Darnall Army Medical Center to graduate residents of medical training programs

June 12, 2012

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Media who wish to attend this ceremony should contact

Jeri Chappelle, 254-288-8005, or Brandy Gill, 254-286-7954 by 3:30 p.m. on June 14.

FORT HOOD, Texas – Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center will graduate physicians from its two residency programs and the ultrasound fellowship program at 1 p.m., June 15 at the Killeen Civic and Convention Center, 3601 South W. S. Young Drive, Killeen, Texas.

Brig.  Gen. W. Bryan Gamble, Deputy Director, TRICARE Management Activity, is the guest speaker.

The Emergency Medicine Residency Program was established at Darnall in July 1980 and the first class graduated in 1982. One of three Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the US Army Director of Medical Education,  the program was established to take the opportunity of the high volume of critically ill and injured patients who come to the busiest Emergency Room in the Army Medical Department.

Doctors enter the EMRP following graduation from medical school .The EMRP training spans 36 months, and trains physicians in a variety of disciplines that are required to provide care to any patient, any time, and in any situation. At the completion of their rigorous and intensive training, these residents are well equipped to skillfully manage and treat any patient that comes through the ER doors.

Residents in the EMRP have a long tradition of academic excellence. The residents consistently score in the highest percentile in the nation and many have been number one on the annual American Board of Emergency Medicine In-Training Examination for many years. This examination is administered to residents in the 158 civilian and military programs throughout the country.

Darnall accepted its first residency class for Family Medicine in June 2000. Family medicine physicians must complete three years of residency training before becoming board-eligible for board certification. Five residents per year are accepted into Darnall’s Family Medicine Program.

The Family Medicine Residency Program is one of seven Army Family Medicine residency programs. Darnall accepted the first residency class of second-year residents in June 2000. Another group of second-year residents and an intern class were added in 2011.

The Family Medicine specialty encompasses the broad spectrum of medical conditions seen in primary care, emphasizing continuous and comprehensive health care.

Fort Hood and Darnall offer an ideal setting for training Family Medicine residents. The residency program offers opportunities in maternity care, sports medicine, the health needs of active-duty service members, and operational/deployment medicine.

Every year the residency program has had staff and residents accepted for research presentation at the Uniform Services Academy of Family Physicians.

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