Medical Education
TITLE:
Military Medicine: Basic Officer Leadership Course
The elective is a leadership and education course for 4th year medical students enrolled in the military in order to educate them on military procedures in the field of preventive and combat medicine for military personnel. The course is an intensive public health based educational program.
PREREQUISITES:
The medical student is enrolled in the military, whether army, army national guard, navy, coast guard, air force, or marines. The medical student has completed the seven core clerkships and has successfully passed USMLE Step 1.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
INTERNATIONAL VISITING:
NO
GRADED:
Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail
STATUS:
Full-Time
OFFERED AS FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME:
NO
ALLOWS OVERLAP:
YES
DIRECTOR:
Sarah Ronan-Bentle, MD
ronanse@ucmail.uc.edu
(513) 558-6435
MSB, 1654
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSON:
Gina Burg
gina.burg@uc.edu
558-8447
MSB, MSB-G453C
SITE(S):
Andrews Air Force Base
As submitted and approved
Tripler Army Med. Ctr.
ROTATIONS:
Rotation |
Dates |
Max |
1 |
07/06/2020 - 07/31/2020 |
2 |
2 |
08/03/2020 - 08/28/2020 |
2 |
3 |
08/31/2020 - 09/25/2020 |
0 |
4 |
09/28/2020 - 10/23/2020 |
2 |
5 |
10/26/2020 - 11/20/2020 |
0 |
6 |
11/23/2020 - 12/18/2020 |
0 |
7 |
01/04/2021 - 01/29/2021 |
0 |
8 |
02/01/2021 - 02/26/2021 |
2 |
9 |
03/01/2021 - 03/26/2021 |
0 |
10 |
03/29/2021 - 04/23/2021 |
0 |
11 |
04/26/2021 - 05/21/2021 |
0 |
NOTE: If a rotation is offered in both 2 and 4 week slots, the max capacity is limited to the actual spots offered for the 4 weeks. (ie: the 2 week rotations listed share the max of the 4 week rotation)
WORKING HOURS:
0700 to 1800 (M-F)
REPORT 1ST DAY:
You will receive an email with detailed information prior to the elective
INSTRUCTION
LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
- Conference
- Patient Presentation--Faculty
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT POLICIES:
UCCOM strives to provide medical students with a learning environment that is conducive to their professional growth. All UCCOM and visiting medical students are encouraged to review the Student Handbook.
The Office of Student Affairs and Admissions is available to all UCCOM and visiting medical students to discuss any concerns/questions related to the learning environment. Please call 558-6796 to access faculty/staff that can assist you.
TEACHING:
80% |
Attending Physician |
20% |
Other Allied Health Professional(s) |
FEEDBACK:
Elective director
FINAL GRADE:
GRADE ASSIGNED BY:
Principle instructor
OBJECTIVES
Curricular Resources :
N/A
Knowledge/Skills:
Have a clear understanding of the military medical systems and how patients flow in the system.
Demonstrate familiarity with principles of triage and emergency care in the field environment. They will be able to describe combat medical operations at battalion aide station to treatment at military medical centers.
Demonstrate an understanding of the principles involved in nuclear biological and chemical warfare and the treatment and prevention of injury associated with these types of weapons.
Demonstrate familiarity with immunization and public health issues involved with military deployment as well as determination of fitness for duty in austere environments.
Explain resource for developing and promoting both physical and emotional health of military members and their families.
Demonstrate familiarity with combat stress management in the war zone.
Explain the role of the military health team in providing support to civilian authorities in times of disaster or terrorist attack
Main Course Topics :
The program is part of the Ohio Army National Guard medical student development and training program.
This required training for our medical students is a one month rotation at San Antonio Texas in a course called Basic Officer Leadership Class. This training is an introduction to the military health care system. It involves instruction in the history of military medicine, the current structure of the military health care system including hospital systems, delivery of field care and principles of triage medicine. It also cover military medical support to civilian authorities.
Additionally the students are instructed in public health issues as they relate to military deployment to include immunizations, appropriate health risk assessments, determination of medical fitness for various military tasks such as aviation, jump school and underwater diving. They will also be introduced the Army Preventive Health program with emphasis on physical and emotional health promotion as a major contributor to medical readiness.
The students will also be introduced to the military mental health care system. They will learn about combat stress teams and management of combat stress in the combat zone. They will learn new programs designed to improve the resiliency of the military member. This training may well benefit them as future physicians in dealing with the stress of surviving medical school and residency training
Procedures:
Navigate the military medicine system for both military personnel and civilian personnel.
SAMPLE WEEK
SCHEDULE NOTE:
Schedule will vary by site and military branch
ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCE POLICY
Session Attendance for M4 Students
- Students may miss no more than two days of planned excused absences on a four week rotation without being required to make-up the work, at the discretion of the clerkship/elective/course director or his/her designee.
- Non-AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the clerkship director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or more of these 4 days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during non-AI rotations, in consultation with the course/elective director, who may or may not approve such planned absences.
- AI Rotations - Per the Student Duty Hours Policy, an average of one day (24 hours) in every seven must be free of clinical responsibilities (including seminars, clinic, rounds, lectures) averaged over a four week period. These days off are assigned by the course director to best align with the site schedule. Students may request to schedule 1 or 2 of these days for planned absences that fall under 1 of the categories listed below for excused absences during AI rotations, in consultation with the course director, who may or may not approve such planned absences. Students must avoid scheduling Step 2 examinations during an Acting Internship.
- Excused Absences - The following will be considered excused absences:
- Diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic health services (e.g. doctor appointments, physical therapy, counselling, etc).
- Personal illness, accident or a major catastrophic event
- Death or serious illness of immediate family members. Immediate family members, as defined by UC, are Grandparents, Brother, Sister, Brother-in law, Sister-in-law, Daughter-in-law, Son-in-law, Father, Mother, Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, Step-sister, Step-brother, Step-mother, Step-father, Spouse or domestic partner, Child, Grandchild, legal Guardian or other person who stands in place of parent (in Loco Parentis)
- Whenever possible, planned absences should be requested a minimum of six weeks in advance of the start of the clerkship/elective/course in which the absence will occur; this enables the clerkship/course/elective to help plan for educational event scheduling (e.g. a known appointment could be scheduled around with enough notice and the student might not have any required coursework to make up). Absences requested less than 1 week prior to the planned absence may not be considered for a possible excused absence unless extenuating circumstances prevented the student from providing timely notification per the policy. Students should first submit their request for a planned absence to the clerkship/elective/course director using the online MSSF. All planned/excused absences for any reason should be documented on the MSSF.
- The COM abides by the UC Religious Observance Policy that respects the religious diversity of its students by providing opportunities, where possible, for accommodation in cases where conflicts exist between students’ religious beliefs/practices and educational activities. In clinical settings, such accommodations must honor the primacy of a commitment to patient care and avoid unduly burdening faculty, staff and the general student population involved in the affected educational and/or patient care activity.
- The following items are explained in detail in the Medical Student Handbook:
- Excused/unexcused/unplanned absence, religious holidays, jury duty, and make-up work
See Attendance and Absences Policy, Religious Observance Policy, Medical Student Handbook.