Medical Education and Training Campus

Medical Education and Training Campus
Medical Education and Training Campus
METC Aerial view.jpg
Model aerial view
Active 2005 -
Country United States
Branch Tri-service
Type Medical
Role Training
Garrison/HQ Fort Sam Houston
Website http://www.metc.mil/
Commanders
Commandant Rear Admiral Kiser
Insignia
Metc logo.png

The Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) integrated campus under a single university-style administration, with 64 programs of study available to US enlisted military students.[1] METC is located at Joint Base San Antonio on Fort Sam Houston, Texas with a field training site located at Camp Bullis. Its goal is to "train the world's finest Medics, Hospital Corpsmen, and Medical Techicians; supporting our nation's ability to engage globally".[2]

Contents

Base Realignment and Closure

METC is the result of 2005 BRAC legislation that required the bulk of enlisted technical medical training in the Army, Air Force, and Navy to be co-located to Fort Sam Houston, Texas with the potential of transitioning to a tri-service education and training effort.[3] Consolidation is expected to result in government savings[4] and is the largest enlisted military medical education and training facility in the world.[3]

Construction

METC's footprint covers more than 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) on Fort Sam Houston and cost more than $1.2 billion to build and equip. Eleven new facilities have been built including three 1,200-student dormitories, and six existing buildings are undergoing renovations. Construction began July 21, 2008.[5] Each of its three current dormitories will house 1,200 Airmen and Sailors. Other facilities include a dining facility, fitness center, five medical instructional facilities (MIFs), and a Navy and Air Force shared command building.[3] Two other nearby dorms will be built nearby for Army students, with one housing 3,000 technical school students.[6] The dorm rooms themselves were individually constructed offsite at a plant in Belton, Texas and shipped.[7] Each of the five dormitories will cost approximately $140 million to complete and will consist of four floors.[8] The dormitories will consist of 600 apartment styled dorms on three upper floors while the bottom floor will be classrooms and administrative space.[8] Due to the unique circumstances of a military dormitory over traditional college dorms such as noise from aircraft, armored vehicles, and artillery as well as the Army's policies on the amount of floor space allocated per soldier, contractors were forced to find a unique way to deal with the sound. The traditional method of party walls would not work because of the already limited floor space. A new soundproof drywall was used instead to give students as much living space as possible.[9]

Academics

Rear Admiral Kiser

METC entered into its initial operating capability June 30, 2010 and reached full operating capability on September 15, 2011. Its initial training course was Radiography Specialist. Other courses were phased in throughout the rest of the year and into 2011. The METC campus will have more than 24,000 students going through its doors each year, with an average daily student load of approximately 8,000. METC officials will also employ an operating staff and faculty of more than 1,400.[2]

By service, the student breakdown includes approximately 45 percent Army, 31 per cent Navy and 24 per cent Air Force. The longest program offered is cytology, which is the study of cells, at 52 weeks; and the shortest, at four weeks, is patient administration. Consolidated basic and specialty enlisted training from five separate service medical learning centers have moved to San Antonio, Texas.[citation needed]

Local impact

The Medical Education and Training Campus has already brought $621 million to San Antonio and is estimated to bring an additional $15 billion per year after 2011.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Medical Education and Training Campus". http://www.metc.mil. Retrieved 16 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Rear Admiral Bob Kiser, MC USN (14 March 2011). "Medical Monday: New Medical Education and Training Campus". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2011/03/medical-monday-new-medical-education-and-training-campus/. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c "Tri-Service Medical Education and Training Campus (METC)". http://www.evolvent.com/performance_metc.htm. 
  4. ^ Harry J. Thie, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Adam C. Resnick, Thomas Manacapilli, Daniel Gershwin, Andrew Baxter, Roland J. Yardley (2009). Enhancing Interoperability Among Enlisted Medical Personnel. Center for Military Health Policy Research. ISBN 9780833046246. http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG774/. 
  5. ^ Larry Coffey (11 July 2008). "DoD Breaks Ground on Historic Medical Education Training Campus". United States Navy. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=38390. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
  6. ^ "Joint Medical Training Center Opens". Air Force Print News. 7 July 2010. http://www.military.com/news/article/air-force-news/joint-medical-training-center-opens.html. Retrieved 23 May 2011. 
  7. ^ Jason Buch (25 February 2010). "Construction finishes on METC dorm". MySA. http://blog.mysanantonio.com/realestate/2010/02/construction-finishes-on-metc-dorm/. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
  8. ^ a b Barbra Murray (16 March 2010). "U.S. Army Makes a Splash in Modular Housing with 1,200-Unit Fort Sam Residential Project". CPExecutive. http://www.cpexecutive.com/property-types/multi-family/u-s-army-makes-a-splash-in-modular-housing-with-1200-unit-fort-sam-residential-project/. Retrieved 7 June 2010. 
  9. ^ admin (10 March 2010). "Building Silent Barracks at Fort Sam Houston". Randomnessinfo. http://www.randomnessinfo.info/2011/03/building-silent-barracks-at-fort-sam-houston/. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
  10. ^ "BRAC on Track". Southwest Texas Publishing, Inc.. 15 September 2010. http://swtxpublishing.com/blog/?p=1. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 

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