Level 1 Military Environmental Exposure Certification

Program Overview and Registration: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Outcomes Military Exposures (HOME) and War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) and ACPM are pleased to offer this introductory Level 1 Military Environmental Exposures Certification program to all health care professionals who would like to advance their knowledge in caring for Veterans! 

Veterans may have been exposed to a wide range of chemical, physical and environmental hazards during military service. However, many providers are not specifically trained to ask about military environmental exposures or address exposure-related health concerns. The Level 1 Military Environmental Exposures Certification program consists of five modules designed to provide foundational knowledge on how to assess military environmental exposures, and how to address common health concerns related to these exposures. 

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Program Highlights:

• Learn how to assess military environmental exposures.
• Develop a solid foundation in health concerns related to military environmental exposures.
• Each module includes a lecture and a post module test.
• Includes content on:
  • Assessing Deployment Related Environmental Exposures
    • This module offers a “How-To” for identifying possible deployment-related environmental exposures; and describing approaches for communicating with Veterans about their deployment-related exposure issues and possible next steps.
  • Airborne Hazards
    • Clinicians will be equipped with the ability to identify and understand Veteran deployment-related airborne hazards and resulting health concerns. This training discusses the Airborne Hazard and Open Burn Pit Registry and the basic work up a provider should perform with a veteran who reports respiratory concerns or airborne hazard exposures.
  • Gulf War Illness
    • This training provides health care providers with familiarity and the knowledge needed to identify, diagnose, manage and appropriately treat Gulf War Illness in Veterans and the ability to apply the VA-DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Chronic Multi Symptom Illness as it can be applied to Gulf War Illness.
  • Chronic Multi-symptom Illness
    • Chronic pain is a significant and complex problem for Veterans who deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). This training helps providers define the characteristics surrounding CMI and discusses the latest resources and management strategies to consider for care. 
  • Depleted Uranium and Toxic Embedded Fragments
    • This training provides health care professionals with knowledge about the current research on health effects in depleted uranium or DU-exposed populations, information about enrolling Veterans with suspected DU or toxic embedded fragments (TEF) into VA registry programs, and guidance about the clinical approach to Veterans with TEF.  

Registration Instructions:

Create a new account or login to your existing account to register.

To ensure the integrity of the certification program, once a participant registers for either program, you are encouraged to complete

all modules and the certification exam within a twelve-month period upon registration with ACPM.  

If you need additional help with your registration, please contact the corresponding system below:

• For questions with ACPM registration and course navigation contact: education@acpm.org
• For questions with TRAIN, contact PHF Train Team via email at: training@phf.org
• For questions with TMS, contact: TMS Help Desk