The meeting is aimed at all surgical specialties from both regular and reservists in all three UK services.
The conference is been held in conjunction with the Military Surgical Society and encompasses all branches of military surgery. This year additionally delegates from the Defence Medical Services of nearly 50 nations [NATO countries and the G20 group of nations] are invited.
The US Army surgeon general has approved Combat GauzeTM as a replacement for HemconTM.
Remuneration and its motivation of UK military personnel
Recruitment and retention are important policy concerns. RAND Corporation was commissioned to study the attitudes of military personnel towards their remuneration package in order to highlight the extent to which it motivates them to join and stay in the British Armed Forces
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9308
Education at the Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de santé des armées (IMTSSA) in MARSEILLE (FRA) in 2008
http://www.actu-pharo.com/html/enseignement.html
Academical education :
http://www.actu-pharo.com/html/formationmedicaleuniversitaire.html
Continuing Medical Education for military personnel (French and foreign)
http://www.actu-pharo.com/html/formationmedicalecontinue.html
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Task Force Report - January 08
123 p - 2.9 MB - pdf file
http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/news/reports/TBITaskForceReportJanuary2...
Military–Civilian Collaboration in Trauma Care and the Senior Visiting Surgeon Program
Ernest E. Moore, M.D., M. Margaret Knudson, M.D., C. William Schwab, M.D., Donald D. Trunkey, M.D., Jay A. Johannigman, M.D., and John B. Holcomb, M.D.
NEJM Volume 357 — December 27, 2007 — Number 26
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/26/2723
U.S. Medicine Institute for Health Studies
Executive summary from the round table "TBI: Fitting The Pieces Together" Sep 07
http://www.usminstitute.org/pdf/TBIExecSumm.pdf
http://www.pdhealth.mil/newsletter.asp?date=9/10/2007
Chlorine Inactivation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1)
Rice EW, Adcock NJ, Sivaganesan M, Brown JD, Stallknecht DE, Swayne DE.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Oct; [Epub ahead of print]
Deployment Health News - Deployment Health Clinical Center's Daily Online Newsletter
http://www.pdhealth.mil/newsletter.asp?date=9/4/2007
WHO - 31 Aug 07
An outbreak of an unknown illness with a high mortality has been reported from the province of Kasai Occidental, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
15 Aug 07
A Round Table “Georgian Military Medicine-Reality and Perspectives” was held at the Gori Military Hospital. During the meeting the medical personnel of the Ministry of Defence discussed the issues related to military medicine and future perspectives. The attention was also focused on the current functions and future tasks of the Gori Military Hospital.
At present approximately 100 patients are being treated in the Hospital, among them are some civilians as well.
