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Empower your Veteran patients with Whole Health |
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At VA, we’re prioritizing the well-being of Veterans by addressing their mental, physical, and spiritual needs. Join us by applying VA’s Whole Health care model to your Veteran patients. Whole Health leverages connecting to purpose, complementary and integrative health services, and self-care alongside conventional treatments.
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Whole Health Makes a Difference
Studies show that a Whole Health approach helps Veterans manage chronic conditions. This includes decreased opioid use, improvements in controlling high blood pressure and managing diabetes, and quitting smoking for good. It’s also shown to improve perceived psychological well-being and reduce depression symptoms and anxiety.
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Applying Whole Health to Your Practice
Whole Health is a cultural shift in medicine from addressing symptoms and diseases to facilitating a healing process driven by what matters to the patient. It involves educating your Veteran patients about their health conditions, providing conventional and complementary and integrative health (CIH) care, and introducing self-care strategies.
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Education and Training for Clinicians |
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Foundations of Whole Health
This one-hour application-based course is designed to introduce foundational elements Whole Health clinical care to busy clinicians.
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Intro to Complementary and Integrative Approaches of the Whole Health Model
Explore how complementary approaches may fit into your clinical practice.
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Whole Health Nutrition and Pain Management
Explore the theoretical background and practical tools for incorporating nutrition for pain management.
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Whole Health for Mental Health and Well-being
Learn the connections between mental health and each of the components of the Circle of Health can improve mental health.
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Whole Health and Mindful Awareness
Explore Mindful Awareness and how you can incorporate Mindful Awareness into your daily routine and practice to support patients, clinicians, and non-clinicians.
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Questions?
If you require assistance, please contact the VHA TRAIN Help Desk by email at vhatrain@va.gov. Don’t have an account? Create one.
How to obtain your credit completion certificate:
Once you complete a credited training, you can obtain your credential certificate(s) in four easy steps:
- Log in to VHA Train - https://vha.train.org/vha/login.
- Go to “Your Learning.”
- Go to “Your Certificates.”
- Download your certificate.
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Resources
Contact the National Call Center at 877-881-7618 for provider process questions.
Questions about this bulletin? Email us.
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