(NE Alliance) Collaborative Learning Series: Medical Aspects of Child Maltreatment (06/10/2026 Virtual)

This training will be conducted by Dr. Angela Kratochvil-Stava, MD Children's Physicians- Kearney and Family Advocacy Network Medical Director. This training will review medical evaluations of child maltreatment at Child Advocacy Centers. 

Objectives

1. Review core principles of child abuse assessment, including forensic examinations, medical evaluation, child sexual abuse concepts, and common myths in abuse evaluations.

2. Recognize physical findings of child abuse, including cutaneous injuries, fractures, and inflicted head trauma.

3. Describe current medical evidence and best practices related to the evaluation of suspected child maltreatment.

Dr. Angie Kratochvil-Stava was born in Kearney, Nebraska where she returned in 2010 to start her medical practice. She attended the University of Kansas and earned a B.A. in Microbiology before moving to Omaha to attend medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She then completed her Pediatrics residency at UNMC-Creighton-Children's Nebraska joint program. She is employed by Children's Nebraska and sees pediatric patients of all ages at the Children's clinic, CHI Good Samaritan and Kearney Regional Medical Center. She is the medical director of the Family Advocacy Network and has been involved in forensic pediatrics since 2009. She is also the assistant dean of the UNMC College of Medicine regional campus in Kearney.