VIPROM – Victim Protection in Medicine

Exploiting practical knowledge of medical staff to enhance the multi-professional contact with victims of domestic violence

Responding to the widespread need for sustainable medical sector training, the EU funded project VIPROM – Victim Protection in Medicine – Exploiting practical knowledge of medical staff to enhance the multi-professional contact with victims of domestic violence, will develop curricula on domestic violence tailored to the medical profession groups such as physicians, nurses, midwives, dentists, other healthcare professionals, and medical students in close cooperation with medical faculties, hospitals, research organisations, medical educators and victim protection organisations in Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy and Sweden. The goal is to provide sustainable, organisationally embedded, and institutionally recognised training for professionals from different medical fields. Train-the-trainer programs will be conducted so that the curricula developed in VIPROM can be implemented in pilot trainings in each of the stakeholder groups with high quality.

VIPROM on tour

Welcome to the VIPROM Project Calendar! We have created this calendar to keep you informed about all upcoming events and conferences related to VIPROM.

Dates for 2025

March 2025

4. March 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 1 “Forms and Dynamics of Domestic Violence”, online (IKF)
10.- 11. March 2025 VIPROM consortium meeting
Online
18. March 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 2 “Becoming Culturally Responsive and Blocking Bias in Healthcare”, online (PLUS)

31. March 2025 Knowledge Update for Practice Instructors and Interested Midwives: Domestic Violence in Obstetrics – Approaches in Teaching
German Midwives Association e. V., online (Coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer & Madeleine Stöhr – WWU)

April 2025

1. April 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 3 “Indicators of Domestic Violence”, online (UU)
4. April 2025 HEBA-PÄD 2025 – 2nd Conference on Educational Practices in Midwifery Studies
Münster, Germany (Coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer & Madeleine Stöhr – WWU)
15. April 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 4 “Communication in cases of Domestic Violence”, online (HFPA)
29. April 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 5 “Medical assessment and documentation”, online (AOUPR)

May 2025

13. May 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 6 “Risk Assessment”, online (VIC)
27. May 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 7 “Working together – key institutions in cases of Domestic Violence”, online (GES)

June 2025

1o. June 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 8 “Theory meets practice: Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence in the medical sector by using dentistry as an example”, online (WWU)
24. June 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 9 “Spotlight on domestic abuse and sexual violence within sexual health settings”, online (IRISi)

July 2025

8. July 2025 VIPROM – European Webinar Series
Session 10 “Council of Europe legal framework: guidelines for medical professionals in accordance with the Istanbul Convention”, online (WAVE)

December 2025

15.-16. December 2025 VIPROM Consortium Meeting
Athens, Greece

Past events

2024

January 2024

26 January 2024 Annual general Assembly of the Finish Medical Chamber
Helsinki, Finland: talk on VIPROM (coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU))


February 2024

 20.-21. February 2024 VIPROM Consortium Meeting
Vienna, Austria

April 2024

26 April 2024 Annual meeting of the Italian Medical Women´s Association
online, talk on VIPROM (coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU)

July 2024

10 July 2024 Lecture on domestic violence for students of psychology with exam
VIPROM coordinator, Münster, Germany

September 2024

3.-4. September 2024 VIPROM train-the-Trainer course
Münster, Germany (Coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer & Madeleine Stöhr – WWU)
17.-18. September 2024 VIPROM Consortium meeting
Uppsala, Sweden

October 2024

9. October 2024 Lecture: Gender-Specific Medicine in Primary Care
Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Germany (Coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU))

November 2024

16.-17. November 2024 VIPROM training course for medical students
Münster, Germany (Coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer & Madeleine Stöhr – WWU)
28. November 2024 Exhibition and Action Day: Clothesline Project on Domestic Violence Awareness
Münster, Germany (WWU)

December 2024

7.- 8. December 2024 VIPROM training course for medical students
Münster, Germany (Coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer & Madeleine Stöhr – WWU)

2023

September 2023

11-13 September 2023 European Conference on Domestic violence
Reykjavík, Island: VIPROM Symposium (VIPROM partners WWU, UU, PLUS, GESINE)
15 September 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Education
Osnabrück, Germany: workshop on diversity- introduction of VIPROM (coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU))

25-26 September 2023 VIPROM consortium meeting
Parma, Italy

 

Oktober 2023

19 October 2023 Dental Association Westphalia-Lippe
Münster, Germany: Talk about domestic violence in dentistry & VIPROM (Jana Bregulla & coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU))
25 October 2023 North Rhine Westfalian Network Meeting on Women’s Health
Münster, Germany: Talk about VIPROM (coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU))

26 October 2023 Joint event of the local chapters of the German medical women´s association and German Women Lawyers Association on VIPROM
Münster, Germany: VIPROM partner WWU
26 October 2023 North Rhine Westfalian State Equal Opportunities Conference
Münster, Germany: Talk about VIPROM (coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU))

27-28 October 2023 Conference on Istanbul Convention
Milan, Italy: (VIPROM partners WWU, AIDM, AOU-PR)

 

November 2023

3 – 5 November 2023 6th Panhellenic Psychosomatic Congress „Domestic violence and its impact on health and mental health“
Delphi, Greece: Prof. Douzenis Athanasios (HFPA), Dr. Tsaklakidou Domna (HFPA) and Mpali Panagiota (HFPA)
6 November 2023 Training for trainees for child protection hotline
Münster, Germany: Coordinator Bettina Pfleiderer (WWU)
11 November 2023 Course about violence against women
Reggio Emilia, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
13 November 2023 The strength of the network against gender-based violence
Parma, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
18 November 2023 Course about violence against women
Reggio Emilia, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
21 November 2023 Ginestra. General states against gender violence
Reggio Calabria, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
22 November 2023 Gender Medicine OBSERVATORY meeting of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health)
Rome, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
24 November 2023 Presentation of book “women and mothers victims of violence” at Parma University
Parma, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM) and Dr. Emila Solinas (AOU PR)
25 November 2023 “Violence: Prevention, Protection, Respect, Education, Integrated Policies” presentation VIPROM
Voghera (University of Pavia), Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
25 November 2023 Love and Violence
Pompei, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
25 November 2023 Enough it is Enough
Rome, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM)
27 November 2023 Red Bench
Parma, Italy: Dr. Antonella Vezzani (AIDM) and Dr. Emila Solinas (AOU PR)

 

December 2023

1 – 3 December 2023 10th Psychopharmacological Congress in Athens – Round Table about Domestic Violence
Athens, Greece: Talk about VIPROM (Mrs Karahaliou Evangelia (HFPA))
10 – 12 December 2023 6th Forensic Psychiatric Congress
Athens, Greece: Talk about VIPROM