DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE DIVISION OF MILITARY INTERNAL MEDICINE

Director: LTC Michael Roy, MC, USA

LINKS OF MILITARY INTERNAL MEDICINE INTERESTS

LECTURES ON MILITARY RELEVANT TOPICS

 VISION: Become the focal point for medical students, residents, and staff physicians interested in research and clinical aspects of internal medicine in operational settings.

 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

Goal 1: Medical Student Curriculum

Optimize emphasis on deployment-related medicine in medical school curriculum.

Objectives

1.1 Review current curriculum.

1.2 Obtain tri-service input into development of key list of operational medicine topics that should be incorporated into medical school curriculum.

1.3 Compare list of topics with current curriculum, identifying where topics are addressed.

1.4 If key topics require additional attention, develop a plan for ensuring optimal coverage.

Goal 2: Residency Curriculum

Ensure that tri-service internal medicine residency programs provide adequate preparation for operational situations that military internists can be expected to encounter.

Objectives

2.1 Identify key areas of operational skills and knowledge that should be incorporated in tri-service internal medicine residency programs. Determine which are common to all services, and which are service-specific.

2.2 Provide checklist of key elements for training programs, with suggested options for addressing each element.

Goal 3: Faculty Development

Facilitate faculty development to ensure that USUHS and affiliated faculty members are prepared to provide leadership for learners in operational settings.

 Objectives

3.1 Serve as point of contact for internists confronting isssues in operational medicine.

3.2 Provide opportunities for faculty to share their experiences through written and oral communications.

Goal 4: Resource Center

Facilitate availability of hard-copy and on-line resources pertaining to military internal medicine topics.

Objectives

4.1 Establish web site with links to other sites that will be useful to the deployed or deploying internist, and to those researching operational medicine topics.

4.2 Establish a military internal medicine library with relevant articles and texts.

Goal 5: Faculty Research

Coordinate DOM faculty research regarding combat casualty care and other military relevant subjects.

Objectives

5.1 Provide "clearing house" of information, links, and point-of-contacts to facilitate deployment-related research.