The purpose of this study was to evaluate satisfaction with flight surgeon training, gain insight into commanders' awareness of the resident in aerospace medicine (RAM) abilities/training, and identify weakness in flight surgeons from the line commander perspective. A total of 76 respondents completed the flight surgeon course graduates survey on-line and 27 completed the line Commander survey on-line. The results affirmed a high level of overall satisfaction with aeromedical physician assistants and flight surgeons, however, a number of important issues emerged such as military professionalism, basic aviation knowledge, and leadership skills. Also, a number of discrepancies between the perceived level of proficiency by the line commanders to the self- perceptions of the flight surgeons were discovered including perception of the extent to which flight surgeons try to keep pilots flying.


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    Title :

    Anonymous Online Survey of Flight Surgeon Primary Course Graduates and Line Commanders: Evaluation of Satisfaction with Current Flight Surgeon Training


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    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    39 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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