2.5 CME Credits
29 STUDENTS ENROLLED
Our course is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to enhance mental health services for veterans. It focuses on identifying risk factors, implementing preventive strategies, and providing effective interventions for veterans experiencing suicidal ideation. The course emphasizes a compassionate approach, tailored to address the unique psychological challenges faced by those who have served in the military, ensuring that veterans receive the highest standard of care in their journey towards mental well-being.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will:
- Contributing factors to suicidality and how to properly identify veterans
- Risk and risk assessments and how to manage and stratify risk
- What safety planning is and when to provide lethal means safety counseling and what services Maine offers and how to refer a veteran.
Course Structure
This course is self-paced and available to any user who registers with the Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement Learning Lab. The course consists of multiple sub-sections or units and will contain various elements, including video lessons, hyperlinks to readings and web resources, and pre-and post-tests for you to gauge your knowledge and understanding of the course topic.
Estimated Time to Complete: 150 minutes
Note: The course is divided into short digestible units (10-20 minutes in length) that can be completed in small increments.
Disclosures
The planners, presenters, and speakers do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose. Their position titles and organizational affiliations are those at the time the course was recorded.
Catherine Cooper, MSW, LCSW
Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Department of Veteran’s Affairs
Barrett Fisher
Supervisor
Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Service
Ellen Hurd, LCSW
VA Maine’s Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment (COMPACT) Act Coordinator
Department of Veteran’s Affairs
Michelle Hansen, LCSW, LICW, LADC, CCS
Senior Director of Crisis Services
The Opportunity Alliance
Kate Marble, LCSW
Director of Case Management
Health Affiliates Maine
Amy Carter, BSHA-M
Director
Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement
Janet Johnson
Administrative Assistant
Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement
Funding: This module is made possible by the generous support and funding from our partners at the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine.
Launch: July 1, 2024
Expires: July 1, 2027
Assessment and Grading
This course begins with a pre-test that will test your knowledge and allow you to gauge your baseline understanding of the topics to be covered. At the end of the course, there is a post-test. A comparison of your pre-test score and post-test score will help you assess how much knowledge you’ve gained on the topic.
To Obtain a CME Certificate or a CME Certificate of Participation
- Complete all the units within the course
- Complete the Survey Monkey evaluation at the end of the course
Upon completion of the evaluation in Survey Monkey, including the required demographic information, a CME Certificate will be emailed to M.D.s and D.O.s and a CME Certificate of Participation will be emailed to all other learners. These certificates will be emailed within 10 business days of completing the evaluation.
Joint Providership Statement
The Maine Medical Education Trust designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
None of the planners or presenters for this activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Table of Contents
Getting Started
- Test Your Knowledge: Promoting Mental Health and Improving Care for Suicidality in Veterans
Course Units
- Unit 1: Veteran Identification
- Unit 2: Risk Assessment
- Unit 3: Lethal Means Safety Counseling
- Unit 4: Community-Based Interventions
- Unit 5: Other Social Service Supports and Information
- Unit 6: Resources
Course Wrap Up
- Post Test: Promoting Mental Health and Improving Care for Suicidality in Veterans
- Evaluation Survey: Promoting Mental Health and Improving Care for Suicidality in Veterans