VIPROM – Victim Protection in Medicine
Exploiting practical knowledge of medical staff to enhance the multi-professional contact with victims of domestic violenceResponding 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.
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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 |