• Two day training designed to prepare SANEs to testify in court. The activity includes an opportunity to practice testifying in a real courtroom with attorneys and judges.
• February 26th – 27th, 2026
   8:00 AM – 5:00 PM daily
• Location: Minneapolis, MN
• Cost: $100
• 14.5 ANCC CE Provided

Registration 

Virtual Adult/Adolescent SANE 40-hour Didactic Class – meets weekly on Wednesdays!

• April 15th, 22nd, 29th, May 6th, and 13th; from 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM daily
• The introductory class to begin your journey as a SANE.
• Location: Virtual
• Cost: $400
• Registration Link 
• 40 ANCC CE Provided

This 40 hour Adult/Adolescent Didactic Course provides SANEs the foundational knowledge and critical thinking skills necessary to provide holistic, comprehensive care to adult and adolescent patients that have experienced sexual assault.

Participants from across the Midwest will the have the opportunity to network and learn alongside other nurses while under the expert instruction of many Minnesota-based presenters, including SANE program managers, law enforcement, advocacy, victim-survivors, an attorney, forensic scientist and more.

Eligibility: Licensed Registered Nurse, two years of clinical practice
recommended but not mandatory.

Questions: Abigail.Fliegel@hcmed.org

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the International Association of Forensic Nurses, an accredited approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Virtual Advanced Course on Strangulation Prevention
Last Friday in February and every Friday in March

REGISTER TODAY!

Early Bird Registration: $550 Per Person Register & pay before 12/31/2025
Registration: $600 Per Person Register after 12/31/2025

Strangulation ​has ​been ​identified ​as ​one ​of ​the ​most ​lethal ​forms ​of ​domestic ​violence ​and ​sexual ​assault.
This training will be provided by the leading experts in America and held the last Friday in February and
every Friday in March (Friday: February 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2026) from 8 AM to 2 PM PST
with pre-course homework and optional networking sessions from 2 PM to 2:30 PM PST. 

The ​Advanced ​Course ​covers: ​

• The most current research and emerging case law on domestic violence and sexual assault strangulation crimes
• The link between stranglers, cop killers, and terrorists
• Understanding lethality and the need for training
• A survivor’s perspective
• Lessons learned from San Diego
• Anatomy, physiology, medical signs and symptoms
• Long term consequences, delayed death, and fatal strangulation
• Need for imaging and how to advocate for implementation
• The role of all first responders, including dispatchers, paramedics, and crime scene investigators
• Investigative strategies, report writing, and interviewing witnesses and the suspect
• Clinical documentation and the forensic domestic violence/strangulation exam
• Successful prosecution strategies
• New strategies for advocacy and working with traumatized victims
• Screening for traumatic brain injury and medical advocacy
• Development of local experts
• Use of experts in court, including tips for testifying
• Advocating for victim safety from the time of arrest through probation
• Court Considerations
• Understanding and integrating ACES and science of HOPE in your work
• Best practices and developing an implementation plan, including a county-wide protocol 
• Overcoming typical defenses, including self defense, the sex defense and staged crime scenes

Attendees will have the opportunity to:

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The Hennepin Healthcare: 
Train to Retain 
2025 Clinical Skills Labs
Registration Link

November 24-25, 2025  0800-1700

2026 Clinical Skills Labs 
8:00 AM – 5:15 PM daily
February 12-13, 2026
August 24th – 25th, 2026
October 26th – 27th, 2026

Registration Link

Where: Hennepin Healthcare Simulation Center, 600 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Cost: $600
Eligibility: You must be a licensed Registered Nurse and have completed a 40-hour didactic SANE course. 2 years of clinical experience is recommended. 

This hands-on skills training is designed for sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs), Forensic Nurse Examiners (FNEs), or other providers of medical forensic care who are looking to increase their knowledge and improve their skills providing post-assault care to adult and adolescent patients. Attendees of the lab will practice skills including evidence collection, speculum exams, forensic photography, obtaining informed consent, and more.