Medical Readiness Training, Retention, and Cost Efficiency: The Future Of DOD's Graduate Medical Education Program.

Abstract

In the post-Cold War era, personnel downsizing and constrained budgets focused attention on DOD's need to determine the most cost effective size and mix of its medical force. A key component of the restructuring is the Graduate Medical Education (GME) process that supplies trained and ready physicians to DOD's Armed Forces. This paper identifies medical readiness training needs and analyzes costs and retention as factors of GME strategy. It shows how these factors are driving change in GME strategy. It then addresses the second and third order effects of readiness, cost issues, and retention.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326579

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  • James F. Mcgaha

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  • United States Army War College

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  • Active Duty
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
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  • Health Care
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  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
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  • National Security
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