GHE Education and Training:
USUHS/CDHAM
AMSUS Annual Continuing Education Conference
San Antonio, TX
1-4 December 2015
Charles W. Beadling, Col (ret) MD, FAAFP, IDHA, DMCC
Director, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Disclosures
Presenter has no interest to disclose.
PESG and AMSUS staff have no interest to disclose.
This continuing education activity is managed and
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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant
will be able to:
1. Review actions to counter membership in terrorist
groups
Disclaimer
The views expressed are those of the presenter and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences, the Department of Defense or the U.S.
Government.
The presenter has no financial conflicts of interest to report. No
non-FDA approved uses of drug products or devices will be
discussed.
Overview
DoD Global Health Working Group
USUHS/CDHAM Education and Training courses
External courses
DoD Global Health Working Group
GHWG most recent senior level WG
Led by Health Affairs and Joint Staff Surgeon
Capabilities Committee – 2 Tiers of competency
Associate: Organizational, legal/ethical, global health,
planning, assessments, coordination, strategic and crosscultural communication
Advanced: Security Cooperation programming, regional
specific cultural orientation (mandatory) and language
(optional, highly encouraged)
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USU/CDHAM Lines of Effort
Education &
Training
Research &
Scholarship
Service
Aligned with USU Strategic Framework 2014-2018
LOE 1 – Education & Training
USUHS/SOM education
Develop/Deliver GHE Courses
Global Health Strategies for
Security – DC & Regional
Health-spec Culture & Lang
MMHAC
GHE/MSO Course
GHE Fellowships
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CDHAM Global Health Engagement Education
and Training Program (GHEETP)
CDHAM developed suite of courses to meet
tiered approach recommended by GHWG
Under leadership of CAPT Dave Tarantino, now CAPT
James Reeves
USUHS/CDHAM the logical “hub”
Reflects a core mission of USUHS/CDHAM
Extensive expertise/practical experience/networks
Sustainment funding provided by Health Affairs
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CDHAM Global Health Engagement Education and Training Program
GHEETP Director
GHEETP Deputy Director
GHEETP Manager
GHEETP Administrator
One Health Program (TBD?)
• VSSOC
GHE/MSO Program
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GHEMSOC Course
USU GHE Program
HCCC Program
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HCCC courses
PMB course
GHSS Program
HA/DR Program
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Medical School
Fellowships/Practicums
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MMHAC Course
Curriculum Development
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GHE Textbook
Distance Learning
AMSUS Global Health Track
GHSS Central
Regional Courses
GHE/MSOC
Initially developed for JIT pre-deployment
training with DMRTI – MSOC
3 day intro to principles of GHE/MSO
Hope to convert to interactive DL platform
for basic familiarization/ awareness
training MHS-wide
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Health Context and Culture Courses
Primary Defense Medical Language Initiative Tasks:
Develop health-specific language and culture training
products for US military health professionals
Refine/validate general culture and communication
training products to enable DoD GHE
Courses:
• HCC 101: Health Culture, Context, and Comm for GHE
• HCC 201: Working with Interpreters in DoD GHE
• HCC 202: Interpreting for DoD GHE
• HCC 301: Understanding the Health Context in GHE
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Global Health Strategies for Security
Central GHSS – GHEETP “capstone”
2-weeks in residence + pre-course work
Designed to build competencies to plan/develop
DoD GHE strategies/programs
Graduate level certificate course, CE accredited
Interagency – DHHS/ASPR, USAID, DHS
Regional GHSS
Partner w/COCOM and Reg Ctr for Strat Studies
US and PN students
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Military Medical Humanitarian
Assistance Course (MMHAC)
2-day, clinically focused, general 1o care
Delivered in DC or on request
Knowledge/skills for operational level
Targeted to those delivering health care
Integrated in some residencies, USAF
includes in RSVP (Readiness Skills)
approved training
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Global Health Engagement Fellowships
2-5 Fellows for 1 year
Didactic, Scholarship and Experiential opportunities
1-2 Fellows/year from MHAP
FBCH requested GHE Electives and 1-yr Fellowship
for Family Medicine residents
Navy agreed to send 1-2 residents for a 4-year program
USARPAC requested 1-year GHE fellowship
4-8 MPH students choose as site for Project
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Further E&T - External
Health Emergencies in Large Populations
Developed by ICRC
Delivered by CfE-DMHA and JHU; 2-3 weeks
Fordham University
International Diploma in Humanitarian Affairs – not health specific
Civil-Military Cooperation Course
Future collaboration on a Disaster Medicine course?
Diploma in Medical Care of Catastrophes
DMCC internationally recognized credential
Through Society of Apothecaries of London, www.apothecaries.org
USUHS 1 of 3 locations for examinations
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Summary
Global Health Working Group established a Capabilities
Committee to determine required GHE competencies
USUHS/CDHAM provides many courses that achieve
required competencies
Portfolio of education and training courses
1 year Fellowship opportunities for in-depth expertise
Various additional courses available from external sources
Questions?
CE/CME Credit
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