Care of American Veterans and Their Families

Care of American Veterans and Their Families is organized by ATrain Education, Inc..

Expiration date: August 1, 2025

Course Summary:
This course addresses the healthcare challenges of today’s returning Veterans and describes the resources available to them. It explains the importance of screening for military service by health professionals when seeing a patient for the first time. Following a discussion of the health conditions seen in Veterans, it explains the principles of rehabilitation and reintegration that underlie their focused care.

Course Objectives:
When you finish this course you will be able to*:

• Describe veterans’ healthcare challenges and identify how to find the locations of VA health centers in the nation.
• Recount 4 ways that veterans can access community-centered healthcare if they cannot use a VA health center.
• Explain the importance of screening for military service, veteran status, or being a family member of a veteran.
• Discuss posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide risk, depression, grief, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence and explain how each may arise in military veterans and their families.
• Name 3 ways that providers can receive additional education or training to assist them in serving veterans and their families.
• Explain the principles of rehabilitation and reintegration and list 3 ways you can make appropriate referrals.