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From RT to M.D. – A METC Graduate’s Journey

Dr. Jared Katz is a former Army reserve respiratory therapist who graduated from the Medical Education and Training Campus Respiratory Therapy (RT) course. Along his journey to medical school, Katz utilized his RT skills to help save lives during the coronavirus pandemic. He reached his goal of graduating from Dartmouth Medical School in May 2024.

June 17, 2024 - After spending more time at the fraternity house than studying, then barely graduating from college with a bachelor’s degree in biology, Jared Katz realized he wanted to change who he was as a person, starting with...

Navy Transfers Maxillofacial Tech Course to METC

A student works in the maxillofacial laboratory. The Maxillofacial Dental Laboratory Technician course recently transitioned from the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery to the Medical Education and Training Campus.

May 31, 2024 - A new course has been added to the catalog of courses taught by the Medical Education and Training Campus, headquartered on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas...

PMT Graduates Support Military Partners

Navy graduates of the METC Preventive Medicine Technician course participates in the Entomology block of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Preventive Medicine Operations course by conducting mosquito larvae surveillance with Army students at Salado Creek.

May 31, 2024 - Three recent Navy graduates of the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) Preventive Medicine Technician (PMT) course acted as role players in the Entomology block of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE)...

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...

METC Educators and USU CAHS Support Enlisted Service Members

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.

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,...

Spurs’ Zach Collins Visits METC

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 is a state-of-the-art medical training facility within the Department of Defense which trains enlisted medical personnel in 48 programs. Zach Collins visited METC with USAA as part of several events throughout the basketball season, supporting and celebrating the local military community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Abbigayle Williams)

Feb. 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!!...

METC Pharmacy Training Lab named in honor of late program director

The Catoe family cuts the ribbon to the newly named Catoe Lab at the Medical Education and Training Campus Pharmacy Technician program during a ceremony Dec. 8 in honor of Air Force Col. John Catoe, METC's second pharmacy training program director, while Lt. Col. Darryl McGuire, Pharmacy Director at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, who served with Catoe, as the METC Army Service Lead, unveils the dedication plaque. The pharmacy outpatient training laboratory was named after Catoe following his unexpected death last year.

Dec. 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...

METC Programs Mitigate Heat Challenges

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

Nov. 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...

METC Ultrasound Student Praised for Catching Abnormal Scan

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.

Sept. 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...

METC PTT Program Goes Digital

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

Sept. 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...

METC Physical Therapy Technician students conduct hands-on training

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.

Aug. 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...

Soldiers and Sailors learn Entomology at METC

Aug. 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...