General program

To enroll, complete the following steps: 1. The Veteran will need to agree to receive care from you as their caregiver, as you will be listed in their healthcare record. Enroll and begin to utilize the supports and services offered. Training VA S. Caregivers play an important role in suicide prevention. They may be the first to notice changes in the Veteran or may be the one that a Veteran turns to when having suicidal thoughts. It is important that caregivers have the tools they need to intervene.

Building Better Caregivers BBC Building Better Caregivers BBC is an online six-week workshop that helps caregivers in two key ways: training in how to provide better care, and helping caregivers learn how to manage their own emotions, stress and physical health.

After the workshop, you can stay connected to other caregivers through the alumni community. This service is free and secure. Connect with other caregivers today! Caregivers can receive messages to help them manage stress, take better care of themselves, manage dementia behaviors, and cope with bereavement. Messages may be educational, motivational or an activity to manage stress. You may stop the service at any time.

Caregivers need a phone capable of text messaging to enroll. Connect with a coach who will provide you with a workbook and help you with a variety of issues caregivers face. Research in Teams events run Sunday to Sunday. Schools and Training Camps are pedagogical by definition, but they may be aimed at any level: from elementary or high school students or teachers, through undergraduate and graduate levels, or in preparation for institute thematic programs, etc.

A hybrid thematic program should be in an active research area or on a topic that lies at the interface of several related areas. It consists of a regular flow of purely virtual events, interspersed with up to 2 in-person events at Banff, 5 days each.

The goal of a hybrid thematic program is to build global communities in exciting new fields in mathematical sciences, through a long-term immersive experience. Hybrid thematic programs will offer multiple opportunities for leading experts across the world to come together to exchange latest developments and ideas, in a variety of interaction formats. Early-career researchers will initiate long-term collaborations and interdisciplinary connections, through formal and informal discussions.

Program Requirements: Thematic programs should be in emerging directions that require wide dissemination and sustained interaction between researchers of diverse expertise who would not normally have an opportunity to interact. Each program should:. There should be at least 2 virtual events per week. Virtual events within the program could be, but need not be limited to, weekly research webinars; distinguished online lectures and colloquia; mini-courses; research meetings; reading groups; mentoring sessions; discussion panels; or social meet-and-greets.

An in-person event could be a 5-day workshop or a 5-day graduate school, held either separately or in tandem, with up to 42 on-site attendees and others up to invited to join virtually.

What we offer: BIRS will support all virtual events and cater to all time zones, as long as there is a designated organizer for each virtual event.

In-person events could take place at any stage during the 5-month period and could serve as incubators or catalysts or as a grand finale. All main talks whether delivered on-site or online will be live-streamed, video-taped for archival purposes, and made available to program members.

Full accommodation single room and meals and use of BIRS facilities main lecture room, classrooms, internet, etc. All Rights Reserved. General Program Descriptions. Number of participants including organizers : Up to Organizers: Two or more, with one designated as the main contact organizer. Accommodation: Full accommodation single room and meals and use of BIRS facilities main lecture room, classrooms, internet, etc.

Our faculty take great pride as educators and are skilled clinicians and patient advocates. Residents are treated as junior partners.

Resident feedback, insight and engagement in process improvement sustain our programmatic improvement. Our work environment is not only friendly in terms of people, but also in terms of computerized and ancillary support. We offer a three-year categorical internal medicine program and a five-year combined medicine-psychiatry program.