Attention A T users. To access the menus on this page please perform the following steps. 1. Please switch auto forms mode to off. 2. Hit enter to expand a main menu option (Health, Benefits, etc). 3. To enter and activate the submenu links, hit the down arrow. You will now be able to tab or arrow up or down through the submenu options to access/activate the submenu links.

Public Health

Menu
Menu
Quick Links
Veterans Crisis Line Badge
My healthevet badge
 

WRIISC: educating providers leads to optimal health for Gulf War Veterans

Gulf War Newsletter: Information for Veterans who served in operations desert shield and desert storm and their families
 
Nurse on a laptop
 

VA’s War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) educates health care providers nationwide on how to best care for Veterans with post-deployment health concerns. To achieve this, the WRIISC collaborates with VA’s Employee Education System to develop online training modules available to VA and non-VA community providers.

There are currently four modules available. The topics include:

  • How health care providers can identify, assess, and manage deploymentrelated environmental exposure concerns
  • Airborne hazards and open burn pit exposure concerns and VA’s Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry
  • How providers can identify, diagnose, manage, and appropriately treat Gulf War illness
  • Chronic multisymptom illness identification, management, and treatment

As of November 2018, more than 1,100 health care providers have completed one or more modules. The WRIISC plans to develop additional on-demand, web-based trainings for providers. Learn more about these trainings.

return to top go