Anonymous Online Survey of Flight Surgeon Primary Course Graduates and Line Commanders: Evaluation of Satisfaction with Current Flight Surgeon Training

摘要

The purpose of this study was to evaluate satisfaction with flight surgeon training, gain insight into commanders' awareness of the resident in aerospace medicine (RAM) abilities/training, and identify weakness in flight surgeons from the line commander perspective. A total of 76 respondents completed the flight surgeon course graduates survey on-line and 27 completed the line Commander survey on-line. The results affirmed a high level of overall satisfaction with aeromedical physician assistants and flight surgeons, however, a number of important issues emerged such as military professionalism, basic aviation knowledge, and leadership skills. Also, a number of discrepancies between the perceived level of proficiency by the line commanders to the self- perceptions of the flight surgeons were discovered including perception of the extent to which flight surgeons try to keep pilots flying.