Oklahoma City and Stillwater Dates

Medical Consultation on Child Abuse Examinations and Expert Witness Testimony

Presented by Dr. Mary Stockett

Free one day lecture and training event available on two separate days.

Mary Ellen Stockett, M.D. obtained her medical degree at The University of Oklahoma and completed her Pediatric Residency at the Children’s Hospital at The University of Oklahoma Medical Center.She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics.She practiced general pediatrics and child abuse pediatrics in Florida 15 for years where she was the Medical Director of the Brevard County, Florida Child Protection Team from 2005 to 2013.Dr. Stockett returned to Oklahoma and joined OU Children’s Physicians in July 2013 where she now works providing child maltreatment medical evaluation as part of the Child Protection Team at the Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center.She teaches medical personnel, social workers, mental health providers, legal professionals and law enforcement officers in various forums regarding child maltreatment.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the association between child development and child neglect in regard to injuries, supervisory neglect, growth failure and deaths.
• Describe risks to children associated with parental substance abuse.
• Describe the role of the sleep environment in sleep related deaths.
• Describe the association between child development and abusive injuries.
• Describe patterned bruises.
• Describe types of burns.
• Describe indicators of broken bones associated with abuse.
• Describe abusive head trauma.
• List characteristics of medical care associated with medical child abuse.
• Identification of normal anatomical structures of the genitalia.
• List the benefits of understanding the genital anatomy.
• Verbalize the value in the medical-forensic evaluation, regardless of disclosure during the forensic interview.
• List steps in providing effective court testimony.

For more information contact Charles Bellows (405) 606-4919