Ensuring the Readiness of the Medical Workforce for Military Operations

Meeting

Ensuring the Readiness of the Military Medical Workforce for Future Combat Operations: Committee Meeting #1

August 15 - 16, 2019

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About

A public session will be held from 1:30pm ET to 4:15pm ET on Thursday, August 15. The location is Room 125, National Academies of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.

1:30 pm	Welcome and introductory remarks	Ken Kizer, Committee Chair
1:45	Origin of the study Scope of work DoD organizational structure related to medical workforce readiness	Jeff Grobman, David Smith, Kevin Waring, and Mark Hamilton Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
2:30	Clinical Readiness Program: Combat Casualty Care KSA’s	Eric Elster Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
3:15	Measuring and Optimizing Medical Force Readiness	James Bishop Institute for Defense Analyses
4:00	Comments from members of the public
4:15	Adjourn public session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Kenneth Kizer (Committee Chair)
Richard Berman (via webconference)
David Blazes
Elizabeth Bridges
Joseph Caravalho
Jeffrey Damon Dagnone
Warren Dorlac
Ellen Embrey
John Holcomb
Bruce McVeigh
Sophia Russell
Ryung Suh

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Potential sources of bias and conflict of interest
2. The committee's composition
3. The National Academies consensus study process
4. Types of report dissemination/communication activities
5. Guidance on media interactions during the study
6. The 2016 report, A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury
7. The scope of work/statement of task
8. The draft report outline
9. Types and sources of information/evidence needed to address the statement of task

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

1. The meeting agenda
2. The committee roster and biographical information
3. The project schedule
4. Memo on guidance on media interactions
5. The statement of task
6. The draft report outline
7. Health and Medicine Division writing guidelines
8. Copies of speakers' presentations slides
9. Background reading documents:
a. Summary of legislation relevant to the statement of task
b. Edwards et al. 2018. Army General Surgery’s Crisis of Conscience. Journal of the American College of Surgery. 226(6):1190-1194.
c. Selected sections from the Final Report of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. January, 2015.
d. Selected sections from the Defense Health Board’s report on Low-Volume, High-Risk Surgical Procedures: Surgical Volume and its Relationship to Patient Safety and Quality of Care. November 4, 2018.
e. IDA Research Insights. Managing Readiness and Cost of Medical Total Force. January, 2019.
f. Selected sections from IDA’s report on Medical Total Force Management. May, 2014.
g. Selected sections from IDA’s report on Essential Medical Capabilities and Medical Readiness. July, 2016.
h. Selected sections from IDA’s report on Medical Readiness with Inpatient Platforms. August, 2017.
i. Selected sections from IDA’s report on Medical Total Force Management: Assessing Readiness and Cost. May, 2018.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

January 02, 2025

Contact

Alex Repace

(202) 334-3185
arepace@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

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