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ABSTRACT
Due to many adverse health effects, victims of domestic violence are frequently seen in the health care system. Yet, health care providers may lack the training to assist them. Online curricula can be an effective instructional tool. Our competency-based, serious video game, Responding to Domestic Violence in Clinical Settings, was designed to address health care providers' knowledge gaps through 17 modules, each a half hour in length. Nearly 9,000 participants completed at least one module; nursing students completed the most modules, approximately five hours of instruction. This serious video game-based curriculum is useful in helping health providers and students learn about Domestic Violence.
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Robin Mason
Robin Mason is a scientist at Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital in Toronto and Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She is also the Scientific Lead for Women's Xchange, a research knowledge translation and exchange centre supporting and disseminating women's health research and ensuring sex and gender are integrated in all health research. She has worked on issues of domestic violence, sexual assault and related sequelae for almost 20 years during which time she has focused on the development of curricula for health, allied health and social service providers to improve the systems' response to women who experience violence. Linda Turner is an independent contractor who provided assistance with data entry, analysis, and reporting.