
2024 OCT CCSS Home Study: Fostering Quality and Excellence in Military-Specific Care
Clinical Communities Speaker Series
Elevate your practice with expert insights into programs, advancements, and pressing topics impacting military health.
Overview:
The Clinical Communities Speaker Series (CCSS) aims to advance the performance, skills, and competence of healthcare providers and teams across the military health system. Virtual presentations draw on military and civilian experts from academia, government, and clinical care settings to address professional practice gaps among a wide range of healthcare professions. By focusing on clinical best practices, interprofessional learning, and military readiness, participants are empowered to optimize health outcomes for uniformed service members and their families through better individual and collaborative care practices.
Target Audience
- 6.00 ACCME Non-Physician
- 6.00 Athletic Trainers (BOC)
- 6.00 Case Managers (CCMC)
- 6.00 Certified Counselors (NBCC)
- 6.00 Dentists and Allied Staff (ADA)
- 6.00 Dieticians (CDR)
- 2.00 Healthcare Executives (ACHE)1
- 6.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
- 6.00 Kinesiotherapists (COPSKT)
- 6.00 Nurses (ANCC)
- 6.00 Occupational Therapists (AOTA)
- 6.00 Optometrists (ARBO/COPE)
- 6.00 Pharmacists and Technicians (ACPE)
- 6.00 Physician Assistants (AAPA)
- 6.00 Physicians (ACCME)
- 6.00 Psychologists (APA)
- 6.00 Social Workers (ASWB)
- 1.00 Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ASHA)2
1 ACHE credit available for Session 03 and Session 05 only.
2 ASHA credit available for Session 06 only.
A certificate of attendance is available for all sessions and may be used to receive CE credit for other health professions.
Presenting Faculty
Lolita T. O’Donnell, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N.
Chief, Executive Skills, Continuing Education & Libraries (EXCEL) Division
Director, Continuing Education Program Office
J-7, Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Army Major Hunter Jackson Smith, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.E., F.A.C.P.M.
Focus Area Lead, Antimicrobial Resistance, STI, & Enteric Infections, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division
Air Force Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Anita Fligge, D.N.P., M.S.N., B.S.N.
Director, Federal Health and General Manager, CMS, LLC at Dawson
Previous Director, J-3/5/7 & Chief Nursing Office, DHA
Katherine (“Kathy”) M. Lee, M.S., A.R.N.P.
Director, Warfighter Brain Health Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), DHA
Army Lt. Col. Connie L. Thomas, M.D.
Associate Director, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Uniformed Services University
Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D., F.A.C.M.I., F.A.C.E.
Founder and Director, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy; Director, Florida Bioethics Network
Brittany Davis, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital; Consultant, National Center for PTSD, Department of Veteran Affairs; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, University of South Florida
Neeraj Gandotra, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Navy Commander James Hawkins, D.D.S., M.S., M.Ed.-H.P.E.
Specialty Leader, Navy Orofacial Pain
Naval Postgraduate Dental School
Army Col. (Ret.) Frederick C. Lough, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, Griffith Institute
Director, DOD Medical Ethics Center (DMEC)
Uniformed Services University (USU)
Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planning committee members, and reviewers have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose. All faculty members have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose.