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What Veterans Want their Health Care Providers to Know and How Academic Medical Centers Can Contribute


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   288
Categories:
Trauma |  Wellness
Faculty:
Jenna Ermold, Ph.D. |  Terri Tanielian
Duration:
1 Hour 04 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Media Type:
On Demand
License:
Access for 90 day(s) after purchase.



Description

This session will provide participants with an overview of the importance of military cultural competency in serving military and veteran affiliated patients, discuss challenges and barriers to engaging this population in behavioral health care services, and outline the role of academic medical centers in bridging the gap in access to high quality services for veterans and their families.    

Outline

  1. Welcome Remarks, Introductions
  2.  Barriers to engaging service members, veterans, and their families in behavioral health
  3.  Military ethos/culture in the context of healthcare and recommendations for bridging the divide
    1. Military ethos, strengths and vulnerabilities
    2. Screening for service in health history
    3. Strategies to leverage strengths of military culture in treatment plan
    4. Missteps to avoid when working with military-connected patients
  4. Question / Answers

Objectives

  1. Identify organizational and cultural barriers to engaging military and veteran affiliated patients
  2. Discuss the components and importance of military cultural competency within health care settings
  3. Describe Current efforts underway in academic medical centers to bridge gaps
  4. Define the role of academic medical centers in developing future providers  who will demonstrate culturally-informed behaviors that are likely to facilitate communication and the building of trust with military-connected patients.    

Credits


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Continuing Education Information: This activity is designed to qualify for continuing education for the following professionals in every state: Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers and other Mental Health Professionals

Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.

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Addiction Counselors

NAADAC

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Counselors (Self-Study)

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Marriage & Family Therapists (Self-Study)

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This self-study material qualifies for 1.0 contact hours.


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Handouts

Faculty

Jenna Ermold, Ph.D.'s Profile

Jenna Ermold, Ph.D. Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Director of Training and Education.

Center for Deployment Psychology


Terri Tanielian's Profile

Terri Tanielian Related Seminars and Products


Terri Tanielian is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her research interests include military and veteran health policy; military suicide; military sexual assault; and psychological and behavioral effects of combat, terrorism, and disasters.  She employs both quantitative and qualitative research methods in her work, including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and analysis of administrative data, policies, programs and services. Tanielian was co–study director for RAND’s seminal 2008 study Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery and  the principal investigator for RAND’s comprehensive study of military and veteran caregivers titled Hidden Heroes: America’s Military Caregivers.  She has conducted several assessments of issues facing veterans living in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, Massachusetts and in New York State.  She leads several other RAND studies including the Deployment Life Study, a study of military families across the deployment cycle, and a study examining community based models for expanding mental health care for veterans and their families under the Welcome Back Veterans Initiative.  Tanielian has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and serves on many advisory committees related to veteran mental health policy.  Tanielian has a M.A. in psychology from the American University. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Terri Tanielian has no relevant financial relationship to disclose

Nonfinancial: Terri Tanielian has no relevant nonfinancial relationship to disclose


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