For Providers - WRIISC Education
The education component of the center is designed to provide knowledge about deployment related health concerns and symptoms, especially when they are medically unexplained, as well as the role of stress in their genesis. Our approach uses traditional educational sessions as well as the Internet to enable interested persons to access the knowledge that exists about these topics. We offer a monthly lunchtime seminar series targeted to clinicians and researchers. Additionally, we have compiled a list of links to healthcare provider education resources on deployment related health concerns and symptoms.
Our center has adopted a healthcare paradigm that recognizes the importance of effective communication between healthcare providers and their patients. Our healthcare team uses the basic principles of Risk Communication to guide us in disseminating information and in developing physician-patient communication techniques for healthcare providers to apply in helping patients with symptoms of no known medical cause. Specifically, our center encourages the use of effective communication in situations where concerns are high and/or trust is low and the subject is of a sensitive or controversial nature.
Risk communication - like all healthcare provider interactions with those concerned about their health status or medical care - involves building and maintaining relationships of trust and providing opportunities for dialogue and a two-way exchange of information. We are developing educational programs and informational summaries for providers. If you are interested in the area of Risk Communication, you may want to puruse the provided risk communication links.