Safety Resources and Skills for Staff who Provide Clinical Related Care in the Community

Wednesday, July 16, 2024: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST

Presented by VA’s Homeless Programs Office, National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, in collaboration with VHA’s Institute for Learning, Education and Development (ILEAD)

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Presenters:

Michal Wilson, MD, Senior Medical Advisor, Veterans Affairs Homeless Programs Office

Modality:  Virtual conference (webinar)

Credit/hours:  1

Accreditations:  ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, AOTA, APA, ASWB, NBCC, ADA, NYSED, SW, CRCC

Overview:

Providing clinical related services to Veterans in the community as opposed to the hospital or clinic environment has its unique staff safety related situations. The purpose of this webinar is to provide education about mitigating and managing these situations. The goal of this training is to review local workplace violence prevention resources and how to leverage these resources to enhance safety for services delivered in a community setting.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this educational session, learners will be able to:

1. Describe the mission and role of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers’ Disruptive Behavior Committee, including its membership and their roles.
2. Explain the purpose of VA’s Disruptive Behavior Reporting System (DBRS), how to access and use it, and how information that is entered into DBRS is utilized to address safety concerns.
3. Identify VA’s mandated trainings for VA staff who provide services in the community.
4. Describe safety skills for staff who provide clinical related care in the community.

Registration:  To receive credit for attending, VA employees need to register in TMS before the training begins: 

To find a course when logging into TMS:

Go to Learning, scroll down to My Learning,  type in Course # and Title 

VA TMS 131012729/ BIS 20930.53768 Safety Resources and Skills for Staff who Provide Clinical Related Care in the Community

Be sure to click Register Now rather than Assign to Me or Start Course

If you are external to the VA  or Non VA staff you must have a registered TRAIN account AND register for todays training in TRAIN PRIOR to commencing training, failure to do so will result in CEUs not being awarded.

If you do not have a TRAIN account please click the  link: https://vha.train.org.

VA staff register here

 Non-VA staff Register here

For questions with TMS/TRAIN registration, please contact clarice.lewis@va.gov or lee.furry@va.gov

For audio, please use computer and connect audio through the TEAMS speakers 

For more information on education opportunities, please email Derrick Crowley, Management Analyst, Derrick.crowley@va.gov

The National Center on Homelessness among Veterans promotes the development of policy and practice that targets ending and preventing Veteran homelessness through supporting the implementation of relevant research findings into clinical practice, providing education and training for VA and community partners, disseminating evidence-based and emerging best practices and developing new empirical knowledge.

To learn more, visit our Center Education and Training Website