title: [Initiation to military medical corps activity modalities: a teaching unit providing a new approach to recruiting reserve pharmacists].
abstract: During the last ten Years, major reforms have been implemented in the French armies due to discontinuation of mandatory enlistment. For the medical corps, recruitment and training for reservists has ceased since the national school for reserve officers in Libourne was closed. During this same time, the number of foreign engagements of the French armies has revealed the need for available young reserve officers in the medical corps. Reserve training of students in medicine, pharmacy, odontology, or nursing has been considered and different possibilities considered. One option is to develop a teaching unit during the third Year of the curriculum allowing volunteer students to become junior officers. For pharmacy students, specific training on drug supply, nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and terrorism as well as clinical chemistry, toxicology, and hygiene are also organized.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de pharmacie, BP 403, F54001 Nancy Cedex.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labrude
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010595:Pharmacists; D000078329:Workforce