Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education
Introduction Graduate Medical Education plays a critical role in training the next generation of military physicians, ensuring they are ready to uphold the dual professional requirements inherent to being both a military officer and a military physician. This involves executing the operational dutie...
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| author | John B Holcomb Jan O Jansen Eric A Elster Matthew D Tadlock Jennifer M Gurney Emily W Baird Daniel T Lammers Richard D Betzold Shaun R Brown Matthew J Eckert Daniel B Cox Jeffrey D Kerby |
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| description | Introduction Graduate Medical Education plays a critical role in training the next generation of military physicians, ensuring they are ready to uphold the dual professional requirements inherent to being both a military officer and a military physician. This involves executing the operational duties as a commissioned leader while also providing exceptional medical care in austere environments and in harm’s way. The purpose of this study is to review prior efforts at developing and implementing military unique curricula (MUC) in residency training programs.Methods We performed a literature search in PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Web of Science, and the Defense Technical Information Center through August 8, 2023, including terms “graduate medical education” and “military.” We included articles if they specifically addressed military curricula in residency with terms including “residency and operational” or “readiness training”, “military program”, or “military curriculum”.Results We identified 1455 articles based on title and abstract initially and fully reviewed 111. We determined that 64 articles met our inclusion criteria by describing the history or context of MUC, surveys supporting MUC, or military programs or curricula incorporated into residency training or military-specific residency programs.Conclusion We found that although there have been multiple attempts at establishing MUC across training programs, it is difficult to create a uniform curriculum that can be implemented to train residents to a single standard across services and specialties. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2c7efc1c602a4938877e96e99cf08fcc2025-01-24T10:55:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupTrauma Surgery & Acute Care Open2397-57762024-10-019110.1136/tsaco-2023-001302Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical EducationJohn B Holcomb0Jan O Jansen1Eric A Elster2Matthew D Tadlock3Jennifer M Gurney4Emily W Baird5Daniel T Lammers6Richard D Betzold7Shaun R Brown8Matthew J Eckert9Daniel B Cox10Jeffrey D Kerby111Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USASurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USAUniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USAUS Department of the Navy, Washington, District of Columbia, USADefense Committees on Trauma, Joint Trauma System, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USAUS Department of the Army, Washington, District of Columbia, USASurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USAThe University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USAUS Department of the Army, Washington, District of Columbia, USASurgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USASurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USASurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USAIntroduction Graduate Medical Education plays a critical role in training the next generation of military physicians, ensuring they are ready to uphold the dual professional requirements inherent to being both a military officer and a military physician. This involves executing the operational duties as a commissioned leader while also providing exceptional medical care in austere environments and in harm’s way. The purpose of this study is to review prior efforts at developing and implementing military unique curricula (MUC) in residency training programs.Methods We performed a literature search in PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase, Web of Science, and the Defense Technical Information Center through August 8, 2023, including terms “graduate medical education” and “military.” We included articles if they specifically addressed military curricula in residency with terms including “residency and operational” or “readiness training”, “military program”, or “military curriculum”.Results We identified 1455 articles based on title and abstract initially and fully reviewed 111. We determined that 64 articles met our inclusion criteria by describing the history or context of MUC, surveys supporting MUC, or military programs or curricula incorporated into residency training or military-specific residency programs.Conclusion We found that although there have been multiple attempts at establishing MUC across training programs, it is difficult to create a uniform curriculum that can be implemented to train residents to a single standard across services and specialties.https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/9/1/e001302.full |
| spellingShingle | John B Holcomb Jan O Jansen Eric A Elster Matthew D Tadlock Jennifer M Gurney Emily W Baird Daniel T Lammers Richard D Betzold Shaun R Brown Matthew J Eckert Daniel B Cox Jeffrey D Kerby Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open |
| title | Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education |
| title_full | Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education |
| title_fullStr | Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education |
| title_short | Developing the Ready Military Medical Force: military-specific training in Graduate Medical Education |
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