Walter Reed’s leadership welcomed prospective students to the Medical Center at the United States University of Health Sciences (USU) on April 21 and gave a briefing on “Presidential Hospital.” (GME) carrier.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) and USU are located in Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB), and many of WRNMMC’s medical providers are on the faculty of USU. Walter Reed and his USU are also part of the National Capital Consortium (NCC). The NCC is the sponsoring agency of all military GMEs in the National Capital Region and the largest sponsor of his GMEs in the Military Health System (MHS). NCCs also include Malcolm Grower Medical Clinic at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland and Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Walter Reed is often referred to as the “President’s Hospital” because President Franklin D. Roosevelt chose the exterior design of the hospital’s current location and former major hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition, it has served as the primary medical facility for the President of the United States outside the White House.
In welcoming future USU students to the “Presidential Hospital,” said WRNMMC Interim Director, Navy Capt. Felix Bigby. [Felix] Drew Bigby reported [WRNMMC] For hospital orientation. Twenty-nine years later, by God’s grace and good fortune, I’ve had the privilege of running this hospital and working with outstanding healthcare providers, nurses, technicians, administrators, and people I’ve dreamed of working with. I made it. “Added.
Bigby revealed that he enlisted in the Navy at the age of 27, “in search of the adventure of life.” He told Navy recruiters he wanted to work at the “Presidential Hospital”, but at the time had little idea where it was. “Because of the shared bond of doing something bigger than us, it has led to the creation of lifelong friends. “about it.
“Americans allow us to go into the military and harm them because they think that if their son or daughter gets hurt, we’ll take care of them,” Bigby continued. We are training one-third of the military’s doctors.” [USU] He added that it has a board pass rate of over 90% for first-time test takers, making it one of the top GME programs in the world. On a national average, he has an 86% pass rate for first-time test takers.
Navy Commander Trey Hauptmann, WRNMMC’s senior enlistment leader, said he was “enjoying every second” of his military career in emergency medicine. He is the first dispatched to Freetown, Sierra Leone on a humanitarian mission, where a woman, probably in her 60s, tries to put together a ragged dress as she hurriedly flees a dangerous area during the country’s civil war. “I had some safety pins, which are part of the medical equipment, and I gave them to her so she could pin the dress. continued.
“Then the woman on board saw me. She ran up to me and gave me a big hug. She reached into her tote bag and pulled out those two safety pins.” It means the world to me and that’s why I’m still here today,” said Hauptmann.
“What really matters is what we do for humanity,” he added.
Army Colonel (Dr.) Maureen Petersen (GME Director, Honors WRNMMC) said she was born in Walter Reed and attended USU after graduating from the College of William and Mary with the help of an Army ROTC Scholarship. I was.
She told prospective USU students that training at the university and at Walter Reed will greatly prepare them for caring for patients and for board certification.”Our training program is 100% accredited. It is done,” she added. Additionally, she shared that USU and her WNMMC have more trainees involved in aggressive research protocols than any other medical center in the Department of Defense. Also, her GME at USU/WRNMMC has won the most trainee research awards, and many of the programs here include nationally renowned forensic psychiatry programs, special sleep medicine centers, and vascular surgery. and so on, which are unique to the Department of Defense. America.
“If you’re the best medical student in your rotation, you’ll do well,” Petersen told prospective USU students. is one of the keys to being a good provider.”
“The reason I say that is that even if you give someone to me, they may not be the smartest person I have worked with. and choose people who are curious.” She explained that she can teach people the technical side of becoming a provider. But compassion must come from within a person.
During their visit to WRNMMC, USU prospective students toured the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, the Department of Pathology, the 3D Medical Applications Center, the Intensive Care Unit, and other areas of the Medical Center where they could work and pursue a medical education. I was able to proceed.