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Veterans Mental Health Continuing EducationToolkit

This toolkit was developed by the AHEC Training and Consultation Center (A-TrACC) for the Veterans Mental Health Project funded by HRSA. It provides tools and guidance to help AHEC staff plan and host continuing education events for health professionals on the needs of veterans,National Guard, Reservists, and their families who may be coping with post deployment mental and behavioral health issues and seeking health care in the civilian sector.

The toolkit is for

• AHECs with little to no experience coordinating CE programs
• AHECs with limited staff, time and resources
• AHECs with experience coordinating CE, but limited experience with this subject area

How to Use this Toolkit

• Introduction (PDF - 113 KB)

Required Registration/ Evaluation/Reporting Materials

• Guidelines (PDF - 282 KB) - Read this First!!!
• Participant Registration Form (DOC - 33 KB)
• Participant Evaluation Forms
  • Participant Evaluation Form (DOC - 21 KB)
  • Follow-up Evaluation (DOC - 25 KB)
• Reporting Forms - email info@atracc.org for the most current versions
• Form Guidelines (PDF - 360 KB)

Planning Materials & Resources

• Organizing a Continuing Education (CE) Event
  • Planning Timeline (PDF - 412 KB)
  • CE Planning Form (PDF - 197 KB)
  • Program Task List (DOC - 27 KB)
  • Budget Form (XLS - 21 KB)
  • Speaker Agreement Letter (DOC - 27 KB)
  • Participant Registration Form (PDF - 179 KB)  
  • Registration Confirmation Letter (DOC - 19 KB)
  • Pre-Program Checklist (DOC - 21 KB)
  • Sample Name Badge (DOC - 85 KB)
  • Reference Materials (PDF - 3.2 MB)
  • Welcome (DOC - 23 KB)
  • Time Signs (PDF - 13 KB)
• Working with Potential Partners (PDF - 257 KB)
• Connecting with FQHCs (PDF - 309 KB)
• Target Audiences (PDF - 247 KB)
• Speaker Information and Needs (PDF - 102 KB)
  • Permission Letter for Active Duty Speakers (DOC - 16 KB)
• Marketing the Training (PDF - 217 KB)
• Providing Professional Education Credits
  • Professional Credit Overview (PDF - 115 KB)
  • Postgraduate Institute for Medicine Option (PDF 320 KB)

Training Materials

• Handouts for One Hour Presentation
  • Post Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA) Sample
  • Post Deployment Health Re-Assessment (PDHRA) Sample
  • DVBIC TBI Screening Tool (PDF - 105 KB)
  • Primary Care PTSC Screen (PDF - 78 KB)
  • Combat Exposure Scale (PDF - 195 KB)
  • PTSD Checklist (PDF - 126 KB)
  • Trauma Symptom Checklist (PDF - 276 KB)
• Handouts for Four Hour Presentation (PDF - 272 KB)
  • Same handouts as One Hour Presentation and Mental Health Dx by Gender (PDF - 279 KB)

1 Hour Curriculum

• Agenda (PDF - 98 KB)
• PowerPoint & Speaker Notes (PPT - 2.7 MB)

4 Hour Curriculum

• Agenda (PDF - 105 KB)
• PowerPoint & Speaker Notes (PPT - 5.35 MB)