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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.
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
