Author: Joel Schofer, MD, MBA, CPE
Call for Fall 2021 Operation Bushmaster Faculty
It is that time of year again – we had a successful, pandemic-friendly Bushmaster in Spring 2021 and we are ready to prepare for October. We are planning to resume “normal” Bushmaster at Ft Indiantown Gap, PA with students in 25-person platoons and a larger complement of faculty and staff. I am pleased to announce that we will not require all of the faculty to stay overnight in the field with the students (only 1 faculty/platoon will remain in the field). There will be some updates to the scenario (to align with National Security priorities) and continued improvements in the assessment strategies.
If you are interested in serving as a faculty member at Operation Bushmaster, please fill out this Google Form:
Bushmaster Faculty Application 2021
The dates this year will be:
Iteration 1: 9 – 13 October 2021 (travel on 8 October)
Iteration 2: 18 – 22 October 2021 (travel on 17 October)
***Travel will be funded by USU but you must have approval to participate from your home unit***
I will leave the application open until 2 July 2021 with a goal of notifying the selected faculty members by 15 July 2021.
Please share this link with anyone who you feel would serve well as a Bushmaster faculty member – particularly motivated senior NCOs who could serve as a platoon sergeant. If you are selected to serve on the faculty, there will be required prework (about 8 hours prior to arriving for faculty training day) to ensure that you are prepared for the updated scenario and assessment requirements.
I look forward to hearing from many of you and working with you for another great practicum.
Thanks for your support,
Leslie Vojta, MD, FACEP
Lt Col, USAF, MC
Operation Bushmaster (MFP202) Academic Director
Department of Military and Emergency Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
My Brother Finished His Transcontinental Walk for Cancer Research
I’ve posted about it a few times, so just to close it out I wanted to let you know that my brother finished his walk across the US to raise money for cancer research:
Man walking from California to VB to raise money for cancer research finally reaches the ocean
Thanks to all of you who supported him with donations. He’s raised over $40K for cancer research and grew one heck of a beard:
https://fundraise.cancerresearch.org/fundraiser/2703781
Now he needs a good Podiatrist in the DC area…
AMSUS Annual Awards Program
BLUF: AMSUS – The Society of Federal Health Professionals honors the contributions of outstanding federal healthcare professionals each year through the Awards Program. The awards are presented during the Association’s Annual Continuing Education Meeting at its Annual Banquet. Each recipient will be presented their award personally by the leadership of their agency and the AMSUS Executive Director. We strongly encourage nominations of deserving individuals for these awards.
This year’s Awards Program has 15 competitive award categories, including individual professional awards and functional mission awards. Nominations are open to any federal healthcare worker from the Army, Navy, Air Force, USPHS, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and the Uniformed Services University.
There is also an opportunity to nominate deserving individuals from your agency in these three premiere award categories:
• Rising Star Award
• Innovator Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award
The nomination process takes place electronically through the AMSUS website: https://www.amsus.org/professional-development/amsus-awards-program/
Nominations will be accepted 1 June – 3 September 2021. The deadline will not be extended. All nominations must be submitted in the online submission portal. Complete information on submitting a nomination is included in the attachment. There is no cap on the number of nominations that may be submitted. Following submission to AMSUS, the candidate packages will be forwarded for SG endorsement.
POC is CDR Tai Do, BUMED AMSUS Coordinator (contact in the global).
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