COVID-19 Crisis: The Pandemic Highlights the Unique Training and Skills of Military Physicians Afforded by Military-Specific Graduate Medical Education. Issue 11 (23rd July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shahbodaghi, David; Farnell, Edwin
• Is Part Of: Military medicine. Volume 186:Issue 11/12(2021:Nov./Dec.)
• Page Start: 292
• Page End: 293
• Publication Date: 2021-07-23
• Subjects: Surgery, Military -- Societies, etc; Medicine, Military -- Societies, etc; Medicine, Military -- Periodicals; Surgery, Military -- Periodicals; Medicine, Military; Surgery, Military; Military Medicine -- Periodicals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.98023
• DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usab288
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0026-4075

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.