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ForwardBattlefield GEAR for Mental Health
This training will provide military staff with the knowledge and skills so that they can be an effective trainer of the BH GEAR training, which instructs medics and leaders without prior mental health training in the identification, prevention and management of mental health (MH) concerns. This Train the Trainer program includes a full demonstration of the BH GEAR training, followed by review of knowledge and skills relevant to public speaking and facilitating learning, as well as the rationale and history of the development and design of the BH GEAR training. The training will include whole and small group activities to foster participant engagement, retention of and comfort with the material.
March 23-26, 2026
April 6-9, 2026
May 4-7, 2026
Target Audience
This activity provides continuing education for physicians, nurses, social workers, and psychologists. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.
Learning Objectives
- Articulate the core learning objectives of the BH GEAR training.
- Outline the history of the BH GEAR training, including the origin of the training content and how the training content was developed and evaluated.
- Explain how a non-provider can perform a mental health assessment in far forward environments.
- Summarize interventions to manage mental health problems that can be used by non-providers in far forward environments.
- Select appropriate interventions for use by non-providers in far forward environments that can be used to manage suicide risk.
- Differentiate between minimum, better, and best interventions that are recommended for use to manage mental health issues by non-providers in far forward environments.
- Discriminate between the psychopharmacological treatments for mental health problems available for use by non-providers in far forward environments.
- Describe how to utilize the medical evacuation flowchart to determine if mental health evacuation is needed.
- Justify the need for the BH GEAR training implementation among non-providers deploying to far forward environments.
- Explain the use of the trainer’s guide in the preparation for and delivery of the BH GEAR training.
- Devise methods to utilize facilitation strategies to optimize delivery of the BH GEAR training.
- Demonstrate an ability to deliver BH GEAR training content to an audience.
LT Tekia L. Jones, NC, DNP, PMHNP-BC. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.
Maj Josue Nunez, LCSW, BCD. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.
Maj Jennifer L. Foraker, BSN, RN. Presenter has no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) relating to the course content or with ineligible companies to disclose.
Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, planners, authors, faculty, and content reviewers for this educational activity have no relevant financial or non-financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Available Credit
- 23.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 23.00 hours for completing this Course activity.
- 23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 23.00 ANCC
DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 23.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 23.00 APA
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. Participants may earn 23.00 CE credits for completing this activity.
- 23.00 ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA, J7, CEPO is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 23.00 continuing education credits.
- 23.00 Attendance
- 23.00 IPCE
In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 23.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Requirements: CE/CME certificates are awarded to participants who fully complete the activity, successfully submit the evaluation survey, and pass the posttest. The deadline to claim credit is May 21, 2026.
Access Code: Some activities require an access code to register or claim credit. Please contact the organization providing the activity for the access code. The Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO) does not provide access codes.
Accommodations: Please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations. For additional accommodation requests and/or technical support, email [email protected].