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)
Veterans Health Administration Directive 1340, published in July 2017, establishes policy regarding the respectful delivery of clinically appropriate health care to lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) Veterans. It is VHA policy that all staff provides clinically appropriate, comprehensive, Veteran-centered care with respect and dignity to LGB Veterans. Clinically appropriate care includes assessment of sexual health as indicated with all patients, and attention to health disparities experienced by LGB people. This video addresses how to ask the appropriate questions and provides scenarios to demonstrate the conversation.
The course offers CME/CEU accreditation. Click here for more information. (Note: This link will only work for VHA facilities)
The live web-based series purpose is to further educate providers about Veteran Affair's policies, practices, expertise, standards, and resources for treating Veterans with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Related Identities. At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to: identify health needs and disparities experienced by LGBT Veterans; describe the role of minority stress in contributing to LGBT Veteran health disparities; identify why and how to ask patients about their birth sex and gender identity and sexual orientation; describe strategies for creating a more welcoming practice for LGBT patients, including Veterans; and cite resources about LGBT Veteran health.
The course offers 2 credit hours of CME/CEU accreditation. Click here for more information. (Note: This link will only work for VHA facilities)
The Veteran’s Health Administration has taken an active role in recent years to reduce health disparities for LGBT Veterans. This training is one of many tools created toward that end. It was created with the following aims: To increase staff competence in issues of sexuality and gender, and to promote a welcoming environment for all veterans regardless of sexual or gender identity.
This training was designed to be provided in a group setting with a trained facilitator. It does not offer CME/CEU accreditation.
To receive credit for the HEI survey, please make sure to have everyone sign in and then submit the sign-in sheet using the online form to request credit.
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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.