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Education & Training

The Military Health System includes a robust, innovative, and enterprise-wide system that maximizes education and training opportunities. This ensures we're improving health and building readiness — Anytime, Anywhere—Always.

DHA leads standardized, high-value education and training activities at all levels. This includes:

  • Service members.
  • Health care providers.
  • DHA global workforce.

Workforce professional development and sustainment programs also contribute to the organization’s commitment to a fulfilled staff.

Our Training Opportunities

DHA Learning Management Systemgoes to DHA LMS page (hosted by Joint Knowledge Online)

DHA Academy

Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute

Leadership, Education, Analysis, Development, Sustainment

Medical Education and Training Campus

Medical Modernization and Simulation Division 

Our Training Partners

The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine is an internationally renowned center for aerospace medical learning, consultation, aerospace medical investigations and aircrew health assessments. We promote readiness and protect force and community health by using a range of tools and expertise including environmental and health surveillance, laboratory and risk analysis, process re-engineering, consultation and technological innovation to maximize operational health capabilities and to solve problems through ingenuity and partnerships.

TRAIN is a national learning network that provides quality training opportunities for professionals who protect and improve the public’s health.

The Uniformed Services University is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good.

The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), is located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The Army Medicine proponent is responsible to envision and design responsive Army Medicine capabilities and structure that support the fielded force and the future force, developing adaptive medical doctrine that supports Army and Joint Force operational requirements. As one of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's 10 Centers of Excellence, MEDCoE is who the Army relies upon to train, educate, and inspire all of its medical personnel

VHA TRAIN is an external learning management system to provide valuable, Veteran-focused, accredited, continuing medical education at no cost to community health care providers.

VHA TRAIN is a gateway into the TRAIN Learning Network, the most comprehensive catalog of public health training opportunities. TRAIN is a free service for learners from the Public Health Foundation. VHA TRAIN is supported by the Veterans Health Administration Employee Education System, an internal education and training program office in the Department of Veteran Affairs. Through this site, users can:

  • Quickly find and register for many courses listed on Train.org and participating TRAIN affiliated sites
  • Track learning with personal online transcripts
  • Access valuable materials, course reviews and discussions to improve learning experience
  • Stay informed of the latest public health training for specific areas or expertise

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Aug 14, 2024

Revolutionizing Health Care: Pioneering Innovations and Future Horizons

This one-day virtual course featuring six presentations draws on military and civilian experts from academia, government, and clinical care settings to address professional practice gaps among a wide range of healthcare professions. The presentations focus on clinical best practices, interprofessional learning, and military readiness. Participants ...

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Aug 1, 2024

New Microlearning Series on Military Medicine and Operations Launches on Social Media Platforms

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The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, Department of Training and Doctrine, is excited to announce the launch of a microlearning series designed to educate and engage audiences on military medicine, doctrine, and operations through short, animated videos. These one-minute videos will be released exclusively on Facebook and Instagram, offering ...

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Jul 25, 2024

Wisconsin Guard Medical Company Helps Set Up Clinic

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Walking into an empty medical clinic and getting it up and running in under three hours is no easy task, but a group of soldiers—primarily from the Wisconsin National Guard’s 135th Medical Company—were up to the task during a training rotation with the 32nd “Red Arrow” Infantry Brigade Combat Team at the Joint Readiness Training Center.

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Jun 21, 2024

Training and Triage: Real-World Scenarios and Medical Readiness

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Soldiers face various challenges when training in field environments, whether it's sleep deprivation or the chaos of stressful events. They also face real-world challenges related to medical readiness. These challenges include maintaining physical health, managing injuries, and ensuring quick access to medical care.

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May 29, 2024

Nursing Experience Fueled Leader’s Passion for Training, Supporting Military Health

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Dr. Lolita O’Donnell’s military nursing roots took hold more than three decades ago, and although no longer a military nurse, those ideals still influence her duties as the DHA’s Education and Training Directorate’s chief of Executive Skills, Continuing Education & Libraries, and director of the Continuing Education Program Office.

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May 28, 2024

'Warrior Medics' Conduct Black Hawk Medevac Litter Training, Familiarization Flights Over Tampa Bay

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Thirty-eight “Warrior Medics” assigned to the Army Reserve Medical Command’s Pinellas Park, Fla., headquarters and headquarters detachment, conducted litter training with a UH-60 Black Hawk military ambulance with Army Reserve crew chiefs from Golf Company, 5th General Support Aviation Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment here, followed by Black Hawk ...

Last Updated: July 02, 2024
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