Battle Training of Regimental Officers

Military Sanitation for Regimental Officers

Now that regimental officers are taught hygiene and that in Field Marshall Sir E. Wood's words the Army doctor is regarded as a " trusted staff officer to advise their chiefs how to guard the troops against the originating and spreading of disease," and when soldiers like Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien write an introduction to books like this, there is hope that in future wars the British Army may be ...

Training of Mental Welfare Officers

Training of Mental Welfare Officers for many years there has been disquiet over the anomalous position of social workers in the Mental Health Services, and the Mackintosh Committee's Report published in 1951, recommended not only that there should be more psychiatric social workers but that a large number of trained mental welfare officers were also required. These Officers employed by Local He...

Commentary: The challenge of training police officers.

Vermette et al. offer significant observations about the training of police officers working with individuals who have a mental illness. The need to have effective training that meets the expectations of line officers as well as supervisors and police chiefs is readily apparent. Law enforcement officers are routinely the first responders in situations involving mentally ill persons in crisis. T...

Online Learning for On-Board Training Officers

This paper describes a Finnish project on developing a blended learning approach to training the merchant marine On Board Training Officers. Maritime Education and Training is regulated by the International Maritime Organization's Code on Seafarer’s Training, Certification and Watchkeeping. On Board Training comprises one third of the Deck Officer and Engineer studies. There have been problems ...

On-the-job training of clinical officers in Malawi.