Integrated Operational Support Workshop NOV 2020
Program Description
One of the Air Force Surgeon General's primary objectives is to optimize the health and human performance of installation operational units through direct operational support of Air Force Medical Service assets. The base OST is a multidisciplinary team of medical personnel with expertise related to mitigation of military occupation related physical or psychological stressors. The workshop will provide instruction on how to work in an embedded environment which will include building relationships, conducting unit-level needs assessments, performing time-limited integration in high risk squadrons, commander consultation and intervention.
Target Audience
We will be training active duty Air Force psychologists, social workers and technicians as well as their civilian counterparts.
Learning Objectives
- Increase knowledge, skills, and comfort of working in an embedded environment.
- Learn how to assess squadron needs and to apply appropriate interventions to optimize performance.
- Effectively work with multiple levels of leadership and to manage multiple relationships effectively and professionally.
Kirk L. Rowe, Ph.D., Retired USAF Lt Col
Workshop Director
711th Human Performance Wing, School of Aerospace Medicine
Lt Col Art Miller, Psy.D.
Board Certified Clinical Psychologist
Deputy Command Psychologist, Joint Special Operations Command
Rachael Martinez, Ph.D.
Applied Social Psychologist
Aeromedical Operational and Clinical Psychology Program,
711th Human Performance Wing, School of Aerospace Medicine
Major Brock McNabb
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Operational Support Team,
711th Human Performance Wing, School of Aerospace Medicine
Lt. Col Allan Bigtas, ,LCSW-C, DCSW
Director of Psychological Applications
692d Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group,
Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, HI
Available Credit
- 13.00 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 13.00 hours for completing this Course activity.
- 13.00 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 responsibly for the content of the programs. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this activity for a maximum of 13.00 CE credits. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. There is no cost to participate.
- 13.00 ASWB
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA J-7 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. DHA J-7 CEPO maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive a maximum of 13.00 ASWB continuing education credits.
- 13.00 Certificate of Attendance
- 13.00 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA J-7 CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) to provide continuing education for the health care team.