Training Military Psychiatrists to Adapt and Overcome: How COVID-19 Highlighted the Unique Flexibility of Military Psychiatry in Training and in the Fleet.
Curr Psychiatry Rep
; 24(8): 369-374, 2022 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1889031
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Born out of necessity, military medicine continues to find itself at the forefront of medical innovation. This generation of military physicians has never previously been challenged with continuing to provide top notch medical support to servicemembers in a variety of operational settings in the midst of a global pandemic. While military medicine has always been able to uniquely meet the educational goals of residency training, COVID-19 brought new challenges to the forefront. RECENT FINDINGS:
While the threat presented by COVID-19 was different from the historical battlefield threats and challenges that have given birth to military medicine, it was nevertheless ready to pivot and adjust course, focusing on how to best meet the medical needs of the military patient population in an ever-changing geopolitical environment while continuing to meet and exceed the educational standards that training programs are held to. Historically and currently, mental health remains one of the most common reasons that servicemembers are evacuated from combat zones. The COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity for modern military psychiatry to showcase its ability to adjust the educational focus in certain areas of residency training to prepare the next generation of military psychiatrists to be able to face the newest threat to force wellness.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychiatry
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COVID-19
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Military Personnel
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Military Psychiatry
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Psychiatry Rep
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11920-022-01342-3
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