Graduate Medical Education Note/Goals and Operational Community Info
Here is the GME BUMED Note as well as the by site selection goals. Please disseminate far and wide!
Most importantly, just because there is not an initial training goal does not mean people should not apply. If an applicant wants to do something not on the initial goals, they should still apply. The world in March when we started this plan will be different than the one in November when we execute it.
Note that this is the beginning of our 5-year march to straight-through GME as most specialties will be offering some straight-through training opportunities to medical students.
Also, because medical students will be deciding whether or not they want to apply for straight-through training vs doing an internship and then an operational tour, we created this PDF guide to the various operational communities:
This content will eventually be on a public facing website, but that process has been slower than we’d like, so the PDF will serve as a bridge until the site is ready.
Guest Post – The Clinical Informatics AQD and an AMIA 10×10 Primer
By LT David Frey
Note: The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense or the United States Government.
The Clinical Informatics AQD (68L) is open to all designators in Navy Medicine. Per NOOCS Volume I, there are three ways to obtain this AQD:
(1) Complete the corps appropriate certification exam or fellowship, or
(2) Complete a certificate program or graduate degree in Informatics, or the AMIA 10X10, or
(3) Work >50% of your time in informatics for at least 12 months.
The 10×10 course is the most efficient path for those unable to spend a great deal of time working with, or as, a CMIO/CNIO. The 10×10 program utilizes curricular content from certified informatics training programs and other AMIA educational initiatives… These courses are ideal for those looking to advance their health care profession with informatics training.
The 10×10 courses are taught entirely online, and most run 16 weeks long. In addition, a few different universities (and the VA) conduct their own version of 10×10 (some focus on a broad overview of Clinical Informatics, others on clinical decision support or tailor informatics to a subspecialty such as Emergency Medicine).
There is a registration fee associated with the course and having an AMIA membership may knock the price down a bit. To my knowledge, the course is not funded by local commands or BUMED (Editor – if there is CME granted you could always ask), although I have been told the VA occasionally has seats for active duty (rare), and some prerequisites may need to be met. Using your GI Bill may also be an option.
My experience with the Oregon Health & Science University-delivered course was relatively painless. Each week consisted of about 4-8 hours of effort.
* Voice-over PowerPoint videos to watch
* 1-2 discussion board questions to answer
* Weekly self-assessment quizzes. About ten questions each quiz, and the answers are contained within the course material; also, not graded, so no pressure.
* A capstone project that describes how you could use what you have learned to solve an actual or potential problem in your workplace. Essentially, this was a 2-3 page paper.
* All required course material was through the site, no books.
* Course completion is based entirely on participation and completing the capstone paper. Course participants typically include physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators, IT specialists, and any other specialties interested in healthcare informatics.
MHS Allied Health and Nursing Awards
Here are the files with all the details on how to submit people for these awards:
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Tomorrow’s OMO/GME Talk Postponed Until GME Note Signed
Unfortunately due to a delay in the release of the GME Note, we will have to reschedule the OMO/GME talk scheduled for tomorrow. Information regarding the new date and time will be emailed out and posted to social media as soon as the GME Note is released. Stay tuned for more information soon, and sorry about the delay, which we hope will be resolved very soon.
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