MOM 4110 Military Operational Clinical Experience
The Military Operational Medicine elective is a great way for students to go out into the services and to begin to understand how they fit in as medical officers. Military Operational Medicine elective rotations are largely student initiated and driven; you will assume the lion’s share of the responsibility in contacting/establishing a primary POC/Sponsor, working with that sponsor to craft goals and objectives for the rotation, and obtaining ultimate approval from the MEM Operational Medicine Clerkship Director and OSA.
Military Operational Medicine Electives, sample list including but not limited to:
- Operational Medicine Electives vary widely. The following are possible examples of Operational Medicine Electives, but others may be included (coordinate with the MEM Operational Medicine Electives Director):
- Military Mountain Medicine Course (M3C) in Vermont or Washington – 2 weeks – training by Wilderness Medicine Fellowship instructors (counts toward DiMM – Diploma in Mountain Medicine; USMC Mountain Medicine does NOT)
- Cold Weather Mountain Medicine and Avalanche course in Vermont – 2 weeks – advanced mountain medicine in the cold and austere environment along with introduction to avalanche basics; must have completed M3C or USMC Mountain Medicine in Bridgeport, CA; training by Wilderness Medicine Fellowship instructors (counts toward DiMM – Diploma in Mountain Medicine
- Dive Medicine and Dive Rescue Course in Key West – 2 weeks – training in Dive & Marine medicine; will become Open Water, Advanced Open Water, and Water Rescue Dive certified
- Navy Diving & Salvage Training Center in Panama City (2-4 weeks) – work alongside Navy UMOs; this is not a “course” but more of an operational clinical rotation
- Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, CA (2-4 weeks) – this is where BUDS training occurs; work alongside Navy physicians that provide oversight of BUDS and other Special Forces training; not a true “course but more of an operational clinical rotation
- Air Force Flight Surgeon Course (AMP 201/202) at WPAFB – 4 weeks – must have completed AMP 201 already; these 4 weeks will complete the flight surgeon training to earn wings; only students that are doing one year internships with plans to go into Flight Medicine as a GMO will be authorized
- Army Flight Surgeon Course at Fort Rucker – 6 weeks – completion of this course leads to earning the Army FS wings
- Special Operations Combat Medic at Fort Bragg – 2 to 4 weeks – work alongside the 18D students and Instructors at Fort Bragg in this Special Operations community