Preventive Medicine
The Preventive Medicine Technician course provides students the technical skills and knowledge required to achieve entrylevel competencies and perform public health specialist / preventive medicine technician duties at fixed medical treatment facilities and field environments. The instructional design for the Preventive Medicine Technician (PMT) course consolidated courses are group lockstep. The PMT course provides education and training in the major disciplines of preventive medicine operations to include introduction to public health, public health communication, food service sanitation, aspects of water, Deployment Environmental Surveillance Course (DESP), medical threats, operational preventive medicine, and entomology. In the service-specific part of the course, each branch has a specialized curriculum that supports its preventive medicine needs. The Army curriculum has courses in health physics, industrial hygiene, and an Army field exercise. Whereas, the Navy's curriculum covers public health administration, microbiology, biostatistics, epidemiology, parasitology, medical readiness, occupational safety and health, environmental health sanitation, shipboard preventive medicine, and a Navy field exercise. This training course includes a Phase 1 resident portion at METC. Quality assurance and safety techniques are emphasized throughout the course. Lecture, demonstrations, online materials, simulations, and laboratory practice are utilized throughout the course. This course provides graduates with technical skills and knowledge required to achieve public health specialist entry-level competencies. The course prepares the student to perform preventive medicine operations in both traditional and non-traditional preventive medicine practice settings. The course culminates in college credits that apply toward an associate degree.
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 US Air Force
AFSC: N/A
 US Army
MOS: Preventive Medicine Specialist
Course Length: 640 hours
Iterations per year: 6
 US Navy
NEC: Preventive Medicine Technician
Course Length: 992 hours
Iterations per year: 5
School Code 083
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