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JOINT MEDICAL EXECUTIVE SKILLS INSTITUTE (JMESI) – VIRTUAL CAPSTONE for MHS LEADERS COURSE
Who: Senior Medical Officers (O-6, O-6 selects or high-performing O-5 officers who are on track for executive medicine have previously attended)
What: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute (JMESI) – CAPSTONE for MHS Leaders Course
When: July 15-18, 2025 (Virtual – 8-9 seats allotted for Medical Corps)
Course Description: The LEADS Capstone Course is a pinnacle educational event for senior leaders in the MHS. Each Navy Medicine Career Planner nominates senior grade officers, primarily in the grade of senior O6, to attend this course. Priority is given to new lead agents, commanders of larger facilities, command surgeons, and other senior medical department officers in key staff positions who will benefit from exposure to and familiarity with entities that shape the MHS. The course provides participants with exposure to the operations of the various organizations within the Department of Defense, pertinent congressional staffs, and the offices of the three Surgeons General. Participation in the Capstone Course will enhance the understanding of how national healthcare policies are formed, and by whom, and how they are implemented and put into operation.
With the smaller class size, direct interaction with policy makers and military health care leaders, and its joint audience the Capstone Course has come to provide firsthand, real world, applicable knowledge/information for the attendees to incorporate into their day-to-day and future work in the MHS.
Upon completion of the course the participants will:
- Have an enhanced understanding of MHS policymaking including how policies are disseminated and the legal basis for those policies.
- Gain a deeper sense of TRICARE issues and policies that shape the delivery of DOD health care.
- Become familiarized with information systems to support executive decision-making, as well as tools for evaluating quality assurance, customer satisfaction, and metrics.
- Opportunity to discuss issues of retention and recruitment from the military and national perspectives as well as financial and business matters as they relate to the MHS.
- Share networking opportunities to include, but not limited to the Surgeons General, members of other services serving in similar capacities, OSD leaders including Deputy Secretaries, the VA, civilian health program managers, and academia.
- Become familiar with unique ways of dealing with human relations and gain a better appreciation for the way they are perceived by others.
- Exchange ideas on current issues such as risk management, patient safety, Homeland Security, bioterrorism, war fighters (the line) and Reserve Forces.
- Gain an enhanced appreciation for transformation and fiscal issues within the DOD.
Additional details and objectives can be found here: Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute | Health.mil
Prospective applicants should send the following to CAPT O’Sullivan NLT 1600 EST, Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
- An up-to-date CV and BIO (combined into one PDF)
- An email with the following information (in the following order): Rank, Name, Current position, work address, work phone and email address
2025 Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium (LEAPS) – 23-27 MAR 2025
The Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium (LEAPS) is more than just an event—it’s a movement. Designed to empower current and future health care leaders, LEAPS 2025 serves as a launchpad for innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. With the theme, “No Better Time to Inspire, No Greater Time to Launch,” this symposium aims to ignite new ideas, inspire action, and equip attendees with the tools and connections needed to lead the way in modern health care.
Ready to take your leadership journey to the next level? LEAPS 2025 is your opportunity to step into a transformative space where innovation meets action. Stay tuned for registration details and secure your spot at this must-attend event! Let’s make 2025 a year of growth, inspiration, and impact.
Office of Naval Intelligence China Core Knowledge Online Course
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RMKS/1. This message announces the availability of the Office of Naval
Intelligence's (ONI) "China Core Knowledge" online course on Navy e -
Learning. This voluntary and unclassified course is designed to introduce
and enhance understanding of China's military and naval development for all
Navy personnel and civilians.
2. The ONI China Core Knowledge Program provides an understanding of the
following:
a. China's naval modernization strategy.
b. China's expanding naval capabilities and maritime strategy.
c. China's growing regional and global military influence.
d. China's approach to information-age warfare.
e. China's evolving nuclear development.
3. The course takes approximately 35-40 minutes to complete. A 25-question
knowledge check is included, and users who score 80% or higher will receive a
transcript acknowledging successful completion and a TWMS record reflecting
course completion. This course is voluntary, but Commanders are encouraged
to incorporate it into command training regimens.
4. Users can access the course via Navy e-Learning:
a. Navy e-Learning URL: https://learning.nel.navy.mil/.
b. Course number: "ONI-CCK-1.1" ("CCK" stands for China Core Knowledge).
c. Users can search for the course by name/number or locate it under the
"What's New" section of the "Course Catalog" tab by selecting "ONI courses."
5. The ONI China Core Knowledge study guide is also available to Navy
employees with a Common Access Card. This unclassified 53-page guide offers
readers a deeper overview of China's naval strategy, geography, naval
leadership, organizational structure, and information on regional
flashpoints. The guide compliments the online module. Sailors and civilians
interested in reviewing the guide will find it on ONI's unclassified
Sharepoint site AT
[https://intelshare.intelink.gov/sites/oni/intelligence/shared%20documents/on
i_china_core_knowledge.pdf].
6. Additional China Core Knowledge courses at the SECRET//REL FVEY and
TS//SCI classifications are forthcoming. Upon release of respective
classified platforms, a record message notification will follow.
7. This learning material strengthens America's Naval Warfighting Ecosystem
outlined by the CNO in references (a) and (b) by raising our knowledge of our
peer competitor.
8. For general awareness of ONI's intelligence production, classified
products can be located on SIPRNET at
[https://oni.highpoint.dia.smil.mil/#/content/home] and on ONI's new JWICS
portal at [https://www.dia.ic.gov/source/web/?producer=oni].
9. Please direct any questions to the ONI N2 directorate at:
oni_n2_leadership @flankspeed.onmicrosoft.us.
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Navy Senior Leadership Seminar in Person at Naval Postgraduate School
Who: O-6, O-6 selects who are on track for executive medicine
What: Navy postgraduate school, Navy Senior Leadership Seminar (NSLS) – In person at NPS occurring 21-25 April 2025
When: 21-25, April 2025 (In-person) – only 1 seat for Medicine Corps
Where: Navy Postgraduate School, Center of Executive Education – Monterey, California
Funding: Tuition is covered by NPS.
- For In Resident Only: Parent command will provide travel expense, lodging, and per diem. NPS will reserve a block of rooms for participants on the NPS campus at the Historic Del Monte Hotel. Nomination for the course implies the command will commit to funding the nominee if selected.
Process: A list of interested participants will be solicited through Corps leadership and returned to the Corps Chief’s Office for review and selection. Interested applicants will submit a nomination via their Chain of Command for concurrence and awareness.
Course Description: Target audience are Captains and Captain Selects tracking for executive medicine. The Center for Executive Medicine (CEE) will handle the administrative planning portion once the participant list has been forwarded to CEE. NSLS provides senior officers 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. The program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to manage and lead effectively in complex organizations. The NSLS is designed for Navy Captains, high-potential Commanders, GS-15 equivalent civilians, and Fleet/Force Command Master Chiefs. Participants are nominated by their TYCOMs and community leadership.
Objective/Desired End State:
• To learn directly from senior Navy leaders the strategies, policies, and resource issues shaping the Navy’s strategy today and the business processes to achieve that strategy.
• To acquire knowledge that stimulates innovative thinking and provides leadership tools required to meet the challenges posed by senior leadership.
• To share expertise with peers in the course, and to learn from and become aware of the broad range of perspectives represented by peers in the Navy.
• To enhance participants’ individual strengths to support changes set by senior Navy leadership.
The NSLS-O is conducted via Zoomgov.com platform and NSLS-NPS (IN-RESIDENT) is held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Requirements for NSLS-O include high-speed internet access, webcam, and microphone capability. Headphones are suggested but not required. Additionally, the use of a private/home computer during NSLS-O rather than an NMCI or other government computer has proven most effective. For more information about NSLS, please visit: https://nps.edu/web/cee/nsls
Course POC: NEDPRegistrar@nps.edu
Prospective applicants: Send a single combined PDF with a CV and BIO to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
JMESI Healthcare Management Course – 13-16 JAN 2025
The Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute has a Healthcare Management Course scheduled for January 13-16. The course is capped at 200 enrollees and still has availability. It is open to self-registration through JKO (see course announcement). Registration closes two weeks before the start date so NLT midnight on December 29th.
Feb 2025 Occupational Medicine Course
The Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command/Defense Centers for Public Health- Portsmouth (formerly Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center) is offering their Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fundamentals course February 24-28, 2025 (virtually via MS Teams).
The OEM/OHN Fundamentals Course will provide instruction on basic (routine) Occupational Medicine (OM) and how it is practiced in the US Navy/DoD. The course is intended for health care providers (physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners) and nurses that do not have formal OM training (i.e., OEM residency or experience) or are new to the Navy/DoD OM program who will be practicing in an Occupational Health clinic or have significant OM-related workload. The course will cover the history of OM, workplace hazards, risk communication, Navy/DoD Occupational Health programs, worksite visits, and available resources. This is NOT a board review course, or intended to be a refresher course for those who are experienced or have taken the course previously.
This course would be a great opportunity for GMOs/Flight Surgeons/UMOs, and physicians who may be interested in pursuing Occupational Medicine as a residency.
CME application is pending and anticipate the course will be approved as it has been in the past. Last course was approved for 24 CME credits.
Please visit the Occupational Medicine Fundamentals Course webpage for more detailed information and student registration request.
Executive Medical Planning Tools
The below attachment is an announcement for a 3-hour virtual course on two medical modeling tools: the Medical Planners’ Toolkit (MPTK) and the Joint Medical Planning Tool (JMPT). These tools inform the Joint Medical Estimate (JME) which influences our end strength. There are several dates available with differing nomination deadlines.
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