1. Welcome Women’s Health Mini-Residency

2. History of Women in the U.S. Military
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Source: America’s Women Veterans: Military Service History and VA Benefits Utilization Statistics, Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, Nov. 23, 2011;
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3. Women VHA Users Doubled Since 2000
Women VHA users more than doubled since 2000.
Since 2000, the number of female Veterans using VA health care has more than doubled, from 159,000 (FY00) to more than 360,000 (FY12). This growth rate has outpaced that of the male Veteran population.
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4. Growth is Expected to Continue
12% of OEF/OIF/OND Veterans
18% of National Guard/Reserves
6 % of VA health care users
Growth is Expected to Continue:
12% of OEF/OIF/OND Veterans
18% of National Guard/Reserves
6% of VA health care users
System-Wide Implication: VA is working tirelessly to enhance care and access to serve more women Veterans coming through the door
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5. As Women Veteran Population Increases, Total Veteran Population Declines
The light blue block shows the number of all Veterans. The numbers are going down as WWII Veterans pass away.
We’ve been examining this data for more than 10 years. The yellow line is the projected number of women Veterans as of 2007.
Just recently, we obtained new numbers from the Census Bureau which shows that 2011 projections are much higher than anticipated.
Sources: VetPOP 2007 and VetPOP 2011 ADUSH for Policy and Planning
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6. Vision for VA Women’s Health Care
To meet the unique needs of women Veterans by delivering the highest quality of health care to each woman, while offering her the privacy, dignity, and sensitivity to gender-specific needs that she deserves
Ideal: Women Veterans’ Experience of VA
High-quality, equitable care on par with that of men
Care delivered in a safe and healing environment
Seamless coordination of services
Recognition as Veterans
The VA’s vision for Women’s Health Care is to meet the comprehensive and unique needs of women Veterans by delivering the highest quality of health care to each woman, while offering her the privacy, dignity, and sensitivity to gender-specific needs that she deserves.
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7. Mission for VA Women’s Health Care
Within VA: Serve as a trusted resource for the field and work to ensure that women Veterans experience timely, high-quality comprehensive care in a sensitive and safe environment at all points of care
Beyond VA: In line with VA’s overarching mission, seek to continually improve personalized, proactive, patient-driven health care for women Veterans and to lead the nation in women’s health care
VA’s mission is to ensure that women Veterans experience timely, high-quality comprehensive care in a sensitive and safe environment at all points of care. In addition, VA aims to continually improve personalized, proactive, patient-driven health care for women Veterans and to lead the nation in women’s health care
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8. Programs and Initiatives
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9. Women’s Health Services: Major National Initiatives
Expand enrollment and access for women Veterans
Communication, outreach, culture change
Implement comprehensive primary care, PACT
Enhance emergency room care
Breast Cancer Registry and mammography tracking
Teratogenic medication identification
Homelessness
Women Veterans Call Center

10. Women’s Health Services: Major National Initiatives
Eliminate gender disparities
Mobile apps
Policy:
VHA Handbook , VA Services for Women Veterans
VHA Handbook , Maternity Care Coordination
Education and training
Support Data Analysis and Population Health
Large-scale data extraction and refinement projects (WHEI, Sourcebook); Women’s Health Research Consortium

11. Culture Change Initiative and Materials
VA-wide communication initiative to enhance the language, practice and culture of VA to be more inclusive of women Veterans
We are also leading a communication initiative to enhance the language, practice and culture of VA to be more inclusive of women Veterans
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12. Culture Change Initiative and Materials
Another poster aimed at changing the VA culture.
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13. Available Resources http://www.womenshealth.va.gov/
Social Media Messaging
FAQs and Fact Sheets
Information Videos
(internal/external)
Women Targeted
Health Campaigns
Additional resources
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14. Available Resources
Posters
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15. It is Everyone’s Job to Care for Women Veterans
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16. Laure
Program Overview
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17. Group Assignments
Grp 1A – red dot
Grp 1B – orange dot
Grp 2A – yellow dot
Grp 2B – green dot
Grp 3A – lt blue dot
Grp 3B – dk blue dot
Grp 4A – black dot
Grp 4B – gold dot

18. Overview Tuesday 8:00-8:25 Welcome 8:25-9:20 AUB Lecture
Box lunch
Break 3:00-3:15
Pelvic Pain 3:15
8:00-8:25 Welcome
8:25-9:20 AUB Lecture
9:20-10:20 Contraception Lecture, part 1
10:20-10:35 Break
10:50-11:45 Chronic Pelvic Pain Lecture
11:35-10:50 Intro to SPs & Task Trainers
11:45-1:00 Lunch 1A
UCF
11-3 2A
off*
1-3 2B
1-5
3-7
5-9
3A+3B
TT Lab 4A
Cases
2 hr
3A Cases
4A+4B
3:20-5:20
3B Cases 2 hr 4B
Off* 1B
Adjourn 5:20
Break 3:00-3:20
Overview
Tuesday
*Optional
MammaCare sessions offered from noon-7:00 pm Tues & Weds. Participants can sign up with EES for free time.

19. Overview Wednesday 8:00-9:15 Cervical Cancer Screening/STIs
Box lunch
8:00-9:15 Cervical Cancer Screening/STIs
9:15-9:45 Innovation Diffusion & Organizational Change
10:30-10:45 Break/Move to break out rooms
9:45-10:30 Breast Masses 1A
Cases
75m 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B
noon-1:00 Lunch
1A+1B
TT Lab
1-3
2 hr
Break 3:00-3:20
1A Cases
2A+2B
3:20-5:20
1B Cases 4B
UCF
1-5
Off*
off*
3-7
Break
3-3:15 4A
11-3
5-9
Overview
Wednesday
*Optional MammaCare sessions offered from noon-7:00 pm Tues & Weds. Participants can sign up with EES for free time.
Cases 3:15-4:30

20. Overview Thursday 1B Cases 10:00-10:15 Break
8-9:10
10:00-10:15 Break
2:30-3:30 Gyn Expert Panel
12:30-1:15 OB/Gyn Emergencies
3:30-3:45 Wrap-up 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B 1A
8:00-9:10 lPV/MST
9:10-10:00 Menopause
11:30-12:30 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Post-Deployment
2:15-2:30 Break
Overview
Thursday

21. Optional MammaCare Session
Sign up during free time: Noon-7pm Tuesday and Wednesday

22. Partnerships
Employee Education System/Birmingham Education Resource Center
SimLEARN
Army PEO STRI (simulation training support)
University of Central Florida (standardized patients and simulation center space)

23. Women’s Health Services
Thank You
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