Conferences

 

Before you go TDY or TAD on your next conference, you might want to read this transcript from a CBS news "Eye on America" report on military training that was broadcast in July, 1996.

 

26-27 Nov 1998 - 1st Congress for the Medical and Health Service Care of NBC Casualties, Medical Directorate of Hellenic Air Force's General Staff (HAF/GS/MDIR), Athens, Greece
	For more information contact:  Major Athanasios Konstantinou, MD, HAF-General Staff-Medical Directorate, Bureau for Operations- Planning-NBC Defense, Kanellopoulou St. 3- Holargos, Athens - HELLAS.  Fax: +30-1- 7781104.  E-mail:  likos@mail.hol.gr  or Gregory Alexopoulos, E.N.T Surgeon, 66 Plastira St, 14671, Athens, GREECE.  Phone: +30-1-6206265.  E-mail: greg@ath.forthnet.gr

 

22-23 Apr 1999 - Contingency Planning and Management '99, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
	For more information contact: WPC Expositions, 84 Park Avenue, Flemington, NJ 08822.  Phone: (908) 788-0343 Ext. 135.  E-mail: CPM99@witterpublishing.com

 

7-12 May 1999 - '99 NDMS (National Disaster Medical System) Conference, Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, Washington, DC

 

Various dates and locations - The Center of Excellance in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
	Asia-Pacific region disaster management and humanitarian assistance conferences

 

Various dates and locations - The Natural Hazards Center's List of Disaster and Hazards Management Conferences
	Wide range of world-wide disaster and hazards managment conferences

 

Various dates and locations - The Chemical and Biological Information and Analysis Center
	List of Chemical-Biological Confernces

 

Ongoing on-line conferences - The Army Medical Department Center and School (AMEDDC&S) On-Line Conferencing Facilities
	Conferenced include Air Evacuation, Lessons Leard, Current Issues, and others

 

Short and Correspondence Courses

 

Various Dates - Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Support Courses
	The Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre, PO Box 100 Clementsport, Nova Scotia, Canada B0S 1E0.  Phone: 902-638-8611, Fax: 902-638-8888.  E-mail:  mailto:registrar@ppc.cdnpeacekeeping.ns.ca

 

Various Dates - Counter Narcotics Tactical Operations Medical Support (CONTOMS)
	Various locations. Courses for Commanders, Medical Directors, and Emergency Medical Technicians-Tactical (EMT-T). Contact the Casualty Care Research Center, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814-4799. Phone (301) 295-6263, Fax: (301) 295-6718. E-mail: CONTOMS@USUHS.mil

 

Various Dates - USMC Medical Officer Orientation Course and MMART/MPAS Training
	For information contact: Field Medical Service School, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California

 

Various Dates - Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation Course
	(formerly, Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons Course), various locations. Contact the Armed Forces Radiology Research Institute (AFRRI), COL David G. Jarrett or LT Charles Woodruff. Phone: (301) 295-1210, DSN: 295-1210. E-mail: jarrett@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil  or rowe@mx.afrri.usuhs.mil

 

Various Dates - Various courses in Handling Radiation Accidents
	Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), Oak Ridge,Tennessee. Contact Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117. Phone: (423) 576-3146, Fax: (423) 241 2923. E-mail: pescep@orau.gov

 

AMEDDC&S Circular 350-3, U.S. Army Medical Center and School Schedule of Classes
	A comprehensive list of formal military medical given by the Army Medical Department

 

DA Pamphlet 351-20, Army Correspondence Course Program Catalog
	You will need to have IBM Library Reader installed to read this catalog.

 

Correspondence Courses - Naval School of Health Sciences Portsmouth
	Courses include Control of Communicable Diseases in Man, Preventive Medicine for Ground Forces, Medical Regulating, Treatment of Chemical Agent Casualties, Medical and Dental Materiel Management, and many others.

 

Correspondence Courses - University of Wisconsin Disaster Management Center
	Courses include: Health Services Organization in the Event of Disaster, Emergency Health Management after Natural Disasters, and Health Education and Training of Health Workers. Contact the University of Wisconsin-DisasterManagement Center, 432 North Lake Street Madison, Wisconsin 53706. Phone: 608/262-5441, Fax: 608-263-3160

 

If you know of other conferences or courses of interest to medical planners, please let me know. sanftleben@iname.com