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CPR Executive Director Interviewed for SOBEF on Instagram Live

In May of 2019, Isle Polonko, Executive Director of Clinical Practice Resources for Training and Education, traveled to Aracaju, Brazil with colleague and SANE Program Director, Eileen Allen. The purpose of the trip was to set up the first ever Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program and the first ever Forensic Gynecologic Teaching Associate Program in […]

Need for a GTA MUTA Organization Specific to Professionals in the Field

Clinical Skills exam room

IGMA, the International GTA MUTA Association is a new organization in the field of simulation. The Association of Standardized Patient Educators, ASPE, is an organization dedicated to live patient simulation. The Society of Simulation in Healthcare, SSH, is an organization that supports the advancement of simulation in health care with a focus on the technology […]

CPR Directors Slated for Five Presentations at IAFN Conference This Week

Managing Director Richard Clafin and Director of Curriculum Development Samm Maloney

This week, Clinical Practice Resources Director, Richard Claflin, and Executive Director, Isle Polonko, as well as Samm Maloney, Curriculum Development Director, will present 5 different workshops on use of GTA and MUTA methodology in sexual assault forensic evidence training for SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) and SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) programming. The IAFN, International […]

News Article by Clinical Practice Resources GTA, Alithea Howes

Alithea Howes, with backdrop of the New York City skyline

Gynecologic Teaching Associates (GTAs) come from all walks of life. They are artists, actors, musicians, social workers, teachers, medical professionals, fire eaters, …yes I said fire eaters!..), and everything in between.  So, literally, all walks of life.  They bring their personalities to the work as well as their dedication and their talent.  One such talented […]

First Ever SANE and Forensic GTA Program in Brazil

Gynecological Teaching Associate Graduates

About two months ago, my friend and colleague, SANE course director and Monmouth University Adjunct Professor, Eileen Allen told me that she was flying to Aracaju, Brazil to be a guest speaker at a conference and while she was there, she was going to found the first ever sexual assault nurse examiner program in the […]