanine Nunn, Paediatrician, Te Puaruruhau
11.15am-12.00pm   Burn-Out and Vicarious Trauma
  • Debbie Watkin, Registered Psychologist, Te Puaruruhau
12.00pm-1.00pm   Lunch Break
1.00pm-1.30pm   Examination Findings – Quiz
  • ​Dr Silvana Campanella, Paediatrician, Te Toka Tumai Auckland
1.30pm-3.00pm   Reality Court
Three break-out rooms, with an experienced paediatrician expert witness and two criminal lawyers in each room. In each room, volunteers will have the opportunity to “go on the stand” using cases taken from the formal statements provided in the online pre-learning. Each volunteer will have 5 minutes to give evidence in chief, 5 minutes for cross examination and 5 minutes for discussion and feedback.  This will be followed by 30 minutes of group discussion and Q & A about the whole process of preparing for and giving evidence in criminal court.
Reality Court 1 - IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL
  • Volunteers (all virtual)
             CASE #1: Dr Eileen Tupou
             CASE #2: Dr Rosemary Stewart
             CASE #3: Henry Cummings (Formal Statement and Medical
                               Examination Record)
  • Paediatrician: Dr Patrick Kelly
  • Crown Prosecutor​
  • Moderator: Kayla
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Reality Court 2 - IN-PERSON ONLY
  • Volunteers (all in-person)
             CASE #1: Leanora Fisk​
             CASE #2: Dr Sekharipuram Subramania Krishnamoorthy
             CASE #3: Dr Matthew Raine (Formal Statement and Medical
                               Examination Record)
  • Paediatrician: Dr Jeanine Nunn
  • Crown Prosecutor 
  • Moderator: Mel Hepi
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3.00pm-3.15pm   Afternoon Tea Break
3.15pm-4.15pm   Questions and Discussion
  • Dr Silvana Campanella, Dr Patrick Kelly, Dr Jeanine Nunn, Dr Susana Pereira​
  • Moderator: Emma Gilbert
4.15pm-4.20pm ~ Mihi Whakamutunga
  • Dr Patrick Kelly