Intellectual Readiness Is Vital to Sea Power
Here’s a Proceedings article written by LT Eric Vorm, MSC, USN:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/october/intellectual-readiness-vital-sea-power
Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute – Intermediate Executive Skills Course (IESC) – 6-9 FEB 2023 (Virtual)
Who: MHS personnel serving in an intermediate-level leadership position within a DHA MTF
What: JMESI Intermediate Executive Skills Course (IESC) (Medical Corps is limited to 7-8 seats)
When: February 6-9, 2023 (Virtual)
Where: JKO online modules and virtual platform learning with instructors located at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Course Description: The Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute Intermediate Executive Skills Course (JMESI-IES) provides education and training on leadership and management skills necessary to successfully serve in an intermediate-level leadership position within a DHA medical treatment facility (MTF). The course is designed to facilitate the attainment of selected Joint Medical Executive Skills core competencies as identified by a Tri-Service review board of MHS senior leaders. The course consists of 14 web-based training (WBT) modules available through Joint Knowledge Online (https://jkodirect.jten.mil) followed by a 4-day live, web-based video conference course hosted on Adobe Connect or MS Teams.
More information here: https://www.health.mil/Training-Center/LEADS/Intermediate-Executive-Skills
Prospective applicants should email name, position title, work address, and work/cell phone to CAPT Rhett Barrett NLT 1200 Monday, December 12, 2022.
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An Article Everyone Should Read – The 21st Century’s Great Military Rivalry
If you want to know why the DoD is diverting money to other things than increasing your board certified pay from $6K to $15K, the quote below is one of the reasons why.
“In the most realistic wargames the Pentagon has been able to design simulating war over Taiwan, the score is 18 to 0. And the 18 is not Team USA.”
This is a quote from an article you should read.
In addition to the link to the article above, here is a free link to the PDF version.
NMFDC Newsletter – November 2022
ALCON,
On behalf of the Naval Medical Force Development Center (NMFDC), please see the attached November 2022 NMFDC Newsletter.
This month’s newsletter:
-Features the newly stood up Joint Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (JKSA) Working Group, which will advise, coordinate, and support joint efforts on medical personnel readiness.
-CAPT Heather Shattuck, Chief Nursing Officer, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and Trauma Strategy Management Office (TSMO) Lead; and Mr. John Zarkowsky, Deputy Director of BUMED N5 and NMFDC Office of Primary Responsibility, will serve as the Navy Representatives to the JKSA Working Group.
-Showcases ongoing efforts by the NMFDC, TSMO, and the Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System Success Metrics Working Group to close existing Naval Medical Readiness Criteria data gaps and determine the optimal data, supported by “reps and sets”, to certify individual clinical proficiency by platform.
-Presents the NMFDC “Graphic of the Month” on the High Reliability Organization principle of “Deference to Expertise”.
-Spotlights the U.S. Fleet Forces article “The Press for Time during Medical Emergencies,” which gives a real-life example of how “reps and sets” can save lives.
-Wishes the U.S. Marine Corps a Happy 247th Birthday (established on 10 November 1775)!
Please feel free to share this newsletter with other relevant Navy Medicine stakeholders and those interested in the NMFDC’s efforts.
Very Respectfully,
The Naval Medical Force Development Center
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