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First Army combat medics to receive advanced training graduate
September 23, 2021 — In August, 275 students attending the Army Combat Medic Specialist Training Program at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston were the first graduates to receive 18 hours of training in Prolonged Casualty Care, which provided the new combat medics with skills to treat complex casualties over a prolonged period of time... MORE

METC development program caters to student success
September 1, 2021 — The Faculty Student and Staff Development program, or FSSD, is a service tailored to the development of student success for Medical Education and Training Campus trainees who are struggling with their academics... MORE

59th MDW: Medical Education and Training Campus trains biomedical technicians
August 16, 2021 — The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is home to the Biomedical Equipment Technician program that meets the unique mission of training, mentoring, professionally developing and qualifying the most proficient Air Force, Army and Navy biomedical equipment technicians... MORE

A Biomedical Equipment Technician program student troubleshoots medical equipment at the Medical Education and Training Campus.

METC Partnership Provides Pathway for Active Duty, Veterans
August 13, 2021 — The Medical Education and Training Campus offers degree pathway programs that provide Service members and veterans with maximum credit for the training they receive at METC and experience they gain while serving; saving them significant time and money toward a college degree... MORE

Combat medic trainees in the Medical Education and Training Campus Combat Medic Specialist Training Program treat a mock casualty in the Combat Trauma Patient Simulator.

METC reopens graduations to guests
July 28, 2021 — For the first time since the start of the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, the Medical Education and Training Campus is re-opening graduations and class closings to limited guests... MORE

Innovation working group strives to enhance METC training
July 9, 2021 — The Alamo Sparks Innovation Working Group Cell operates four main lines of effort to progress curriculum and instructional delivery that will allow METC students and other trainees to gain exposure to a variety of technological aids that augment the learning environment... MORE

Students in the METC Radiologic Technologist program utilize the touch interactive 3D rendering system on the anatomage table to view the cardiovascular system.

METC trains behavioral health students in full range of mental health support
May 4, 2021 — Mental Health Awareness Month brings into focus awareness of and support for mental illness. Military mental health professionals provide a critical role in behavioral health care for service members and beneficiaries. The first provider a patient may see when seeking help is the behavioral health technician, or BHT... MORE

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ebiye Osadare (far right), a Navy instructor for the METC Behavioral Health Technician program, monitors a mock counseling session from behind the glass between BHT students Airman Frederick Hall (left) and Seaman Chery Gonzales-Polanco (right).

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week at the Medical Education and Training Campus, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
April 19, 2021 — Lab Week is a great time to create awareness, appreciation, and excitement about the laboratory medicine profession and to honor your colleagues who are vital members and significant contributors to the readiness of the United States Armed Forces... MORE

Lab Week is a great time to create awareness, appreciation, and excitement about the laboratory medicine profession. It is also a time to inspire the Army and Navy students who are currently training to become MLTs in the Medical Laboratory Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

METC NDT trainees learn about brain disorders & care
April 16, 2021 — Neurodiagnostic Technicians, including those in the military, perform many tests that diagnose problems with the brain and nervous system, as well as sleep disorders. They use state-of-the-art digital equipment to record electrical patterns throughout the brain and nervous system, which result in valuable data that the doctor needs to diagnose and treat their patients... MORE

Air Force Senior Airman Jamila Basit, a student in the Neurodiagnostic Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, practices the electrode application method required for performance of the Electroencephalogram (EEG) on fellow student, Navy Seaman Marcus Falcon.

Helping patients accomplish daily life tasks is crux of METC OTA training
April 4, 2021 — Occupational therapy assistants help people who struggle with everyday tasks by providing a treatment to improve motor skills, balance, and coordination... MORE

Staff Sgt. William Cox, an Army instructor in the METC Occupational Therapy Assistant program, teaches Army and Navy students about heat modalities used in occupational therapy treatments.