MMT 2010 Volume: 14 Issue: 5 (August)
In reality, the medical community has been leading the way for DoD to operate in a Joint (editor’s emphasis) environment—through partnerships with the VA and private medical centers, working alongside allied and friendly nations’ counterparts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and responding to contingency missions in Haiti and elsewhere. A natural progression of operating and training in a Joint, as opposed to a joint, environment is the establishment of a unified medical command. MMT encourages this Congress to enact legislation to establish a unified medical command.
In June, I conducted a wide-ranging interview with Rear Admiral (retired) Fred Lewis, president, National Training and Simulation Association, on past, current and projected trends in his industry.
Of interest was one area of projected growth in the industry—the medical community’s burgeoning interest in simulation and other learning technologies. Among the metrics Lewis used to confirm this trend were the approximately 80 companies which focused on medical training and simulation either exclusively or in part at their booths during the 2009 I/ITSEC in Orlando. At the 2010 conference, a portion of the exhibition floor will be devoted to a medical and simulation technology pavilion.
MMT will follow these training technology developments and will publish a feature article on medical training technologies in issue 14.8 (December 2010).
As always, I look forward to receiving your comments.
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Marty Kauchak, Editor |
In reality, the medical community has been leading the way for DoD to operate in a Joint (editor’s emphasis) environment—through partnerships with the VA and private medical centers, working alongside allied and friendly nations’ counterparts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and responding to contingency missions in Haiti and elsewhere. A natural progression of operating and training in a Joint, as opposed to a joint, environment is the establishment of a unified medical command. MMT encourages this Congress to enact legislation to establish a unified medical command.
In June, I conducted a wide-ranging interview with Rear Admiral (retired) Fred Lewis, president, National Training and Simulation Association, on past, current and projected trends in his industry.
Of interest was one area of projected growth in the industry—the medical community’s burgeoning interest in simulation and other learning technologies. Among the metrics Lewis used to confirm this trend were the approximately 80 companies which focused on medical training and simulation either exclusively or in part at their booths during the 2009 I/ITSEC in Orlando. At the 2010 conference, a portion of the exhibition floor will be devoted to a medical and simulation technology pavilion.
MMT will follow these training technology developments and will publish a feature article on medical training technologies in issue 14.8 (December 2010).
As always, I look forward to receiving your comments.