Military

The Intensive Trauma and Surgical Skills Elective (ITSSC) is a full immersion, hyper-realisticTM and experiential learning training course. The course is designed to expose students to trauma, mass casualty, resource limited medicine and lifesaving surgical skills in a forward deployed military environment.  This full immersion training provides hands-on experience in a variety of combat medicine scenarios under the tutelage of experienced active duty and retired military medicine providers. Student teams participate in triage, pre-operative assessment, stabilization, the performance of trauma surgery, and the transport of patients to higher echelons of care.   The course uses all the techniques of the theater, TV, and film industry to enhance live training. Realistic educational tactical exercises employ state-of-the-art Hollywood battlefield special effects, combat wound simulations, role players, subject matter experts, combat training coordinators, and training scenarios. The immersive environment provides critical training designed to meet the unique needs of students who will serve in the United States armed services as medical officers. Travel to the training site, meals, and lodging at the training site are included.

Military Medicine I will incorporate a series of didactic instruction for military officer training with an emphasis on the unique aspects of being a military medical officer. Integral to the course is immersion-based experiential learning to include reality training, surgical simulation, information sessions, and skills development for briefing of relevant military medical information. Medical Corps Officer military obligations, leadership, discipline, harsh military environments, field exercises, disaster stabilization, evacuation, triage, and management in combat environments on land, sea, and air are the foundation of the elective. This course will also function in conjunction with COM enrichment pathway courses where synergies are evident and possible.Students may also have the opportunity to liaison with leaders, educators, and military officers at U.S. posts, bases, medical centers, hospitals, and other sites in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the program. Expert guests, military officers, and appropriate civilian physicians, and teachers will be hosted virtually and on campuses. 
 

A continuation of MIL 5041 Military Medicine I. 

A continuation of MIL 5042 Military Medicine II. 

Military Medicine Fundamentals – Service Cultures and Officer Basics serves as the first and foundational block in the Military Medicine Track, introducing participants to military culture and traditions, federal law governing the Department of Defense, and the Ethics and Laws of War. This course is part of the required Core Content for the Award of Military Medicine Concentration.

The Military Medicine track is a special option that offers additional education opportunities not provided in the core curriculum. The program provides an overview and introduction to 1st and 2nd year students regarding clinical scenarios commonly faced by military medical officers, preparation for military medicine residencies, and education on military lifestyle integration. Students may also have the opportunity to liaison with leaders, educators, and military officers at U.S. posts, bases, medical centers, hospitals, and other sites in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the Track. This Program spans 3.5 years of the military student members’ educational experience at RVU, beginning in the second semester of the 1st year. This includes the three semesters of structured academics during the first two years, and ongoing mentoring, residency match preparation and research opportunities during the clinical years. The Military Medicine track includes immersion-based experiential reality training, Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), information sessions, and experiences related to Medical Corps Officer military obligations. Focused discussions include topics such as leadership, discipline, military environments, field exercises, disaster response, and triage/evacuation in combat environments on MIL 5111 Page 2 of 6 land, sea and air. Expert guests, military officers, and appropriate civilian physicians, and teachers will be hosted virtually and on campuses. This Track collaborates with other MCOM Special Tracks where synergies are evident and possible.