MIRECC Presents Accreditation
MIRECC Presents Accreditation
Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education (JA IPCE) — In support of improving patient care, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Note: ANCC continuing nursing education contact hours are not accepted by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN) toward license renewal for CA-licensed registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice nurses (APNs), unless the CA-licensed nurse-participants are physically outside of the state of CA when they start and complete activities sponsored by an ANCC accredited provider of continuing education for nurses. Please note: Due to the aforementioned restriction, all Face-to Face and Live Virtual courses streaming from California for a California audience must be designated for CA BRN in addition to ANCC.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM), Provider #5927. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Designation of Continuing Education Units
Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education (JA IPCE) — This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. (JA IPCE might not be recognized by all state boards. Please also print your accredited certificate for your professional practice for re-licensure purpose.)
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ACCME non-physician certificate option (ACCME-NP) — This course provides Category 1 AMA Physicians Recognition Award™ CME credit (ACCME) for physicians. ACCME – NP (or ACCME-Non-Physician) may be used to provide attendees other than MDs, DOs a certificate that documents their attendance, and indicates that the accredited provider offered Category 1 AMA Physicians Recognition Award™ CME credit for the course or activity. ACCME – Non-Physician refers to healthcare professionals other than physicians.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) designates this educational activity for 1.0 contact hours in continuing nursing education. Note: ANCC continuing nursing education contact hours are not accepted by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN) toward license renewal for CA-licensed registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice nurses (APNs), unless the CA-licensed nurse-participants are physically outside of the state of CA when they start and complete activities sponsored by an ANCC accredited provider of continuing education for nurses. Please note: Due to the aforementioned restriction, all Face-to Face physically taking place in CA and Live Virtual courses streaming from California for a California audience must be designated for CA BRN in addition to ANCC.
American Psychological Association (APA) — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Veterans Health Administration maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This activity is approved for 1.0 hour(s) of continuing education credit.
New York State Education Department (NYSED) State Board for Psychology — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0144. Psychologists will receive 1.0 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) — As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 Clinical continuing education clock hours.
New York State Education Department Social Work Board (NYSED) — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0065. Social workers will receive 1.0 continuing education clock hours for participating in this course.
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) — Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) Provider #5927 and designates this approved activity for 1.0 clock hour(s).
Report of Training
It is the program participant’s responsibility to ensure that this training is documented in the appropriate location according to his/her locally prescribed process.
Statement of Participation
A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants and accreditation records will be on file at ILEAD. In order to receive a certificate of completion from ILEAD, you must register in the TMS, attend 100% of the program and complete the evaluation as directed, and then: go into your Completed Work, hover over the title, and choose View Details to print your accredited certificate.
MIRECC Presents is an accredited Continuing Education series of mental health courses provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN 20) Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (NW MIRECC) in collaboration with the VA Institute for Learning, Education and Development (ILEAD). MIRECC Presents empowers mental health providers to integrate cutting-edge treatments and timely research into their daily clinical practices, thereby raising the quality of care for Veterans who experience mental health challenges. The knowledge produced by NW MIRECC research efforts is disseminated through VA's ILEAD web-based learning platforms and face-to-face educational offerings, and directly implemented in clinics throughout the Northwest and throughout the country. The target audience includes, but is not limited to, Physicians, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers and other professionals supporting Veteran care and active-duty combat personnel who will become Veterans.
Disclosure Statement
Veterans Health Administration must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its individually sponsored or jointly sponsored educational activities. All prospective faculty and planning committee members participating in a Veterans Health Administration activity must disclose any relevant financial relationship or other relationship with: (a) the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and / or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation, and (b) any commercial supporters of the activity. All financial relationships include, but is not limited to, such things as personal receipt of grants or research support, employee or consultant status, stockholder, member of speakers’ bureau, within the prior 24 months. Veterans Health Administration is responsible for collecting such information from prospective planners and faculty, evaluating the disclosed information to determine if a relevant financial relationship is present and, if a relevant financial relationship is present, to mitigate such relationship. Information regarding such disclosures and the mitigation of the relevant financial relationship for planners and faculty shall be disclosed to activity participants. When an unlabeled use of a commercial product or an investigational use not yet approved by the FDA for any purpose is discussed during an educational activity, Veterans Health Administration shall require the speaker to disclose that the product is not labeled for the use under discussion or that the product is still investigational. The faculty and planning committee members reported that they had no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organization in any amount that occurred within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest.
NW MIRECC seeks to improve the mental health and well-being of Veterans through research and dissemination of information to providers both within the VA and the general public. The collaborative approach to mental health research, education and treatment has had a profound impact on the lives of Veterans.
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About NW MIRECC, MIRECC Presents, and VA ILEAD
VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS) and VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) were commissioned by Congress and the VA as one of the first three MIRECCs in the United States. As one of four statutory missions, VA educates and trains health professionals to enhance the quality of and timely access to care provided to Veterans within VHA's healthcare system. To achieve this mission, "To educate for VA and the Nation", the VA has conducted health professions education and training in partnership with affiliated U.S. academic institutions in accordance with the landmark 1946 Policy Memorandum No. 2. Title 38 U.S.C. Section 7302 mandates that VA assist in carrying out a “program of education and training of health personnel” for its own needs and those of the nation. MIRECC Presents is an accredited Continuing Education series of mental health courses provided by NW MIRECC in collaboration with the VA ILEAD. The knowledge produced by NW MIRECC research efforts is disseminated through VA ILEAD platforms and face-to-face educational offerings, and directly implemented in clinics throughout the Northwest and throughout the country. MIRECC Presents empowers mental health providers to integrate cutting-edge treatments and timely research into their daily clinical practices, thereby raising the quality of care for Veterans who experience mental health challenges. VA's ILEAD is committed to providing VHA employees with needs-based learning opportunities that enhance their clinical skills and help them earn the continuing education credits/hours they need to meet professional state boards requirements and to maintain licensure. ILEAD holds 22 national and 5 state accreditations for continuing education in the health care professions, and it collaborates with subject matter experts within VHA to ensure that its learning programs are effective and meet the accreditation criteria of one or more of its aligned accrediting bodies.
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Vet Centers in VISN 20
Vet Centers in the VISN 20 Health Care Network are community-based counseling centers that provide a wide range of social and psychological services, including professional readjustment counseling to eligible Veterans, active-duty Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force service members, including National Guard and Reserve components, and their families. 1-877-WAR-VETS is an around the clock confidential call center where Veterans, service members and their families can talk about their military experience or any other issue they are facing in transitioning after military service or trauma and get connected to their nearest Vet Center.
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In 1946, Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) was established by law to provide comfort and well-being to America’s Veterans. With our many retail stores, cafés and coffee shops across the country, we serve those who have served our country. We are a self-sustaining entity providing merchandise and services to Veterans enrolled in VA’s healthcare system, their families, caregivers, VA employees, volunteers and visitors. We are honored to give back to the VA community through many programs established for the health and well-being of our nation’s heroes. Revenues generated from VCS are used to support a variety of programs, such as VA’s Rehabilitation Games, Fisher Houses, Poly-Trauma Centers for OIF/OEF/OND Veterans, disaster relief efforts, Substance Abuse Cessation, VA’s Homelessness initiatives, Women Veterans, Veteran Suicide Prevention and other activities.
VCS operates over 200 Patriot Stores in Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Centers nationwide. Many of our stores have been recently updated and expanded to provide our customers with a modern, clean and comfortable shopping experience. Our stores welcome our customers with wider aisles, wood-like floors, enhanced lighting and directional signage. PatriotStores have expanded hours of operation to provide service for customers on weekends at most locations.
The Patriot Cafe is the best place in the VA Medical Center to enjoy delicious, freshly prepared breakfast or lunch served hot or cold each weekday. Providing Veterans, their families, VA employees, volunteers and visitors a place to relax and enjoy a meal or take-out for their convenience. With a wide variety of food from traditional comfort food, specialized menu selections and a large assortment of healthy choices; there is something for everyone's taste buds.
Hospital Service Directory
To find out whether there is a van near you use the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Hospital Service Coordinator Directory to contact your nearest HSC for information or assistance. Please remember that the DAV Transportation Network is staffed by volunteers; therefore, it is unable to cover every community.
