UMAC Fall Asylum Evaluation Training 2024
The University of Michigan Asylum Collaborative (UMAC) is an interdisciplinary group of medical students, physicians, and legal professionals who advocate for victims and survivors of human rights violations and provide pro bono forensic medical evaluations for asylum applicants throughout Michigan. However, an increasing number of asylum seekers has led to the need to expand our pool of trained clinicians for these evaluations.
We invite you to participate in this year's training which is 2 parts: 1) Online Training through AMTI 2) In person training, Clinicians and Student Training from 6 pm – 8 pm on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at Taubman Health Sciences Library.
UMAC has hosted several training sessions for students and physicians since its inception. These sessions are led by expert clinician-evaluators with extensive experience in asylum law and forensic physical and psychological evaluations. This training will equip you with the skills and materials needed to evaluate and document the physical and psychological sequelae of human rights abuses in survivors seeking humanitarian protection in the United States. After training, physicians and medical students can sign up to conduct forensic evaluations and draft medical affidavits to provide supporting evidence for the asylee and lawyer's case.
Topics covered include:
A thorough background on the asylum process
How to perform a forensic medical evaluation
How to compose a corresponding medical affidavit to support an asylum applicant’s case
Instructions
To complete the AMTI training:
1. Go to the AMTI website: https://asylummedtraining.org/introduction
2. Scroll to the bottom of the home page and click “Register Here”
3. Complete the AMTI Registration and Pre-Course Assessment.
4. Once you are finished with the registration and Pre-Course Assessment, click the “Next: Introduction” tab and watch the Introduction Video. NOTE: you can adjust the playback speed for each of the videos by clicking on the Settings wheel in the lower right corner of the screen.
5. After watching the Introduction Video, begin the modules. For each module, please watch the video and then scroll down on the page to complete the module quiz. Feel free to screenshot the certificate of completion for each module to keep for your own records. Once you are finished with the module video and quiz, click on the blue tab in the upper left corner to navigate to the next module.
6. Only modules 1 through 5 are required to complete this training, but additional modules (modules 6-11) are available if you are interested in more focused training.
7. Once finished with Module 5, take the Post-Course Assessment. You may retake the assessment if needed. Take a screenshot of your completion certificate including your name in the text above, and email this screenshot to umasylumcollaborative@umich.edu. See example below.
8. Attend an in-person training session as well. We will take attendance for all who come! The next in-person training session is Thursday, January 11th from 6-8pm in Taubman Health Sciences Library rm 6000. If you can’t attend, keep an eye out for an email about another in-person training in the spring!
Please feel free to email Chidera Osuji at umasylumcollaborative@umich.edu with any questions! We hope you are able to attend.
We are connected with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), visit their site for additional evaluator resources: Asylum Network Resources - PHR.
