WELCOME AND COURSE OVERVIEW - DMRTI - Defense Medical ...

COURSE BACKGROUND INFORMATIONBackground1) DoDI 3000.05 dtd 16 Sept 09 – Stability Operations clarifies that stability operations are a coreU.S. military mission that the Department of Defense shall be prepared to conduct and support ina manner comparable to combat operations.2) DoDI 6000.16 dtd 17 May 10 – Military Health Support for Stability Operations, Purpose:This instruction establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides instructions for militaryhealth support of stability operations.3) After Action Reports from past operations have identified a need for expanded training andeducation to prepare military medical health specialists for the challenges of working in medicalstability operations. Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) environmentsoffer unique health and culture challenges, which often include isolated duty locations, languageand culture barriers and severely limited health resources. The Military Health System (MHS)has increasingly placed military medical and health specialists in SSTR environments. Theavailable education and training resources are primarily focused on operational Force HealthProtection and Readiness or clinical care of military dependents.4) In 2008, MHS partners formed a working group to improve the medical personnel education andtraining in stability operations. During discussions held 27-28 May 2009, the Defense MedicalReadiness Training Institute (DMRTI) shared plans to host a training summit to identify andbridge education and training gaps for medical stability operations (MSO).5) The need for this type of expanded stability operations education and training in medical stabilityoperations was highlighted at the Command Surgeons Conference 8-9 June 2009.6) In response to increasing demands from deployed and returning military medical personnel formore deliberate preparation to successfully execute medical stability operations, the DMRTI, incollaboration with the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) andTelemedicine Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) under the auspices of the Civil-Military Medical Working Group (CMMWG) Education and Training Committee, hosted a MSOTraining Summit 15-18 September 2009. Recommendations for course lectures and content weregathered and used to draft the course curriculum.7) The outcomes of these development activities follow. Course Goal: Familiarize DoD healthcarepersonnel with the complexity of military medical diplomacy within the context of U. S. strategyand international relations. Students will gain an appreciation for the strategic, operational andtactical aspects of planning, providing, and transitioning medical support throughout all phases ofconflict and across the range of military operations.Objectives1) The learner will increase confidence and self-efficacy in fulfilling tasks necessary to establish,reconstitute, and maintain healthcare of the indigenous population when indigenous, foreign, orU.S. civilian professionals cannot do so.2) The learner will increase competence in establishing and maintaining working relationships withrelevant U.S. Government Departments and Agencies, foreign governments and security forces,global and regional international organizations (IOs), U.S. and foreign non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs), and Private Sector individuals and for-profit companies.3) The learner will increase ability to provide doctrinally sound, operationally integrated medicalsupport to meet the demands of stability missions.3