About the Course
Whole Health for Pain and Suffering: An Integrative Approach (13.5 CEUs) is an advanced clinical education course designed to support VA clinicians working with patients who experience pain in its various forms.
Course Objectives
After completing this training course, you will learn the following key objectives:
- Use the Whole Health model to individualize the pain and suffering experience
- Apply non-pharmacologic approaches to pain care using Whole Health
- Develop a common language among professions caring for Veterans with chronic pain and suffering
- Become familiar with research and practical issues on the use of Integrative Health in pain care
- Apply Whole Health to the care of Veterans with complex pain and medical histories
- Describe how mind-body approaches and self-management can help people cope with pain
- Understand the efficacy and safety of different modalities, including manual therapies, acupuncture, nutrition, and mind-body approaches
Whole Health virtual or face-to-face courses are only available to VA employees. Please note, course materials are under a constant state of revision. Please check the course SharePoint page for the most updated materials. If you are a VA Employee and interested in signing up for a Whole Health course, refer to the OPCC&CT SharePoint Education Hub (NOTE: Must have VA network access).
Whole Health for Pain and Suffering Short Course
- Offers a brief overview of Whole Health for Pain and Suffering, with a focus on specific skills to use in clinical practice
- Appropriate for those who want a sampling of the full course or those who attended the full course and would benefit from a refresher
- Virtual
- 4 credit hours (ACCME, ACCME-NP, ACPE, ADA, ANCC, APA, APTA, ASWB, CDR, JA IPCE, NBCC, and NYSED SW)
Whole Health virtual or face-to-face courses are only available to VA employees. Please note, course materials are under a constant state of revision. Please check the course SharePoint page for the most updated materials. If you are a VA Employee and interested in signing up for a Whole Health course, refer to the OPCC&CT SharePoint Education Hub (NOTE: Must have VA network access).
