Civilian university and military collaborative partnerships: bridging the divide between healthcare professionals and practices

摘要

Many Defence organisations have demonstrated the bene騲cial outcomes of e?ective collaboration withexternal agencies. Research undertaken in 2017 by the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium(METRC) advocates for the recognition and adoption of more collaborative engagement between Defence andcivilian health professionals. While Defence has a long-standing tradition of senior medical Reserveappointments, which facilitate civilian/Defence clinical exchange, opportunities for interagency training formedics and nurses are less common. The possibility of interagency operations either in the event of domesticcrises or o?shore humanitarian and disaster response appears to be increasing. In the light of this,interoperability becomes increasingly important. While the initiatives described here are small-scale, they dorespond to this environment and demonstrate the transferability of skillsets and the importance ofinteragency understanding.