In this section, you will find learning materials in a variety of formats for health care providers, service members and their families. Our goal is to provide answers, improve health care and enhance the quality of life of our military men and women.

Re-Deployment Medical Threat Briefing

Targeting military personnel being re-deployed from Operation Iraqi Freedom, this briefing summarizes the medical threats for the region, common health problems reported, and instructs re-deployed personnel when to seek medical care for lingering deployment health issues. A list of follow-up resources is also included. This briefing fills the mandatory requirement for post-deployment medical threat briefing.

Talking with Patients About Environment Health Concerns

Addressing the clinical audience, this briefing provides background about medically unexplained physical symptoms across contemporary medical specialties as well as a history of such syndromes resulting from armed conflicts since the Civil War. The briefing also describes methods for managing challenges clinicians may encounter when assessing and treating post-deployment patients presenting with medically unexplained illnesses.

Clinical Health  Risk Communication:  A Tool to improve Health Care Communication

This videotape shows how risk communication can help health providers to improve health outcomes through better communication with their patients.  The videotape offers alternative definitions of risk communication; provides a brief history of this new field; identifies key ways that risk communication can be used in a health care setting; and identifies how it can enhance the provider-patient relationship.  This presentation was originally given on June 6, 2003 as part of the Deployment Health Clinical Center’s Grand Rounds series.  

 

Deployment Health Clinical Training Series

Speaking primarily to providers, these clinical training modules provide comprehensive training on the DoD/ VA Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline (PDH-CPG) and Emerging Health Concerns. These modules were designed to provide in-depth guidance on the proper use of the Guideline and up-to date information about Emerging Health Concerns. This series was produced by the DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center. There are six modules on the Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline and five on Emerging Health Concerns with each module ranging between 17 to 47 minutes long. Use of the information provided in this clinical training series will promote quality post-deployment health care.

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PDH-CPG Training Briefs and The Epic of Gilgamesh

PDH-CPG Training Briefs are seven condensed (7-12 minute) training modules produced by the DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center. These modules were designed to provide clinicians with guidance on implementation of the DoD/VA Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline (PDH-CPG).
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a 15 minute video produced by the Veterans Administration illustrating the implementation of the PDH-CPG through the use of animated characters. It is suitable for all audiences - providers, support staff, service members and their families.