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Medical Education and Training Campus Receives Reaccreditation of its Urology Technician Program From the Certification Board for Urologic Nurses & Associates
March 27, 2024 — The Certification Board for Urologic Nurses & Associates (CBUNA) is pleased to announce the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has been granted reaccreditation for the Urology Technician Program certification program... MORE

METC Educators and USU CAHS Support Enlisted Service Members
March 4, 2024 — The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS) and the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), a branch campus of CAHS, work together to enable Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard students to earn college credits in specific medical specialty training programs during their military enlistment... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Corey Terry, METC Ophthalmic Technician program instructor, was appointed by the College of Allied Health Sciences as an Assistant Professor.

Spurs’ Zach Collins Visits METC
February 1, 2024 — The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) had the pleasure of hosting a visit by Spurs Power Forward Zach Collins along with Spurs staff and USAA partners on January 25. Go Spurs Go!! ... MORE

Zach Collins, San Antonio Spurs player, signs autographs for students, staff and instructors while visiting the Medical Education and Training Campus, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, TX, Jan. 25, 2024.

METC Pharmacy Training Lab named in honor of late program director
December 13, 2023 — The Pharmacy Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) officially named its outpatient pharmacy training laboratory as the Catoe Lab during a ceremony Dec. 8, in honor of Air Force Col. John Catoe, METC’s second pharmacy program director, who unexpectedly passed away last year... MORE

METC Programs Mitigate Heat Challenges
November 6, 2023 — In the midst of the hottest days of Texas summer, training at the Medical Education and Training Campus nearly came to a halt when the chillers that cool the medical instructional buildings, or MIFs, were not producing enough cold water to adequately cool the buildings... MORE

A group of Pharmacy students begin their mock practical exam on outpatient pharmacy hoods located in the loading dock of Heritage Hall.

METC Ultrasound Student Praised for Catching Abnormal Scan
September 18, 2023 — Hospital Corpsman Second Class Douglass Jones joined the Navy to challenge himself and develop skills that could one day be useful outside of the military. Fortunately for one service member, Jones was able to apply his newly learned skills in a very unexpected way... MORE

Hospital Corpsman Second Class Douglass Jones is presented with a coin from the Medical Education and Training Campus Commandant, Col. David Walmsley, for Jones' outstanding attention to detail while conducting a practice scan on a student, leading him to recognize an abnormality that allowed the student to receive expedited care for a mass that could have later become symptomatic.

METC PTT Program Goes Digital
September 1, 2023 — The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is no exception. The Physical Therapy Technician (PTT) program is the first of METC’s 48 programs to permanently shift to eBooks for student learning... MORE

One benefit to using eBooks is their accessibility by METC students out-side of class time.

METC Physical Therapy Technician students conduct hands-on training
August 30, 2023 — Army, Navy, and Air Force students in the Physical Therapy Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus recently applied treatments on each other while conducting a practical exercise in the PTT laboratory Aug. 16... MORE

Soldiers and Sailors learn Entomology at METC
August 8, 2023 — Army and Navy students in the Medical Education and Training Campus Preventive Medicine program learn about insects and their effect on humans and the environment... MORE

Bug Training
June 27, 2023 — Army and Navy students in the Medical Education and Training Campus METC Preventive Medicine program practice identifying ticks, mites, and fleas in the entomology laboratory. During the entomology portion of their training, students examine insects and learn about their relationship to humans, the environment, and other organisms. In addition, they learn how to identify, survey, and use Integrated Pest Management, or pest control, to mitigate medically important arthropods, preparing them to perform various entomological functions in support of insect and rodent control programs. Graduates are certified in DoD Pesticide Application through the Armed Forces Pest Management Board. The Preventive Medicine program is a joint program that lasts 24 weeks for the Navy and 16 Weeks for the Army. The Entomology portion lasts 17 days. ... MORE

Army and Navy students in the Medical Education and Training Campus Preventive Medicine program examine insects and learn about their relationship to humans, the environment, and other organisms in the entomology laboratory. As part of their training, students are prepared to perform various entomological functions in support of insect and rodent control programs. Graduates are certified in DoD Pesticide Application through the Armed Forces Pest Management Board.