Achieving Medical Currency via Selected Staff Integration in Civilian and Veterans Administration Medical Facilities.

摘要

During Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom, the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) contributed to the lowest died of wounds rate in the history of warfare (less than 10 percent).1 Cuttingedge medical care on the battlefield and revolutionary methods of transporting critically wounded patients, once miraculous, are now considered routine.2 Simultaneously, while fielded medical forces are performing in a heroic manner, garrisoned AFMS providers, particularly surgeons and some medical specialists, are struggling to maintain their required wartime skills. Relying on just-in-time training and brief ingarrison dwell times coupled with multiple deployments, medical service personnel work to sustain skill sets needed for meeting both the active duty force s health needs and the wartime mission.