Introduction Adequate (predeployment) training of the nowadays highly specialized Western
military surgical teams is vital to ensure a broad range of surgical skills to treat combat …

Introduction Medical readiness is of paramount concern for active-duty military providers.
Low volumes of complex trauma in military treatment facilities has driven the armed forces to …

BACKGROUND Appropriate operative volume remains a critical component in mitigating
surgical atrophy and maintaining clinical competency. The initiation of military-civilian …

Introduction Among US military active duty service members, cervicalgia, cervical
radiculopathy, and myelopathy are common causes of disability, effecting job performance …

Introduction Force readiness is a priority among senior leaders across all branches of the
Department of Defense. Units that do not achieve readiness benchmarks are considered …

Introduction Craniotomy and craniectomy are common neurosurgical procedures with wide
applications in both civilian and military practice. Skill maintenance for these procedures is …

BACKGROUND The declining operative volume at Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) has
resulted in Program Directors finding alternate civilian sites for resident rotations. The …

Introduction Military–civilian partnerships are crucial to maintaining the skills of active duty
surgeons and sustaining readiness. There have been no publications to date that report the …

Introduction While previous studies have analyzed military surgeon experience within
military–civilian partnerships (MCPs), there has never been an assessment of how well …

The military uses the civilian coding structure of current procedural terminology (CPT) codes
and relative value units (RVUs) to measure resource need and provider productivity. The …