Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Lieberknecht | 190213-N-AO823-008 PENSACOLA, Fla. (Feb 13, 2019)- Capt. Nathan Almond, Residency in...... read more read more
Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI) received an annual national accreditation for its Residency in Aerospace Medicine (RAM) program Feb. 4.
NAMI has received this qualification since 1957 from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), making this the command’s 62nd consecutive year.
“This stand-alone institution certifies our RAM program to provide aerospace graduate medical education,” said Capt. Nathan Almond, RAM program director at NAMI.
The RAM program was commended for substantial compliance with ACGME institutional requirements. Parts of this accreditation include curriculum reviews, compliance with standards for a positive clinical learning environment, milestone evaluations, and faculty and resident surveys which provide feedback.
Almond explained how the program’s long history of accreditation, spanning 349 graduates since RAM’s beginning, including 64 Army and 12 international residents, allows graduates to pursue further qualifications.
“It allows our residency graduates to qualify for taking the aerospace medicine board specialty exam which designates them as certified aerospace medicine specialists,” said Almond.
Each member wishing to attend RAM must individually apply to the Joint Graduate Medical Education Selection Board, a competitive military application process. Once selected, they become eligible for training at NAMI and begin their residency which consists of two years of research, clinical rotations, and attending a wide array of military and civilian courses, including graduate level studies, culminating in a Master’s Degree in Public Health from University of West Florida (UWF). Once completed, residents receive their certificate of residency from Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) signed by the Navy Surgeon General.
“It’s a rigorous training program,” said Almond. “Graduates go on to become senior medical officers for aircraft carriers as well as marine aircraft group surgeons. The program must provide tough training for these future experts in operational medicine.”
Almond said that the RAM is the gold standard for operational medicine training.
“This is where physicians come to turn into operational medicine experts,” said Almond. “No other program provides the expertise or preparedness needed for potential challenges at sea, undersea, in the air or on the battlefield.”
Almond added that for anyone who has any questions or is interested in applying for the RAM program, he can be contacted at nathaniel.b.almond.mil@mail.mil.
NAMI is a detachment of Navy Medicine Operational Training Center (NMOTC), whose mission is to provide operational medical and aviation survival training. NMOTC is part of the network of Navy medicine professionals who support Sailors and Marines worldwide, providing critical mission support aboard ships, in the air, under the sea, and on the battlefield.
| Date Taken: | 02.13.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 02.21.2019 10:21 |
| Story ID: | 311415 |
| Location: | PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, US |
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