The Military Classroom:The Perspective from a Former

Military Educator

Jeffrey Lavender

Sergeant Major (Retired), US Army

Objectives

➢List the events in a typical military education training day

➢Discuss learning strategies employed by military training

➢Compare the military learning environment with the civilian environment

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CV

➢29 years active duty Army (Medical Laboratory Technologist/Senior Medical NCO) – 15 years in Academia

➢5 years Instructor in Med Lab Program and Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course

➢8 years Chief Instructor, including 2 years “Associate Dean”

➢Army Enlisted Lead, Medical

Education and Training Campus

➢3 years Adjunct Faculty,

Kirtland Community College

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Typical Army Training Day

➢0430 – Wake up

➢0500 – Formation and Sick Call/Appointments

➢0500-0630 – Physical Training

➢0630-0730 – Breakfast, personal hygiene, barracks maintenance

➢0745 – Formation and march to class

➢0800-1700 – Training (classroom, simulation, field)

➢1700 – March to dinner

➢1800-2200 – Drill Sergeant time, study, and homework

➢2200 – Lights out

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Navy and Air Force

➢Customs among services vary, but are similar for training.

➢Drill Instructors not common

➢Terminology (Dorms, not barracks; corpsman vs medic, etc.)

➢Navy A, B and C schools

➢Other service specific requirements (not all students are the same!)

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Medical Education and Training Campus

➢Outgrowth from BRAC 2005

➢Extensive state-of-the-art enlisted medical training educational institution for Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.

➢World’s largest medical education training campus

➢Consolidated

• Curriculum

• Classrooms

• Instructors

• Students

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METC Campus

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Learning Technologies

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More Learning Technologies

➢Notebook computers in classrooms

➢Live and simulated x-ray machines

➢200 advanced patient simulators

➢Immersive Tactical C3 (Central Asia and Middle East)

➢Advanced Cath Lab

➢Level 2 Biosafety Laboratories

➢Gamma Spectroscopy and CT scanners

➢Full casting laboratory (dental)

➢Embedded Medical 2-D and 3-D illustrators

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Key Performance Indicators

➢Key Performance Indicators

• Degree Completion Plans

• Clinical Training

• Student Satisfaction

• Accreditations

• Student Demographics

• Student Pass Rates

• Student Certification and Registration

• Faculty Academic Qualifications

• Faculty Experience

• Faculty Credentialling Requirements10

Accreditations

Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)

American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation (ADA-CODA)

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs:-American Society of Cytopathology (CAAHEP-ASC)

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs:-Committee on Accreditation for Education in Neurodiagnostic Technology (CAAHEP: CoA-NDT)

Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education(CAPTE)

Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)

Commission on Accreditation of Ophthalmic Medical Programs (CoA-OMP)

The Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)

Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)

Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT)

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences(NAACLS)

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Uniformed Services University of theHealth Sciences (USUHS)

➢Bethesda MD

➢Graduate-level military medical institution

➢Educates, trains and prepares health professionals, officers and leaders serving in the armed forces

➢Affiliation with METC to grant Associates Degrees (Pilot)

• Medical Laboratory Technician

• Neurodiagnostic Technologist

• Nuclear Medicine Technologist

• Surgical Technologist

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Community College of the Air Force (CCAF)

➢Federal program offered by the United States Air Force

➢Grants two-year Associate of Applied Science degrees in association with Air University

➢AF personnel earn credits through all phases of training

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Classroom

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Medical Laboratory

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Nursing Laboratory

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Pharmacy

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12-window outpatient and 28-IV hood inpatient pharmacy training labs

Dental Laboratory

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Phlebotomy!

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Campus Life

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Slagel Dining Facility

• 80,000 sf

• 2016 seating cap

• 4800 ppl fed in 90 min

Camp Bullis

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Camp Bullis Training

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Active Shooter Drill

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US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

➢Adjutant General School

➢Air Defense Artillery School

➢Airborne School

➢Armor Center and School

➢Army Logistics University

➢Army Management Staff College

➢Army School of Music

➢Army War College

➢Aviation Center\/School

➢Aviation Logistics School

➢Chaplain School

➢Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School

➢Command and General Staff College

➢Defense Language Institute

➢Drill Sergeant School

➢Engineer School

➢Field Artillery School

➢Finance School

➢ Infantry Center and School

➢ Intelligence School

➢ International Student Division

➢Military Police School

➢Officer Candidate School

➢Ordnance School

➢Physical Fitness School

➢Quartermaster School

➢Ranger School

➢Recruiting and Retention School

➢School of Advanced Military Studies

➢School of Information Technology

➢Sergeants Major Academy

➢Signal School

➢Transportation School

➢University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies

➢Victory University

➢Warrant Officer Career College

➢Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic School 24

Navy ‘A’ Schools

➢Airborne Mine Countermeasures Weapon Systems Training School

➢Airman Apprenticeship Training School

➢Authoring Instructional Materials

➢Aviation Cadet Training Program (USN)

➢Basic Enlisted Submarine School

➢Battle Force Tactical Training

➢Center For Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler

➢Composite Training Unit Exercise

➢Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training

➢Electronics Training Program

➢Fleet Sonar School

➢ Joint Maritime Training Center

➢Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division

➢Naval Hospital Corps School

➢Naval Justice School

➢Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School

➢Naval Special Warfare Center

➢Navy School of Music

➢Navy Supply Corps School

➢Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command

➢Nuclear Power School

➢Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)

➢Officer Training Command Newport

➢Radio Materiel School

➢Raspberry Island (Minnesota)

➢Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois

➢Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

➢STA-21

➢Strike Fighter Weapons School Atlantic

➢Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific

➢U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy

➢United States Armed Forces School of Music

➢United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School

➢United States Naval Test Pilot School

➢United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program

➢V-12 Colleges and universities by state

➢V-12 Navy College Training Program25

Air Force

➢AIRCRAFT & FLIGHT

➢ALLIED HEALTH

➢ARTS & HUMANITY

➢COMPUTERS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

➢DENTISTRY

➢ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL

➢EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & RESPONSE

➢ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE

➢FACILITIES FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

➢GROUND VEHICLES

➢HEALTH & MEDICINE

➢HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

➢HEALTH TECHNICIANS & SPECIALISTS INTELLIGENCE

➢LAW & ENFORCEMENT

➢LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION

➢MAINTENANCE & REPAIR

➢MENTAL HEALTH

➢NATURAL SCIENCE

➢NURSING

➢OPERATIONS & ADMINISTRATION

➢PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS

➢SPACE

➢SPECIAL OPERATIONS

➢WEAPONRY & MATERIEL 26

Questions?/Discussion!

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References

➢Medical Education and Training Campus: www.metc.mil

➢Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS): https://www.usuhs.edu/

➢Community College of the Air Force: http://www.airuniversity.af.mil/Barnes/CCAF/

➢US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC): http://www.tradoc.army.mil/Training.asp

➢US Navy Schools: https://www.navy.com/about/locations/training-centers

➢US Air Force Schools: https://www.airforce.com/education/technical-training

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