Roselyn Clemente Fuentes is a Flight Surgeon, Medical Director at Flight and Operational Medicine Clinic, Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Correspondence: Roselyn Clemente Fuentes (roselynjan.w.fuentes.mil@ mail.mil
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Judging by the continuing operational tempo and evolution of warfare, maintaining enhanced military medical readiness will remain a priority. Operational medicine is a unique field that requires specialized preparation. Studies have shown that longitudinal deliberately mapped out curriculums are able to be integrated well into the existing medical curriculum. The recommendation moving forward is increasing the access of existing operational training structures that have well established programs and modeling individual GME program curriculums after those that have shown proven success with a focus on the 3 pillars of operational training, leadership, and research.
Acknowledgments
Previously submitted in April 2020 in expanded form as part of graduation requirements for the Masters of Military Arts and Science degree program at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.
