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Recorded Webinars

Live and Recorded Webinars

The WRIISC offers a free accredited annual webinar series for health care providers. Webinars reflect current best practices, science and policies, are categorized into clinical specialty areas, or “Collections” and provide introductory, intermediate and advanced level training to increase learning.

The webinar series was originally accredited under the WRIISC-PDHS in TRAIN/TMS. Reaccreditation of these webinars may occur under the new name WRIISC-HOME.

Airborne Hazards
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Enhanced Implementation of the Burn Pit Registry Clinical Evaluation (November 9, 2021) Anays Sotolongo, MD - NJ WRIISC; Drew Helmer, MD - IQuESt; Kyler Godwin, PhD - IQuESt Increases understanding of Airborne Hazards and Open Bun Pit Registry (AHOBPR) exams and identifies best practices for integrating AHOBPR exams into the broader context of the AHOBPR and clinical care. 131001549 1101594

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Is it Exposure-Related? Evidence Informed Clinical Decision Making (March 14, 2023) Discusses research design and methodology and the challenges and tradeoffs involved. These are critical for interpretation and allow for applying not only “what is known” but the “what is likely” to particular cases using “evidence informed” clinical judgement. 131008731 1110695
WRIISC-HOME Southwest Asia Deployment Associated Lung Disease: Diagnostic Challenges (July 12, 2022) Provides information on correct terminology for diagnoses and shares best clinical practices providers can implement when treating Veterans. 131004805 1105581
WRIISC-PDHS Respiratory Issues of Returning Combat Veterans (March 9, 2021) Offers providers a better understanding of respiratory issues that concern returning combat Veterans and elaborates on known clinical methods that are optimal for evaluating them. 44408 1098250

Exposures
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Who We Are and How We Serve Clinicians and Providers (February 14, 2023) Discusses how VET-HOME's creation of a network of specialized providers and a call center provides Veterans with an integrated care team to support their comprehensive health care needs. 131008021 1109916
WRIISC-HOME Military Exposures and Dermatological Conditions (January 10, 2023) Focuses on giving providers a better understanding of which dermatological conditions may be linked to military exposures and clinical best practices for evaluating them. 131007455 1109037
WRIISC-HOME PCPs and PACT: Team Addressing of Veterans' Military Exposure Concerns (Nov 8,2022) Explains the role that exposures play in the overall health of Veterans and the importance of teams meant to address any concerns. 131006584 1105262
WRIISC-HOME Infectious Diseases, Vaccinations, Antimalarials (March 8, 2022) Reviews and discusses Gulf War infectious diseases, common vaccine and biochemical warfare concerns of deployed Veterans; Discusses research and potential health effects; Highlights useful clinical resources. 131003314 1103340
WRIISC-HOME Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record and Exposure Assessments (January 11, 2022) Educates providers and registry clinicians on VA/DoD Military Occupational and Exposure Assessments for Veterans and use of the ILER. 131002496 1102471
WRIISC-HOME Hot Topics in Environmental Exposures: Lead, Anti-Malarials and K-2 (September 14, 2021) Supplies the Veteran community with best practices to properly address military exposures with heightened concern. 131001987 1102355
WRIISC-PDHS VA Telehealth Use: Environmental Health Registry Telehealth Services (May 11, 2021) Discusses telehealth use in health care, and in particular - environmental health registries. Elaborates on these registries to increase Veteran access to VA care. 45123 1101010

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Is it Exposure-Related? Evidence Informed Clinical Decision Making (March 14, 2023) Discusses research design and methodology and the challenges and tradeoffs involved. These are critical for interpretation and allow for applying not only “what is known” but the “what is likely” to particular cases using “evidence informed” clinical judgement. 131008731 1110695
WRIISC-HOME Using available data to better understand the burden of brain tumors in Veterans (October 18, 2022) Gives VA clinicians a broader knowledge of the burden of brain tumors in Veterans and talks about which issues should be reviewed for screening/ how to determine when a Veteran has a brain tumor. 131006297 1107505
WRIISC-HOME Exposure Concerns and Autoimmune Diseases (May 10, 2022) Develops awareness of diseases of autoimmunity and explores in detail extrinsic genetic and environmental contributions (specifically epigenetic contributions) to them to better address Veteran health concerns. 131004084 1104566
WRIISC-HOME Garrison Exposures: Camp Lejeune, Fort McClellan & PFAS (June 8, 2021) Provides further supportive training on military or garrison exposures. 45046 1101050

Gulf War Illness

INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Can Integrative Health Interventions Help GW1 Veterans? (September 13, 2022) Discusses integrative health interventions to treat Veterans with symptoms related to service in GW1. 131007754 11108090

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-PDHS The Effectiveness of Health Coaching: An Intervention for Veterans with Multi-symptom Illness (August 11, 2020) Examines the hypothesized effectiveness of a Veteran-centered clinical health coaching intervention which incorporated self-discovery, education, goal setting, and accountability to significantly improve physiological, behavioral, psychological, and social outcomes in Veterans with multi-symptom illnesses. 43743 1098323
WRIISC-PDHS Results of a Clinical Trial of Problem-Solving Treatment for GWI (June 9, 2020) Reports results and implications for treatment from a multi-site clinical trial of problem-solving treatment for Gulf War. 43769 1101049
WRIISC-PDHS Science and Policy Updates: Vietnam, GW 1 Vets & their Descendants. (May 12, 2020) HOME Provides an update of science and policies on Agent Orange and Gulf War I exposures, including those resulting from the latest National Academy of Medicine reports focusing on Intergenerational effects and benefits, and presumptives for Veterans. 43507 1100998

Chronic Multi-symptom Illness
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Approaches to Long-COVID: Leveraging the Concordant Care model for Chronic Multi-symptom Illness (CMI) (December 12, 2022) Educates providers, including interprofessional healthcare teams, on the Concordant Care treatment model developed for Veterans with CMI, and how to apply this model to the treatment of Veterans with long-COVID. 131006726 1108078
WRIISC-HOME Health Coaching for Veterans with Complex Pain (August 9, 2022) Provides clinicians with clinical care best practices for health coaching and teaches skills to incorporate health coaching into practice for treatment of Veterans. 131005129 1105910
WRIISC-HOME Behavioral Health Treatment for Medically Unexplained Symptoms (October 19, 2021) Teaches behavioral health providers a trans-theoretical approach to recognizing, developing rapport, and treating MUS that can be integrated into an existing behavioral health practice. 131002156 1101306

Whole Health/Integrative Functional Medicine
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Applying Health Coaching Strategies to Clinical Care (June 14, 2022) Increases providers awareness of how the tools of health coaching can be used increase patient satisfaction, improve clinical recommendation adherence, and improve provider/patient communication. 131004460 1105507
WRIISC-HOME Yoga and Meditation for Veterans' Healing, Health, and Well-Being (April 12, 2022) Discusses effective healing and preventive care programs in the Whole Health Model, yoga, meditation and mindfulness that are well-established in the VA Palo Alto Clinical Yoga Program and offer research and benefits for Veterans. 131003753 1103852
WRIISC-PDHS Lifestyle Factors and Brain Blood Flow Regulation (July 13, 2021) Teaches best practices for Veterans to improve cerebrovascular health and brain blood flow regulation that include lowering sodium intake, increasing exercise, and maintaining proper hydration 44907 1101307

Cognitive & Psychological Health

INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-HOME Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: What you need to know (February 8, 2022) Discusses an ongoing VA-funded clinical trial that uses CBT-I for Veterans. 131002841 1102948
WRIISC-HOME Toward Zero Harm: Addressing Mental Health Misdiagnoses in Veterans (December 14, 2021 Teaches behavioral health providers a trans-theoretical approach to recognizing, developing rapport and treating MUS that they can integrate into their existing behavioral health practice.Teaches behavioral health providers a trans-theoretical approach to recognizing, developing rapport and treating MUS that they can integrate into their existing behavioral health practice. 131002156 110202

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-PDHS Clinical Practice Guidelines for PTSD: An Update from 2019 (August 10, 2021) Discusses PTSD and provides current best practice treatments and guideline updates known since 2019 (including psychotherapy and other interventions) to improve clinicians intervention tool kits and knowledge. 131001986 1102181

Special Topics
INTRODUCTORY LEVEL COURSES

Title/Date/Presenters Description TMS ID TRAIN ID
WRIISC-PDHS Communication about Exposures & Deployment Related Health Concerns (February 9, 2021) Provides guidance on specific adaptable communication strategies (including those exacerbated by COVID-19), opportunities and challenges when speaking with Veterans on exposure and other post-deployment health concerns and presents a model of communication for all providers. 44119 1098233
WRIISC-PDHS Mobile Health Apps to Supplement Care (January 12, 2021) Basic functionality of VA mobile mental health apps, case usage, and Veteran frameworks for evaluating the healthcare benefits of such apps are discussed." 43946 1098251

To see a list of all webinars on TRAIN, click here. If you have difficulty accessing a training, please contact njwriiscedteam@va.gov