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Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is a more than a place of care for active duty, veterans and their families.
Staff at NMCCL are focused not only on the care of their patients, but also on contributing to the advancement of Navy medicine, encouraged and supported by the Clinical Investigations Department and Family Medicine Residency Program.
Staff and medical residents at NMCCL are currently involved in more than two dozen scientific explorations in the form of research projects, clinical studies and more.
In an effort so showcase this scholarly activity going on behind the scenes at NMCCL, the Family Medicine Residency Programs hosts an annual Research Symposium, where residents (and other staff members) present their research to leaders in the medical field.
This year’s Research Symposium was May 25.
Highlights of the day included a poster presentation on the NMCCL Quarterdeck for four judges who were both internal and external to the command.
Lecture presentations of research advancements were given at the Russell Marine and Family Services Center.
The guest speaker wasDr. Geoffrey Ling, professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins University and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Ling is a leading scholarly authority on traumatic brain injuries in the military.
The presence of the Family Medicine Residency Program and CID at NMCCL has propelled the medical center to the forefront of Navy medicine’s educational spectrum.
Research is a vital part of a residents’ time spent at NMCCL.
Currently there are 31 residents enrolled in the Family Medicine Residency Program, five of which are actively involved in clinical research.
According to CDR Dana Onifer, Director of Clinical Investigations Department, all second-year residents are required to submit a poster for the symposium. Third-year residents are required to complete a quality-improvement project.
Currently five residents are involved in the development or conduct of clinical trials at NMCCL.
CID helps residents (and staff) generate initial hypotheses, providing support throughout the research phase, and assisting in publishing finished data and analysis.
The hands-on, supportive nature of the research culture at NMCCL has earned the Family Medicine Residency Program nearly a dozen awards since its inception in 2003.
“For the first time in the program's history, the NMCCL Family Medicine Residency Program won the Outstanding Achievement in Scholarly Activity award and was judged the best among all of the Navy family medicine residencies,” said CDR Dana Onifer, Director of Clinical Investigations Department. “This award is based on faculty and resident scholarly activity including research presentations, the teaching of formal courses, book chapters published and more.”
The research program has continued to evolve, most recently establishing its own Institutional Review Board (IRB) in January that evaluates the ethical standards and grounds for all projects before they begin.
Previously all projects has to process through the IRB at Portsmouth.
In addition, NMCCL’s CID holds each project and study to high ethical standards, namely through the use of the Human Research Project Program, which protects the rights of those involved in any of the projects.
Improving medical care through research falls in line with the vision and mission Commanding Officer CAPT James Hancock laid out upon first arriving to the command.
According to his philosophy, staff should “look for every opportunity to enhance [our] education, training and research; employing the best techniques and technologies to accelerate learning. We will adapt all of our processes to be inherently receptive to innovation and creativity.”
The presence of the CID supports both the Family Medicine Residency Program residents’ requirements as well as the medical center’s requirements for Level III Trauma Center Verification.
It also allows staff members, like CDR Misty Scheel complete research necessary for finishing her dissertation for her doctorate.
It was Hancock’s support of research that encouraged CDR Misty Scheel to continue and complete her research through the CID here at NMCCL, wrapping up a three-year project and requirements for her doctorate degree.
Scheel is the Director of Public Health at NMCCL and has enjoyed working with programs that improve the safety and health of the military and civilian community.
Her research project on the perception of active-duty Navy members of weight management care they received while active duty and their self-reported motivation for weight management and healthy lifestyles is a reflection of this passion.
Scheel began work on her research project while stationed at Portsmouth, where Hancock was acting Executive Officer at the time.
According to Scheel, Hancock believed Sailors who struggled to remain physically fit were not completing his main mission focus of being combat ready all the time.
This belief is what encouraged Scheel to pursue her research project.
When she received orders to NMCCL Scheel was nervous about the status of her research project, which was still in its early stages, fearing the smaller command would not have the support she needed to complete the physical research portion of the project.
“I tried to extend at Portsmouth to be able to complete my research there,” said Scheel. “Military life doesn’t often lead you the direction you want to go, but when you learn to go with the flow, you sometimes find it takes you where you needed to go to complete that next hurdle in your life. What I found was NMCCL had the more personal touch I needed to complete my research and degree. The command was a little smaller and I felt like I was given the support and motivation to continue.”
Scheel arrived at NMCCL in July 2016.
According to Scheel, the culture of NMCCL fosters staff to ask questions in the name of improvement.
“A curious mind is not always welcomed in the military setting,” said Scheel. “Asking ‘why’ is sometimes a sensitive question that not all people appreciate. CAPT Hancock, in my opinion, is ok with his team asking ‘why’? Asking that hard question should be the beginning of a conversation not the end. The ‘why’ leads to understanding and growth. I believe asking ‘why,’ and doing the research leads to better care for our patients today and in the future.”
Scheel was one of the more than a dozen NMCCL staff and residents sharing their research with attendees of the Research Program.
| Date Taken: | 05.25.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 05.30.2018 14:12 |
| Story ID: | 278854 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US |
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