Course Announcement – Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute Capstone Course for MHS Leaders

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Course Information:

​​Who: Senior Medical Corps Officers (O-6, O-6 selects or high-performing O-5 officers who are on track for executive medicine)

What: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute (JMESI) – CAPSTONE for MHS Leaders Course

When: 23-26 Mar 2026

Where: Virtual​

Course Description: The EXCEL Capstone Course is a pinnacle educational event for senior leaders in the MHS. Each Navy Medicine Career Planner nominates senior grade officers, primarily in the grade of senior O6, to attend this course. Priority is given to new lead agents, commanders of larger facilities, command surgeons, and other senior medical department officers in key staff positions who will benefit from exposure to and familiarity with entities that shape the MHS. The course provides participants with exposure to the operations of the various organizations within the Department of Defense, pertinent congressional staffs, and the offices of the three Surgeons General. Participation in the Capstone Course will enhance the understanding of how national healthcare policies are formed, and by whom, and how they are implemented and put into operation.

​Upon completion of the course the participants will:

  • Have an enhanced understanding of MHS policymaking including how policies are disseminated and the legal basis for those policies.
  • Gain a deeper sense of TRICARE issues and policies that shape the delivery of DOD health care.
  • Become familiarized with information systems to support executive decision-making, as well as tools for evaluating quality assurance, customer satisfaction, and metrics.
  • Opportunity to discuss issues of retention and recruitment from the military and national perspectives as well as financial and business matters as they relate to the MHS.
  • Share networking opportunities to include, but not limited to the Surgeons General, members of other services serving in similar capacities, OSD leaders including Deputy Secretaries, the VA, civilian health program managers, and academia.
  • Become familiar with unique ways of dealing with human relations and gain a better appreciation for the way they are perceived by others.
  • Exchange ideas on current issues such as risk management, patient safety, Homeland Security, bioterrorism, war fighters (the line) and Reserve Forces.
  • Gain an enhanced appreciation for transformation and fiscal issues within the DOD.​

Additional details and objectives can be found here: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute​

Application Instructions:

Deadline: Wednesday, 18 January, 2026 at 1600 EST

Send the following to the Medical Corps Career Planner, CDR Marshall M. Hoffman (contact in the global):

  • A current CV and Bio (combined into one PDF)
  • The following information: rank, name, current position, work address, work phone, and email address

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