USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium: Health Services Officer Category Agenda
07:45
a.m. – 08:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks
CDR Dawn Clary, USPHS, Category Day Representative
08:00
a.m. – 08:30 a.m. Understanding Your Electronic Officer Personnel Folder
LT Camile Hawkins, USPHS, U.S. Coast Guard
Presentation (pps, 1.75 MB)
This session will discuss the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps e-OPF (electronic Officer Personnel Folder), including what it means to officers and how to navigate it. The session will discuss the new look of the officer summary page and review help with career planning and preparation.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe what an e-OPF is
• Identify and understand the four components of an e-OPF
• Describe the new officer summary page
08:30
a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Deployment Opportunities for Health Service Officers
CAPT Craig Shepherd, USPHS, Senior Environmental Health Officer, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services
Presentation (pps, 6.31 MB)
LT Nicole Glines ,USPHS, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Indian Health Service
LT Mark Rives, MCIS, USPHS, Information Systems Security Officer, Oklahoma Area Indian Health Service
CDR Lawrence Zubel, USPHS, Chief of Optometry, Fort Duchesne Indian Health Center, Indian Health Service
Presentation (pps, 896 KB)
LCDR Rebecca Bunnell, USPHS
CAPT Laura Aponte, USPHS, Health Resources and Services Administration
Presentation (pps, 3.47 MB)
CDR Elise Young, USPHS, Health Resources and Services Administration
Presentation (pps, 45 KB)
CAPT Cliff Brown, USPHS, Board Certified in Public Health/Environmental Vision, Optometrist, Chief, Eye Clinic, Crow and Northern Cheyenne Hospital, Indian Health Service
pps (24.25 MB) | pdf (2.33 MB)
CDR Sheila Merriweather, USPHS, Senior Program Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response US Department of Health & Human Services
Presentation (pps, 4.56 MB)
This session will provide an overview of the opportunities and roles available to health service officers (HSOs) during deployment. HSO's can provide support on deployment as authorized, to national and public health emergencies and to National security events. Support to these operations by HSO's has ranged from clinical support within their disciplines to administrative and technical support beyond their normal duties. This session will explore how HSO's can be more effective in crisis and share lessons learned and challenges encountered to better prepare other HSO's on future deployments.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Identify opportunities, roles and responsibilities available to HSO's during deployment
• Make recommendations to assist other officers in identifying deployment roles
• Describe tasks and duties associated with various roles during deployment
10:00
a.m. – 10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:15
a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Internet Safety
LT Mark Rives, USPHS, Information Systems Security Officer for the Oklahoma Area of the Indian Health Service
LT Steve Miller, USPHS, Information Security Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:45
a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Chief Professional Officer/Professional Advisory Committee Chair Updates
CDR Brad Austin, USPHS
11:15
a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Question and Answer Session
12:30
p.m. – 02:00 p.m. Lucheon
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Breakout I: Social Workers
02:00 p.m. – 02:45 p.m. Integrating At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health, and Human Services into National Emergency Planning and Response Operations
LCDR Todd Lennon, USPHS, Policy Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Presentation (pps, 1.19 MB)
This session will discuss how at-risk individuals, behavioral health, and human services during HHS disaster planning, response, and recovery activities have recently received attention with the establishment of a new office within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. This session will review the groundbreaking work of this office and inform participants about the complex issues involved in helping those often overlooked during emergency response operations.
At the conclusion of this session the attendee will be able to:
• Describe the complex issues involved with ensuring that at-risk individuals, behavioral health, and human services are considered during disaster planning, response and recovery activities
• Identify how at-risk, behavioral health, and human services disaster planning issues can be integrated into practice
02:45
p.m. – 04:15 p.m. Complex Challenges in Providing Mental Health Services in the Immigration Health Care System
Presentation (pps, 820 KB)
LCDR Chris D. Cline, LCSW, BCD, USPHS, Senior Social Worker, Division of Immigration Health Services, South Texas Detention Complex
LCDR Jenny Nussbaum, LCSW-C, BCD, USPHS, Senior Social Worker, Division of Immigration Health Services, South Texas Detention Complex
LT Dwayne L. Buckingham, LCSW, BCD, USPHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Division of Immigration Health Services
LT Nicole Cyriaque, LCSW, USPHS
This presentation will provide an overview of the Division of Immigration Health Services (DIHS) and its role and relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and provision of care to the detainee population. The participant will learn about the immigration detention environment of care and how it affects the provision of traditional mental health services. They will learn about the challenges for the provider. They will gain insight into the path the detainees take from the time they are taken into ICE custody through their detention experience to release. Participants will learn about stressors the detainees face, and how mental health clinicians can use their skills to assist. Also, explore professional and personal values within social work practice and how they can impact services provided. Gain a greater understanding of the ethical challenges practicing in immigration health and how to apply ethical decision-making protocols. Social Workers are faced with a difficult question “Who is worthy of receiving services: Illegal immigrants, non-deportable immigrants, etc.”? The challenge of providing social services to immigrants is not an easy task and differences in standard of practice and values between ICE and social services often create ethical dilemmas. Through discussion and self-exploration participants will learn how to provide quality case management services to immigrants.
At the conclusion of this session the attendee will be able to:
• Identify thirteen obstacles to mental health treatment in the immigration detention environment
• Describe the unique stressors detainees face and the strategies mental health clinicians can employ in this environment
• Recognize the role of diversity and its impact while addressing ethical dilemmas
04:30
p.m. – 05:15 p.m. Traumatic Gods and Gods Who Traumatize: Who Lurks in Our Communities
LCDR Michael R. Tilus, PsyD, MSCP, USPHS, Director, Social Services and Mental Health Programs, Spirit Lake Health Center
This presentation will introduce a working clinical model for integrating a patient’s religious, cultural, and spiritual experiences into the broader bio-psycho-social framework. The sources of this presentation evolve from the presenter’s readings and professional experience in clinical theology, psychodynamic training, systems 2nd order change, and cross-cultural epistemologies. It is meant to be a helpful tool to practicing clinicians and interested researchers. “Traumatic God and God’s Who Traumatize will focus on the following areas: (1) Enduring problems with gods; (2) gods against culture; (3) gods of culture; (3) gods above culture; (4) gods and the culture paradox; and (5) gods the transformers of culture.
At the conclusion of this session the attendee will be able to:
• Describe the role and value of assessing a patient’s religious/spiritual perspective within their embedded culture
• Identify five cultural/clinical epistemologies that will assist in a differential diagnosis
Breakout II: Dental Hygienists
02:00
p.m. – 03:00 p.m. Dental Hygienists in Public Health
CAPT Candace Jones, RDH, MPH, USPHS, Dental Consultant, Indian Health Service
Presentation (pps, 898 KB)
This presentation will provide an overview of the varied roles dental hygienists play in the U.S. Public Health Service and the qualifications necessary for each.
At the end of the session participants will be able to:
• List at least three roles dental hygienists play in public health
• Describe qualifications for these role
02:00
p.m. – 03:00 p.m. Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner
Christine Nathe, RDH, MPH, Graduate Program Director and Clinic Manager for the University of New Mexico, Division of Dental Hygiene
Presentation (pps, 1.96 MB)
This presentation will provide an update on the advanced dental hygiene practitioner program (ADHP).
At the end of the session participants will be able to:
• Describe the current status of the ADHP program
• Discuss the implications for public health dental hygienists
Breakout III: Physician Assistants
02:00
p.m. – 03:00 p.m. What to do When Critical Incidents Happen: A Case Study
Wanda Larson, RN, BSN, M.Ed, CEN
Darci Thompson, MSW, LCSW
This presentation will examine key components of critical incident response.
At the end of the session participants will be able to:
• Discuss the principals of critical incident stress management related to mass violence and disaster events
• Describe strategies likely to support effective performance of professionals exposed to mass violence events, as reported in after action reports and evidence based literature
• Identify "just in case" principles related to incident mitigation and preparedness
03:00
p.m. – 03:20 p.m. Navigating Your Career…Finding Your Next Assignment
LCDR Rebecca Bunnell, USPHS
03:20
p.m. – 03:40 p.m. Histoplasmosis
LT Roque Miramontes, PA-C, MPH, USPHS, Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
03:40 p.m. – 04:00 p.m. Roles and Responsibilities of the Aide-de-Camp
LT Mark McKinnon, USPHS
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:00
p.m. – 03:30 p.m. Telemedicine Panel Discussion
Presentation (pdf, 6.89 MB)
CAPT Don Brown, USPHS, Chief Operating Officer, Division of Immigration Health Services, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security
CDR Dawn Clary, OD, UPSHS, Area Chief of Optometry Services, Phoenix Indian Medical Center
CDR Robin Hunter-Buskey, USPHS, Physician Assistant, Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina
LT Randy Saria, MBA, USPHS, Director of Operations, HIS/JVN Teleophthalmology Program, Phoenix Indian Medical Center
Edward Bez, MD, Deputy Chief, Mental Health, Coordinator of TeleMental Health Services, Phoenix Indian Medical Center
Sandy Beinar, Associate Director, Governmental Affairs, Arizona Telemedicine Program,
Ana Maria Lopez, MD, MPH, FACP, Medical Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona
This session will examine telemedicine in the new millennium. Is telemedicine a viable solution? Where are we headed and how will we get there? The advances in telemedicine are constant. How can we as HSO's continue to be a part of this?
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Identify different key areas of telemedicine
• Describe the strengths and weaknesses of telemedicine
03:30
p.m. – 03:45 p.m. BREAK
03:15
p.m. – 04:15 p.m. Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health
CDR Andrew Hunt, MSW, USPHS, Public Health Advisor, SAMHSA
Presentation (pps, 1.35 MB)
This session will describe the role of culture in disasters and the impact on mental health. The session will examine cultural competence beyond the mere definition, and review the building blocks that disaster mental health workers must be aware of as they make the commitment to culturally competent service.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Define the term "cultural competence" and identify the five elements
• Identify strategies for increasing awareness, building cultural competence and adapting practice for cultural differences in a deployment setting.
04:15
p.m. – 04:45 p.m. Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Carmona
VADM Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, USPHS (Ret), 17th Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Chairman, Canyon Ranch, President, Canyon Ranch Institute
04:45
p.m. – 05:15 p.m. Closing Remarks