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This Model Curriculum was developed by Physicians for Human Rights USA (PHR USA) as part of the Prevention through Documentation (PtD) Project, an initiative of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT), REDRESS, and Physicians for Human Rights.
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Acknowledgements
The Model Curriculum was developed by Vincent Iacopino MD, PhD, Senior Medical Advisor, Physicians for Human Rights using the resources listed below. The Model Curriculum was edited by Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco and copy edited by Gregory Wong, Wesleyan University. Editorial comments and suggestions were kindly provided by Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; Alejandro Moreno, MD, JD, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights
Many of the materials used for the preparation of the Model Curriculum were developed through the Preventing Torture through Investigation and Documentation (PtD) Project, a collaboration between the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, REDRESS, Physicians for Human Rights, and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. The contributors of those materials included: Hülya Üçcpınar, Türkcan Baykal and Şebnem Korur Fincancı, with comments and contributions provided by Lutz Oette, Anna-Lena Svensson-McCarthy, Nieves Molina Clemente, Ole Vedel Rasmussen, Thomas Wenzel and Vincent Iacopino.
The PowerPoint files that were developed for each of the nine Modules in the Model Curriculum were based on contributions from a number of individuals:
- Module 1: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Bent Sorensen, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
- Module 2: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; Caroline Schlar, Action for Torture Survivors (HRFT), Geneva; Jon Snaedal, Istanbul Protocol Implementation Project Training, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Module 3: Türkcan Baykal MD, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey; Allen Keller MD Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture; Uwe Jacobs PhD, Survivors International; Kathleen Allden, MD, Indochinese Psychiatric Clinic; Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights
- Module 4: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; Alejandro Moreno, MD, JD, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights; Ole Vedel Rasmussen, MD, DMSc, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; Türkcan Baykal MD, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey; Caroline Schlar, PhD, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Emre Kapnın, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey; Kathleen Allden, MD, Indochinese Psychiatric Clinic
- Module 5: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; Alejandro Moreno, MD, JD, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights; Ole Vedel Rasmussen, MD, DMSc, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims; Lis Danielsen, MD, DMSc, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
- Module 6: Türkcan Baykal MD, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Caroline Schlar, PhD, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Emre Kapnın, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey; Kathleen Allden, MD, Indochinese Psychiatric Clinic; Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights
- Module 7: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Alejandro Moreno, MD, JD, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights; Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
- Module 8: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Alejandro Moreno, MD, JD, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights; Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
- Module 9: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Alejandro Moreno, MD, JD, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights; Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
The two Case Examples included in Modules 7 and 8 were developed by: Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights; Alejandro Moreno, MD, JD, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights; Önder Özkalıpçı MD, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. The PowerPoint presentations were edited by Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco and copy edited by Gregory Wong, Wesleyan University.
The two Psychological Evaluations used in Module 6 were provided by: Uwe Jacobs PhD, Survivors International; Kathleen Allden, MD, Indochinese Psychiatric Clinic.
All Self-Assessment files were developed by Vincent Iacopino, Physicians for Human Rights with editorial comments and suggestions provided by Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH, University of California, San Francisco and copy edited by Gregory Wong, Wesleyan University.
