A $1 million interprofessional grant to UMKC will train students how to serve veterans’ health
Nursing, pharmacy, psychology and social work students at the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ of Missouri-Kansas Citywill get special training on how to best serve veterans – including those with post-traumatic stress disorder – under a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The three-year grant, which UMKC secured through an interprofessional partnership that includes the schools of Nursing and Health Studies, Pharmacy and Social Work as well as the Department of Psychology, will underwrite a course to help health care professionals – particularly advanced-practice nursing students – improve interprofessional communication and ethical decision making in providing care to veterans.
The course will place students from a variety of disciplines in a clinical setting at the Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center. Through clinic experience and classroom work, students will learn to work within the military culture to best treat medically underserved veterans with multiple chronic conditions, focusing particularly on behavioral health issues, such as anxiety, substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder.
“We think that the average health professional doesn’t get enough education in dealing with behavioral health issues,” said Jane Peterson, a clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies who serves as project director for the grant.
Reviewed 2014-10-13