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Archive: 2023

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

METC Program Creates Path to College Degrees
June 27, 2023 — The Medical Education and Training Campus Degree Bridge Program provides active duty, National Guard, and Reserve service members and veterans a means to earn a college degree in a variety of allied health and related career fields more quickly by receiving credit for their military service and training...

ITMD Completes Voice Solution Project
March 25, 2023 — The Medical Education and Training Campus Information Technology and Multimedia Division recently completed a project that provides METC users with robust cellular service from AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile (which also includes Sprint and Google Fi) in medical instructional facilities across the campus, ensuring better cellular connectivity for safety and productivity...

METC hosts large-scale tabletop exercise for notional mobilization
January 31, 2023 — The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conducted a large-scale, mobilization tabletop exercise, or MOBTTX, Jan. 17 to prepare for a potential surge in student throughput for three of its largest training programs...