Training is something that we have all experienced as healthcare professionals. We experienced training in our academic programs, our workplace settings, through continuing education requirements to maintain our licensing credentials, or as part of our professional development. We engage in all of this training in order to achieve a desired level of competence.
250,000+
The number of pairs of running shoes that U.S. military recruits go through in a year, according to a recent Congressional Research Service Insight brief report -- Athletic Footwear for the Military: The Berry Amendment Controversy (PDF).
Welcome to this week’s edition of CDP News! We like to use this space to review recent happenings in and around the Center for Deployment Psychology, while also looking ahead to upcoming events. June continued to be another busy month! We had training events going on all around the country, with even more on the horizon.
The CDP's weekly research update contains the latest news, journal articles and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Expert Insight into the Assessment of Competence in Cognitive–Behavioural Therapy: A Qualitative Exploration of Experts' Experiences, Opinions and Recommendations.
● Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review.
While Veteran employment issues have received substantial attention, the difficulties related to military spouse unemployment and underemployment have long existed in the background. Recently, multiple studies and surveys have turned the spotlight onto these issues and the individual and societal problems they present for military families.