About

PACTS – An innovative Primary care program Advancing Competency To Support family violence survivors

The PACTS open access online teaching and learning resource, concerning family violence, has been designed for use with primary health care students. The resource teaches the basic background on family violence (including scale and impact), as well as the skills needed to identify and respond to victims and survivors of family violence, and work in a multi-disciplinary health care team in this context.

The project team who developed the PACTS online resource, and the discipline experts who contributed, are listed below.

Project Team

Monash University

Associate Professor Jan Coles – Project Lead

Department of General Practice
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
Monash University

Associate Professor Lyn Clearihan

Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Primary Health Care
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
Monash University

Dr Deborah Western

Department of Social Work
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Monash University

Dr Heather McKay – Project Manager

Department of General Practice
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
Monash University

National Partners

Professor Amanda Barnard

Associate Dean, Rural and Indigenous Health
ANU Medical School
ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment (CMBE)

Professor Kelsey Hegarty

Department of General Practice
The University of Melbourne

Professor Dimity Pond

School of Medicine and Public Health
Faculty of Health and Medicine
The University of Newcastle

Discipline Experts

Course Content Assistance: Ms Crystal Bruton

Educational, Evaluation and Curriculum: Ms Jennifer Lindley

Health Informatics: Dr Juanita Fernando

Medicine: Associate Professor Christine Phillips

Nursing and Midwifery: Professor Lisa McKenna, Ms Suzanne Willey

Occupational Therapy: Associate Professor Louise Farnworth, Dr Primrose Lentin

Paramedics: Ms Linda Ross