Training the Interdisciplinary Civilian Airman

Military trauma training performed in a civilian trauma center.

BACKGROUND In 1996, Congress passed legislation requiring the Department of Defense to conduct trauma training in civilian hospitals. In September of 1998 an Army team composed of surgeons, nurses, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and operating room technicians (OR techs) trained in a civilian level 1 trauma center. This study analyzes the quality of the training. METHODS The training pe...

Military trauma training at civilian centers: a decade of advancements.

In the late 1990s, a Department of Defense subcommittee screened more than 100 civilian trauma centers according to the number of admissions, percentage of penetrating trauma, and institutional interest in relation to the specific training missions of each of the three service branches. By the end of 2001, the Army started a program at University of Miami/Ryder Trauma Center, the Navy began a s...

Antivaccine advocates line up to support airman.

Medical Humanities; Study on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Training in Medical Sciences in Iran

Medical Humanities; Study on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Training in Medical Sciences in Iran Ahmad Kalateh Sadati 1, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani 2* 1Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran 2Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine, Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Abstract Introduction: Medicine and related subjec...

The Importance of Interdisciplinary Research Training and Community Dissemination.

Funding agencies and institutions are creating initiatives to encourage interdisciplinary research that can be more easily translated into community initiatives to enhance health. Therefore, the current research environment calls for interdisciplinary education and skills to create sustained partnerships with community institutions. However, formalized opportunities in both of these areas are l...