The Department of Veterans Affairs Health Outcomes Military Exposures (HOME)/War Related Illness
and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) and ACPM are proud to introduce the Military Environmental Exposures Certifications.
Thank you for your commitment to ensuring our Veterans receive ongoing quality healthcare.
Over 40% of Veterans seeking care have concerns about exposure to hazardous materials during military service. These certification programs provide health care professionals with the vital military environmental exposure training needed to both independently assess and treat Veterans who have exposure-related health concerns and answer the various questions Veterans often have about them.
Veteran healthcare services occur in a variety of settings, including VA, community and private healthcare settings. To have a significant impact on their quality of life, health care professionals, including VA, Department of Defense, and those in general health systems across the country, must be equipped with known critical knowledge and skills to effectively identify and treat Veteran exposure-related health concerns.
To support this learning, health care professionals can now receive both Level 1 and Level 2 certifications in Military Environmental Exposures. Both certification programs are taught by leading field experts and provide extensive and detailed knowledge on military environmental exposures including Agent Orange, ionizing radiation, Camp Lejeune water contamination and many more. As you embark upon this journey, you will find that each program is taught through a collection of modules that provide both clinical and practical skills, including how to communicate effectively with Veterans about their exposures and health concerns. Each module provides continuing education credits. While it is encouraged to complete each free program, individual modules can be completed without earning the full certifications.