Welcome to the
Asylum Medicine Training Initiative
The Asylum Medicine Training Initiative (AMTI) is proud to announce a new 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.
Please note: Your registration will not expire. Also, this training does not qualify for CME credit.
Learn about our curriculum.
Watch this short video from Dr. Eleanor Emery and Dr. 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.
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.
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.