COVID-19 Crisis: The Pandemic Highlights the Unique Training and Skills of Military Physicians Afforded by Military-Specific Graduate Medical Education
Author(s) -
David Shahbodaghi,
Edwin A. Farnell
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.1093/milmed/usab288
Subject(s) - pandemic , military medicine , curriculum , covid-19 , military personnel , training (meteorology) , medical education , graduate medical education , medicine , navy , medical emergency , political science , disease , psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pedagogy , pathology , geography , law , accreditation , meteorology
Military physicians trained in military Graduate Medical Education programs are uniquely prepared to lead in austere and chaotic environments based on formal and informal curricula taught in military treatment facilities. The coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic highlighted this reality when military-trained physician leaders were challenged to lead change directly from the front.
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