Mentors are required to be physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants with 5 years of broad-based pediatric experience and a minimum of 50% of full-time professional activity (averaging 20 hours a week) spent in the practice of child abuse pediatrics.
The number of sexual abuse cases evaluated must be of a volume sufficient to keep skills current and to provide teaching opportunities.
At least 200 cases each year
An expected rate of 4 cases per week
Child sexual abuse evaluations should take place in an appropriate facility with an established child-friendly model of care.
Offer service choices such as morning or afternoon appointments.
Each session should include 2 to 3 appointments for optimal mentorship learning opportunity.
Mentors must be currently active in a minimum of 2 and preferably 3 of the following professional activities:
Be a member of Helfer society
Be affiliated with a teaching hospital
Be a member of a multidisciplinary team
Accumulate category 1 AMA PRA CME credits or equivalent on the topic of child abuse (6 credits every 2 years)
Publish in a scholarly journal or professional publication on a child sexual abuse topic (within the past 2 years)
Present at a national or regional conference on a child sexual abuse topic (within the past 2 years)
Mentors should actively participate in CHAMP Network activities.
Annual requirements include:
Participate in a majority of the Advisory Board Teleconferences
Serve as an Educational Peer Reviewer for quality assurance
Submit cases for review per case review protocol
Mentor applicants as needed (approximately 2 per year) with a maximum determined by site volume and mentor availability. Two consecutive years with no mentoring warrants re-evaluation of Mentor status.
Perform one educational outreach with CHAMP materials, such as:
Host a workshop
Present at a grand rounds or to a pediatric medical professional audience
Create a PowerPoint presentation and handout materials for CME coursework
Submit updated CV with Mentor application information on an annual basis
Mentors who do not meet practice criteria 2 and 3 and participation criteria 5d but who meet the other professional and participation criteria can be Faculty.
Mentors who do not reapply or who do not meet Mentoring or Faculty requirements will be transferred to the Provider list. Mentors who do not respond to email inquiry will be moved to an Inactive list.