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Newsletter | Winter 2025 Article 3 | South Central MIRECC

Free CE: SC MIRECC CBOC Mental Health Grand Rounds Archived Webinar Series

The National SC MIRECC CBOC Mental Health Grand Rounds webinar series provides free continuing education (CE) training. The series covers new issues in mental health for rural Veterans. Our collection includes three recorded trainings that can help clinicians increase their knowledge of mental health treatment for Veterans.

This series offers CE for physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and counselors. Most new webinars also offer CE for pharmacists. To access the complete archive visit https://www.mirecc.va.gov/visn16/accredited-cboc-mh-grand-rounds-recordings.asp.


Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to Treat PTSD
Presented by Marianne Silva, LCSW
Recorded on October 10, 2024

This training will provide an overview of EMDR, including the evidence showing its effectiveness and the protocol and mechanisms of EMDR. Strategies and resources for introducing EMDR within shared decision-making are discussed with attention to VA community-based outpatient clinics and rural mental health providers.


Ethical Considerations in Assessing and Treating Moral Injury with Military Veterans
Presented by Brandon Griffin, PhD and Jessica Domino, PhD
Recorded on August 15, 2024

This training will address ethical considerations that VA mental health clinicians encounter when assessing and treating veterans seeking care for moral injury.


The Ethics of Professional Boundaries in Rural Communities
Presented by Cynthia Geppert, MD and Robert Sebesta, LCSW, HEC-C
Recorded on February 15, 2024

This training will improve rural mental health practitioners’ knowledge and skill to identify boundary issues and take proactive and constructive steps to resolve them. The ethical management of boundary questions is expected to provide the mental health care teams with greater comfort and confidence in delivering health care to their patients and communities.


 

Last updated: February 3, 2025