Practically Speaking: Behind the Episode “Sharpening our EBP Focus Through the Lens of Military Culture”
Cultural competency training is an essential component of all behavioral health training curriculums and often a requirement for continuing education for licensed providers. But how often do those training opportunities include “military service” in the mix of cultural dimensions of identity that influence or shape an individual’s experience? Not often enough.
Listen to the episode: Sharpening our EBP Focus Through the Lens of Military Culture
In this episode of CDP’s podcast Practical for your Practice, we are joined by Dr. Shannon McCaslin, a Clinical Psychologist at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Dissemination & Training Division and part of the team that developed the Community Provider Toolkit. The Community Provider Toolkit is a resource for health care professionals working with veterans outside of the VA health care system that aims to support providers and enhance their culturally-informed, evidence-based care.
So why is it important to keep “eyes on” military culture as we engage in treatment with military-connected patients? According to McCaslin “I really think about being able to make that connection with the patient that sort of opens the door to the rest of treatment. You want to be able to establish a therapeutic alliance, a rapport that allows you to then move forward with a collaborative relationship with the patient. And if your client, your patient doesn't feel understood, or you are missing a large part of their experience or their perspective and not really attending to that, I think that has real implications for engagement, adherence to treatment.” Bottom line up front? Incorporating military culture into assessment and treatment planning isn’t just a” helpful thing to do” in our EBP work, it is essential, critical, necessary and ethical.
If you feel like you lack training in this area, fear not! You’re not alone and we’ve got you covered. Come join us as we discuss everything from military ethos, the clash between military and mental health cultures, available training, resources for practice (e.g. ways to add questions to intake paperwork as well as how to incorporate military history into assessment and treatment planning), and let’s not forget opportunities for consultation to sharpen your EBP work through the lens of military culture. Practically speaking, you can’t afford to miss it.
Listen to the episode: Sharpening our EBP Focus Through the Lens of Military Culture
The opinions in CDP Staff Perspective blogs are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science or the Department of Defense.
Jenna Ermold, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist working as the Assistant Director of Online Training, Technology and Telehealth for the Center for Deployment Psychology at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland
Cultural competency training is an essential component of all behavioral health training curriculums and often a requirement for continuing education for licensed providers. But how often do those training opportunities include “military service” in the mix of cultural dimensions of identity that influence or shape an individual’s experience? Not often enough.
Listen to the episode: Sharpening our EBP Focus Through the Lens of Military Culture
In this episode of CDP’s podcast Practical for your Practice, we are joined by Dr. Shannon McCaslin, a Clinical Psychologist at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Dissemination & Training Division and part of the team that developed the Community Provider Toolkit. The Community Provider Toolkit is a resource for health care professionals working with veterans outside of the VA health care system that aims to support providers and enhance their culturally-informed, evidence-based care.
So why is it important to keep “eyes on” military culture as we engage in treatment with military-connected patients? According to McCaslin “I really think about being able to make that connection with the patient that sort of opens the door to the rest of treatment. You want to be able to establish a therapeutic alliance, a rapport that allows you to then move forward with a collaborative relationship with the patient. And if your client, your patient doesn't feel understood, or you are missing a large part of their experience or their perspective and not really attending to that, I think that has real implications for engagement, adherence to treatment.” Bottom line up front? Incorporating military culture into assessment and treatment planning isn’t just a” helpful thing to do” in our EBP work, it is essential, critical, necessary and ethical.
If you feel like you lack training in this area, fear not! You’re not alone and we’ve got you covered. Come join us as we discuss everything from military ethos, the clash between military and mental health cultures, available training, resources for practice (e.g. ways to add questions to intake paperwork as well as how to incorporate military history into assessment and treatment planning), and let’s not forget opportunities for consultation to sharpen your EBP work through the lens of military culture. Practically speaking, you can’t afford to miss it.
Listen to the episode: Sharpening our EBP Focus Through the Lens of Military Culture
The opinions in CDP Staff Perspective blogs are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science or the Department of Defense.
Jenna Ermold, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist working as the Assistant Director of Online Training, Technology and Telehealth for the Center for Deployment Psychology at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland