Table 1

The sections of the two FAVICUE surveys

FAVICUE IFAVICUE II
1ProfileProfile
2Training settingMedical school
3Personal background: GP trainee or senior GP, years of practice after the GP vocational training.Training on FV at the University
4Types of FV:
  • If there is no training on FV: plans to introduce it in the curriculum and reasons why it is not currently included.

  • Training on FV: compulsive or elective activity and teaching methods used.

Types of FV:
  • If there is no training on FV: plans to introduce it in the curriculum and reasons why it is not currently included.

  • Training on FV: compulsive or elective activity and teaching methods used.

5Content of the training:
  • Topics covered: epidemiology, risk factors, physical and mental health consequences, child protection, gender issues, FGM, honoured-based violence, identification, management, community services and case studies.

  • Who delivers the teaching, year during which it is offered, total number of hours.

  • How and when to ask about each type of violence.

Format of the training:
  • Who delivers the teaching.

  • Year during which it is offered.

  • Total number of hours.

6MonitoringContent of the training:
  • Does the training have specific learning objectives?

  • Does the training have specific learning outcomes, topics covered?

  • Topics covered: epidemiology, risk factors, physical and mental health consequences, child protection, gender issues, FGM, honoured-based violence, identification, management, community services and case studies.

  • How and when to ask about each type of violence.

7DocumentationDocumentation
8ConfidentialityConfidentiality
9Safety: How to assess safety.Safety: How to assess safety.
10Referrals: How to refer patients who disclose abuse or when there is a suspicion of abuse.Referrals: How to refer patients who disclose abuse or when there is a suspicion of abuse.
11Protocol: Is there any kind of national or local protocol for dealing with each type of violence?Monitoring
12Policy: Is there a national policy about each type of violence?Practice:
  • Does the teaching involve opportunities to apply this knowledge?

  • Is it embedded as part of a clinical rotation or attachment?

  • Barriers and facilitators

13Personal opinion about the current quantity of teaching provided and whether or not there should be a formal teaching on FV in the curriculum.Personal opinion about the current quantity of teaching provided and whether or not there should be a formal teaching on FV in the curriculum.
14Future plans to develop/change the teaching provision.Future plans to develop/change the teaching provision.
  • FAVICUE, Family Violence Curricula in Europe; FGM, female genital mutilation; FV, family violence; GP, general practice.