Education
2024 AMSUS Annual Meeting, 12 – 15 February 2024, at National Harbor, MD
Full details of the conference may be found on https://www.amsus.org/events/annual-meeting-2/. Please note that this year’s Annual Meeting will be held in-person.
The 2024 Annual Meeting is sponsored by AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals. AMSUS is a non-profit member-based educational and professional development association serving the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, federal health professionals and their families, our industry partners and advocates for advancing health for all, especially through interagency collaboration. AMSUS supports the federal health professional and honors the legacy of federal medicine’s tremendous impact in advancing and improving health for all Americans and international coalition partners.
To ensure compliance with applicable conference attendance policy and attendance quota, BUMED will need a detailed list of Navy Medicine attendee nominations to estimate the total cost of attendance. TRAVEL WILL NOT BE CENTRALLY FUNDED. Each command will be required to fund AMSUS 2024 attendees from their respective command. All nominated attendees will be notified if their attendance is approved/disapproved. Attendees are advised to not register or book travel without notification from BUMED or applicable command leadership.
Commands will be soliciting for attendees.
For questions, please contact CDR Robyn Treadwell.
Healthcare Management Course (HCM) – Jan 22-25, 2024 (VIRTUAL)
Who: First-time clinical supervisors (Medical Corps is limited to 6 seats)
What: Healthcare Management Course
When: Jan 22-25, 2024 (Virtual)
Where: Blended learning with ten online modules followed by the virtual class hosted by JMESI instructors
Course Description: The JMESI Healthcare Management Course is a tri-Service training event designed for first-time clinical supervisors. The course provides attendees with the administrative tools to successfully manage their clinical areas. Topics discussed include the following: Civilian Personnel, Contracting, Budgeting, Quality Management, tools available through the TRICARE Operations Center, Efficient Scheduling and Utilization Management, and more. Panel discussions allow the clinicians to ask direct questions and receive first-hand answers regarding management tools and practices that can impact the military healthcare management arena. Attendees participate in hands-on training with clinic administrative tools.
Prospective applicants should provide their name, rank, position title, work address, and work phone in this format to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1600 Tuesday, November 28, 2023.
Next Virtual Course Dates: May 13-16 and Sept 16-19, 2024
2024 Expeditionary Warfare School Marine Air Ground Task Force Operations Afloat Course
Note that Medical Service Corps LTJGs and LTs (O2-O3) have priority for this course:
2024 Military Health System (MHS) Conference Save-the-Date!
We are excited to announce the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez, is hosting the 2024 Military Health System (MHS) Conference! The conference will be held Monday, April 8 – Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Portland, Oregon. The theme of the MHS Conference will be “The Future of Military Medicine – Integrated, Innovative, Ready”.
The 2024 MHS Conference will present a robust agenda for DoD and MHS leadership communities. This event will highlight current and future-state priorities, communicate lessons learned, and provide a forum for collaboration and unity of effort.
The MHS has gone through significant changes over the last decade and continues to do so. This event is meant to bring leadership together for an exchange of ideas and encourage transparent information-sharing to increase mutual awareness of capabilities, limitations, and challenges. Please send an e-mail to mhs-conf@health.mil, if you have any questions, want to update your contact information, or want to be removed from this mailing list. We look forward to seeing you in Portland in April!
MHS Conference Management Team
Navy Senior Leadership Seminar – Dec 11-15, 2023 (Online)
Who: O-6, O-6 selects or high-potential O-5 officers who are on track for executive medicine
What: Navy Senior Leader Seminar Online (NSLS-O)
When: Dec 11-15, 2023 (only 1 seat for Navy Medicine Corps)
Where: Online via the Navy Postgraduate School – Center of Executive Education
Course Description: NSLS provides senior leaders with an intensive five-day executive education program that introduces the latest “best practices” in strategic planning, goal setting, strategic communication, effects-based thinking, risk management, financial management, and innovation. Learning is enhanced using case studies, small-team exercises, practical applications, seminar-style discussions, peer learning, and faculty presentations. Participants will be introduced to subject matter experts within DoD and industry, to include insights from senior Navy leaders and academic researchers. The course is designed to prepare participants to meet organizational challenges in their current and future assignments, and to empower them to become more effective change agents and better-informed stewards of the Navy’s resources. For more information about NSLS, please visit:
Prospective applicants should send a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
Global Health Engagement Orientation Course
Next Course: 30 Oct – 3 Nov 2023
Nominations: Due by 12 Sep. Interested personnel who meet the intended audience criteria must submit their information in the attached spreadsheet to – usaf.pentagon.af-sg.mbx.ihs-program-office@health.mil NLT 12 Sep 2023. Course seat allocations will be determined by 28 Sep 2023 and selected personnel will be notified and provided reporting instructions.
Funding: Navy commands must fund own travel.
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