title: Operational experiences during medical residency: perspectives from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Department of Medicine.
abstract: The preparation of military primary care physicians for practice in operational environments has taken on greater importance during the past decade. The Department of Defense military-unique curriculum identifies the elements that should be incorporated into residency training programs to accomplish comprehensive training in operational matters. We describe efforts to integrate the military-unique curriculum into internal medicine residency, including obstacles encountered, so that other programs may learn from our experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bolan
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States