Executive Medicine
Navy Senior Leadership Seminar – Online (NSLS-O)
Navy Postgraduate School |Navy Senior Leadership Seminar – June 12-16, 2023 (Online/Virtual)
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/Virtual (NSLS-O)
When: June 12-16, 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: https://nps.edu/web/cee/nsls
Prospective applicants should send a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 Friday, April 7, 2023.
140th Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders – April 17-28, 2023
Who: Senior Medical Officers tracking toward Executive Medicine (O6 preferred, senior O5 acceptable)
What: 140th Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders (Medical Corps is limited to 2-3 seats)
When: April 17-28, 2023 (In-person)
Where: Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington DC (centrally funded by NML&PDC)
Course Description: The purpose of the Interagency Institute for Health Leaders is to provide an opportunity for the seasoned, practicing federal health professional to examine current issues in health care policy and management and to explore their potential impact on the federal health care system. The faculty maximizes the learning experience by presenting materials resulting from research and experience, as well as examples and case studies from the contemporary national health policy decision-making process.
Prospective applicants should send a CV and BIO with Name, Rank, Position Title, USPS address, and best contact telephone number to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Friday, March 3, 2023.
Instructions for Getting Exec Med, Expeditionary Med, and Managed Care AQDs During JMESP Website Outage
The Joint Medical Executive Skills Program (JMESP) formalizes the process designed to meet the congressional mandate (NDAA 1991, Sec. 8096) that no appropriated funds be used to fill the commander’s position at any Military Treatment Facility (MTF) with a healthcare professional unless the candidate can demonstrate professional administrative skills. This includes Commanding Officers, Executive Officers and TRICARE Lead Agents prior to assignment. The competencies were developed and implemented post-Gulf War (1991), when the MTFs were nearly emptied, there was a major reserve mobilization and those Active Duty and Reserve component officers that fleeted up into vacated executive billets were not as well prepared due to there not being a standardized set of competencies and behaviors to prepare leaders for such roles.
JMESP is not a course, but a process through which Officers are exposed to 36 executive competencies. The four areas reviewed for the Executive Medicine Additional Qualification Designator (67A AQD) are:
- Education: Master’s degree or higher (War College, Uniformed Services University, Navy Postgraduate School, etc.)
- Approved Courses: B-ROC, A-ROC, Joint Professional Military Education (JPME), C4, Lean Six Sigma, etc.
- Experience: (through MTF/operational billets held): Director, Department Head, Fleet Marine Forces, Expeditionary Medical Units, etc.
- Professional Certifications: Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), ANCC, etc.
JMESP AQDs and Additional Requirements
Here are the 3 AQDs:
67A Executive Medicine – This is the AQD required for those who want to screen for command.
67B Expeditionary Medicine – You need a warfare AQD, JPME I, and 7 Core and 7 Additional courses.
67G Managed Care – You have to have met all the requirements for the Exec Med AQD (67A) and have 1 year of managed care experience while assigned to the Defense Health Agency (DHA), TRICARE Regional Office (TRO), Markets (eMSM), eegion, or MTF business office.
Interim Process to Obtain the Exec Med AQD During Website Outage
The JMESP website is down due to a contract that expired June 30, 2022. During this interim period between cancellation and redeployment of the new website, the JMESP process will include the following steps:
- Officers provide their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and their awarding authority’s (AA) name. For Active Duty MC, MSC, and DC officers, provide your Detailer’s name; the AA for active NC is the NC Career Planner. For Reservists of all Corps, please provide your Reserve Affairs Officer’s name.
- JMESP staff will run the verification using their non-automated backup and respond either with remaining competencies that can hopefully be fulfilled through online courses or provide information on other ways competencies can fulfilled.
- If the officer is fully qualified, they will be copied on a verification email sent to the awarding authorities.
- If any remaining competencies are fulfilled through Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) courses, please send the JKO certificates or transcript upon completion. Once fully qualified, officers will be copied on a verification email sent to the awarding authorities.
* It usually takes 2-3 week for the AQD to appear in your record from the date of that e-mail.
Process to Obtain Ex Med and Manage Care AQDs
For Expeditionary Medicine (67B), please see the required course listing here (Note JPME1 is required for 67B):
You’ll need to prove to the JMESP staff that you met all the requirements.
For Managed Care (67G), please provide FITREPs that demonstrate 1 year of experience in Healthcare Business Operations at the Headquarters (DHA, BUMED, Region, or Market) or MTF. To protect PII, please redact your SSN and send files attached to an encrypted e-mail, when possible.
JMESP Contact Info
JMESP Staff E-mail (Navy) – usn.bethesda.navmedprodevctrmd.list.nmpdc-jmesp@mail.mil
Command and Milestone Application Deadline Extended to 22 JUN 2022
Given the release of the O6 results today, PERS will be extending the due date for Command and Milestone screening packages until COB on Wednesday, 22 JUN 2022.
Submit applications using https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/m00/m00c/Pages/executive-medicine.aspx.
Direct any specific questions to any of the Deputy Corps Chiefs.
FY23 Command and Milestone Application Process
Below is the info from the Corps Chief’s Office, but don’t forget about my post about how to match in Executive Medicine as another resource:
The deadline for applications is 15 JUN 2022:
- The updated command/executive medicine instruction, milestone note, application forms, and FY23 opportunities lists are below.
- New this year – applications will be uploaded to PERS via the Executive Medicine SharePoint site. This is for both first time applicants and “banked officers.” The deadline is 15 JUN 2022 for everyone.
- Any questions regarding eligibility should be directed to your respective Detailer or Deputy Corps Chief.
- There will likely be updates to the opportunities lists. If you see something you don’t think is correct, please let you Deputy know so that they can address it.
- If you haven’t been previously screened, you need to make sure your officer record is up to date. If you need guidance updating your record for the screening board, go here.
Upload applications and find more information on the process here:
https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/m00/m00c/Pages/executive-medicine.aspx
Here are the files:
Call for Participants – 138th Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders
Who: Senior Medical Officers tracking toward Executive Medicine (O6 preferred but senior O5 is acceptable)
What: 138th Interagency Institute for Federal Health Leaders (Medical Corps is limited to 3-4 seats)
When: April 18-29, 2022 (In-person)
Where: Bush School of Government and Public Service, TAMU, 1620 L Street NW, Washington DC (centrally funded by NML&PDC)
Course Description: The purpose of the Interagency Institute for Health Leaders is to provide an opportunity for the seasoned, practicing federal health professional to examine current issues in health care policy and management and to explore their potential impact on the federal health care system. The faculty maximizes the learning experience by presenting materials resulting from research and experience, as well as examples and case studies from the contemporary national health policy decision-making process.
Prospective applicants should send a CV and BIO to CAPT Rhett Barrett NLT Friday, March 4, 2022 (contact info in the global).
How to Match in Executive Medicine
I suppose I’m known for bold moves like these:
- I wrote a book about how to become an Emergency Physician…when I was a medical student.
- I wrote a guide about how to promote to 06…when I was an O5.
Maybe as I age (and lose hair) I’m getting less bold because this time I waited until I matched in Executive Medicine to write a blog post about how to match in Executive Medicine.
The Basics
Let’s start with the basics. If you want to match in Exec Med, here are the starting points:
- You need to get the Exec Med AQD. This is mostly done by holding leadership positions and attending courses like the Advanced Readiness Officer Course (AROC). Once you go to the website and figure out what you have left to do, you can usually do it by completing a few online trainings.
- Your record needs to be free of black marks, which include legal issues or PRT failures in the last five years.
- You need to be board certified, if applicable.
- You need to be an O5 or O6.
Leadership Experience
You need to have held and excelled in at least one leadership position with a fair amount of responsibility. These positions would include:
- Department Head at a medium to large military treatment facility (MTF)
- Official milestone position (which include Chief Medical Officer or CMO and Officer-in-Charge or OIC for Medical Corps)
- Associate Director or Director
- Medical Executive Committee (MEC) President
- Senior operational position
Optimally, you would have done more than one of the above positions. Other Corps would have other positions, but the ones above are what the Medical Corps is looking for.
Nice to Haves
While not required, there are some things that are nice to have. They would include:
- Advanced management training like an MBA, MHA, etc.
- Joint Professional Military Education
- Operational experience
Operational experience can really come in any form. It could be with Flight Surgery, Undersea Medicine, Surface, the USMC, a hospital ship, the Seabees, SPECOPS, and really anything else operational. The type of operational experience, though, could impact your options in Executive Medicine.
For example, if you want to be XO of NMRTC Camp Lejeune or Camp Pendleton, you should probably have USMC experience. If you want to be XO of the COMFORT or MERCY, hospital ship or Surface Force experience would help your cause.
The Process
The application process kicks of in the spring and is announced by BUMED and usually on this blog. At its most basic, the process works like this:
- Apply to Navy Personnel Command – Once announced, you need to get started early as you need to get multiple endorsements in order to apply.
- Pass an oral board – You are asked questions by one admiral and current and former COs for about 10-15 minutes. If you don’t pass the oral board, you do not advance to the next step.
- Your record gets screened for command at a screening board in Millington, TN – This is why you need to use the Promo Prep to make sure your record is up-to-date.
- BUMED composes the “slate” – This is where the Deputy Corps Chiefs, Corps Chiefs, DSG, and SG all work together to assign the most qualified members who screened for command to all the available positions.
- Applicants are notified – Traditionally, the Deputy Corps Chief calls those who did not slate (get a position) and the Corps Chief calls those who did slate.
This is a summary of how to match in Executive Medicine. After being a Detailer and now Deputy Corps Chief, this process is very familiar to me and I suspect there are important details I’m leaving out, so please reply with any questions and I’ll answer them as they come in.
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