March 2, 2015; 1-3 p.m. (ET) Live Broadcast
March 2, 2015; 4-6 p.m. (ET) Rebroadcast with Live Question and Answer Session
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According to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), 18,564 service members sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the first three quarters of 2014. The classification of mild TBI accounts for more than 80 percent of reported TBI to DVBIC. The vast majority of TBIs sustained are in a non-deployed setting in training exercises, motor vehicle accidents, and sports and leisure activities. These injuries directly affect the health and safety of individual service members and subsequently the level of unit readiness and troop retention.
This educational forum will include a review of best practices in the assessment and treatment of TBI, the Military Health System (MHS) TBI Pathway of Care, key research studies and findings that will contribute to the body of TBI knowledge, and TBI prevention. We invite multidisciplinary health care providers in military treatment facilities and clinics, complex polytrauma facilities and community-based VA facilities to participate in this discussion of evidence-based practice and current research.
At the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:
- Discuss how the MHS TBI Pathway of Care will support the services in delivering optimal TBI care through integration of evidence-based clinical practices with consistent monitoring of patient outcomes across the MHS
- Identify the role of DVBIC research in the continuum of TBI care and its alignment with Department of Defense strategic priorities
- Describe clinical tools for the assessment and management of TBI
- Relate the importance of TBI prevention and prevention educational initiatives and resources
Presenters
Capt. Richard F. Stoltz
Director
Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury
Silver Spring, Maryland
Joel Scholten, M.D.
Acting National Director of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington
Clinical Coordinator, Polytrauma/Blast Related Injury Quality Enhancement Research Initiative
Associate Chief of Staff for Rehabilitation Services
Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington
Col. Sidney R. Hinds II, M.D.
National Director
DVBIC
Silver Spring, Maryland
Katherine M. Helmick, M.S., CRNP, ANP-BC, CNRN
Deputy Director
DVBIC
Silver Spring, Maryland
Saafan Z. Malik, M.D.
Director, Research Division
DVBIC
Silver Spring, Maryland
Lt. Cmdr. Cathleen A. Davies, M.S., CCC-SLP/CBIS
Chief, Office of Clinical Education and Training, Education Division
DVBIC
Silver Spring, Maryland
Moderator
Maj. Pamela A. DiPatrizio, AN, MSN, CEN, CPEN
Chief, Office of Education Outreach, Education Division
DVBIC
Silver Spring, Maryland
Agenda
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1-1:15 p.m.
Opening Ceremony and Remarks
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1:15-1:35 p.m.
Keynote – VA TBI/Polytrauma System of Care: A Decade of TBI Experience
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1:35-1:50 p.m.
TBI Pathway of Care
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1:50-2:05 p.m.
Clinical Tools for Your Practice
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2:05-2:20 p.m.
Promising TBI Research that Will Impact Your Practice
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2:20-2:30 p.m.
Prevention Education for Your Patients
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2:30-2:45 p.m.
Question and Answer
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2:45-2:55 p.m.
TBI Champion
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2:55-3 p.m.
Closing Ceremony
Continuing Education
Continuing education credit is available from Duke Medicine. You must register by 4 p.m. (ET) March 2, 2015, to qualify for the receipt of continuing education credit.
To qualify for receipt of continuing education credit for applicable webinars, eligible participants must create a profile in the Duke Medicine Learning Management System and register for the event on, or before, the event registration deadline. Complete responses to all pre-registration questions are required to be eligible to receive credit for attending this event. For guidance on creating a user account and event registration in the Duke Medicine Learning Management System site, please visit https://www.dcri.org/cee/education/ethosce-learning-center/EthosCE_Fundamentals.pdf.
Please note: The awarding of continuing education credit is limited in scope to health care providers who actively provide psychological health and traumatic brain injury care to U.S. active-duty service members, reservists, National Guardsmen, military veterans and their families.
For details, please visit: http://www.dcoe.mil/Libraries/Documents/DCoE-Monthly-Webinar-Series-Continuing-Education-Accreditation-April-2014.pdf.
Registration
Sign up for the webinar at https://continuingeducation.dcri.duke.edu/traumatic-brain-injury-educational-forum-best-practices-and-current-research.
Upon completion of registration, a confirmation email will be sent providing webinar event details.
If your network security settings do not allow access to the Duke Medicine website, use another network or device to access the registration page. Once registered, you may use Adobe Connect or Defense Connect Online to attend the webinar.
If you have questions or need assistance, please email the DCoE webinar team.