Welcome to the
Asylum Medicine Training Initiative
The Asylum Medicine Training Initiative (AMTI) is proud to present its online course created by a national collaboration of experts and featuring peer-reviewed best practices in asylum medicine.
The course is free for health, human rights, and legal professionals. The content is based on the updated Istanbul Protocol 2022 and is suitable for clinicians at all levels of training.
After completing the first five mandatory modules of this course, participants will be qualified to conduct forensic medical evaluations with prominent asylum medicine organizations, including Physicians for Human Rights.
Register with us.
Prior to starting the modules, please complete this registration form and pre-course assessment. It should take no longer than 10-15 minutes. You will need to complete the registration to receive the password to access each of the modules. Please do not lose this password as you will need it for each individual module.
Please note: Your registration will not expire. See Step 5 for information about obtaining CE credit.
Learn about our curriculum.
Watch this short video from Drs. Eleanor Emery and Triveni DeFries to learn about the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative (AMTI) and the topics covered in this course.
Complete the core modules.
The first five modules (Modules 1-5) are required to complete the Introductory Curriculum. We estimate this will take 5-7 hours. Each module has an associated quiz directly below the video; to receive a certificate of completion for that module, complete the quiz following review of the module.
Apply for continuing education (CE) credits for modules 1-5.
To earn CE credits for modules 1-5, visit the NYC Health + Hospital page and select an AMTI module from the listing of enduring materials. You will be prompted to create or use your Non-NYC Health + Hospitals User login. Once logged in, click to access the module content and the link to the evaluation you need to complete to receive credit for that module will appear. Please note that modules 1-5 are designated for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ each. Disciplines eligible to receive credits are physicians (MD/DO), licensed psychologists, social workers, PAs, NPs, and midwives. You do not have to be licensed in NY to apply for credit.
Complete the focused modules.
The next six optional modules (Modules 6 through 11) are highly recommended but are not required to receive the certificate of completion for the Introductory Curriculum. Each one takes up to 1 hour; to receive a certificate of completion for that module, complete the quiz following review of the module.
Get Started with AMTI:
Prepare to start conducting evaluations.
Visit our Bridging to Practice page to discover how you can put the skills you’ve learned from this curriculum into practice.
Take the post-course assessment.
You must achieve a passing score on this post-course assessment in order to receive a certificate of completion for the Introductory Curriculum that will allow you to start conducting evaluations with asylum medicine organizations, such as Physicians for Human Rights. If you do not pass, you will be given the opportunity to take the graded assessment again.