The Veterans Health Administration's LGBTQ+ Health Program oversees educational programs on LGBTQ+ health in VHA. They provide ongoing educational programs for VHA staff about best practices in LGBTQ+ healthcare. They are designed to shape the environment of care for enhanced health, well-being and quality of life for LGBTQ+ Veterans. These trainings are available on internal VA websites.
This series of brief trainings is designed to give VHA providers a foundational understanding of key components of care for LGB+ Veterans. This series is organized into brief (15-20 minutes), topic-focused trainings so that providers can select exactly the topic they want to review at any given time.
VA employees may receive learning credit via TMS by viewing these recordings at their leisure. The training may be accessed in TMS using the Direct Link below. Users will simply click on the link below, log in to TMS and all topics will display for selection.
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The modules below consist of a grouping of the individual courses above for the purpose of continuing education and are accredited for ACCME, ACCME-NP, ANCC, JAIPCE, ASWB, NYSEDSW, NYSED-P, APA, and NBCC.
LGB Veteran Health Care Modules- Group 1 (VHA link): Offering 1.25 credit hours of CEU accreditation
LGB Veteran Health Care Modules- Group 2 (VHA link): Offering 1.25 credit hours of CEU accreditation
This series of brief trainings is designed to give VHA providers a foundational understanding of key components of care for transgender and gender diverse Veterans. This series is organized into brief (15-20 minute), topic-focused trainings so that providers can select exactly the topic they want to review at any given time.
VHA trainees can either complete individual nonaccredited trainings as listed below or complete accredited modules (far below).
Covered topics include:
The modules below consist of a grouping of the individual courses above for the purpose of continuing education and are accredited for ACCME, ACCME-NP, ACPE, ANCC, APA, ASWB, JA IPCE, NBCC, & NYSED SW.
Transgender And Gender Diverse Video Series Module 1 (VHA link): Offering 2 credit hours of CEU accreditation
Transgender And Gender Diverse Video Series Module 2 (VHA link): Offering 1 credit hour of CEU accreditation
Transgender And Gender Diverse Video Series Module 3 (VHA link): Offering 1 credit hour of CEU accreditation
VA employees may receive learning credit via TMS by viewing these recordings at their leisure. The training may be accessed in TMS using the Direct Link below. Users will simply click on the link below, log in to TMS and all topics will display for selection.
Click here for more information. (Note: This link will only work for VHA facilities)
Why is refusing to treat a specific population of people ethically different from refusing to perform a specific procedure? How does the dominant autonomy framing in medicine overlook the social justice concerns experienced by LGBTQ individuals? What are our obligations to help reduce health care disparities among the LGBTQ population?
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Campo-Engelstein
Lisa Campo-Engelstein is the director and chair of Bioethics & Health Humanities and the Harris L. Kempner Chair in the Humanities in Medicine professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch. She specializes in reproductive ethics, especially fertility preservation and male contraception, and feminist and queer bioethics. The BBC recognized her research as engendering a better future for women, naming her as one of the 100 “inspiring and influential” women of 2019.
CEUs Available
· Accreditations: AAPA, ACCME, ACCME-NP, ACHE, ADA, ANCC, APA, ASWB, CDR, JAIPCE, NYSED-P, NYSED-SW
· Pre-registration in TMS is required to obtain CEUs.
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· Complete evaluation in TMS after the event.
These are the only pre-approved courses available to VHA facilities that may be submitted for HEI credit. Please note that there may be other LGBTQ+ related content available on the TMS system. Those courses were not developed by the VHA LGBTQ+ Health Program and have not been pre-approved for use in the HEI.
To receive pre-approval for a training that you are offering locally at your VHA facility, please review this page where you will find information about our guidelines for internal trainings as well as the link to the form that we need you to fill out and submit for training approval. Once you have reviewed and confirmed that your training fits the general guidelines, please submit the slides and other information via the form for approval.