PHR’s Asylum Program offers basic and advanced trainings for health professionals to learn how to apply their clinical skills to support asylum applications. These all-day trainings are held a minimum of two times each year and often offer continuing education credits for physicians, psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers. We require all new network members to attend a training prior to taking on their first case, unless they have relevant forensic experience
Upcoming In-Person Trainings
October 7: Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights Clinic. 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST. Register here. (In-person and remote)
Self-Paced Virtual Trainings
Asylum Medicine Training Introductory Curriculum: A comprehensive online course created by a national collaboration of over 80 experts from 40 institutions and featuring peer-reviewed best practices in asylum medicine. Register here.
Training Highlights:
- Human rights law, asylum law, and the critical role of the health professional and forensic documentation in immigration cases
- Physical and psychological evidence of torture and other human rights abuses
- Effective medical-legal documentation, including affidavit writing
- Best practices for collaboration between health professionals and attorneys
- Meeting and networking with other human rights-minded health professionals
