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from the
PUBLISHER and EDITOR

The staff of the JSOM wishes everyone paramedic level or the tactical level.
a very safe and happy holiday season. Letters explaining each survey are at-
tached as PDF files.
AMSUS and the National Museum of
Health and Medicine IBSC Tactical Responder Study:
I had the pleasure of meeting several of Michelle DuGuay Landers https://www.surveymonkey.com/r
the National Museum of Health and /IBSCTRC2016ja
Medicine staff at AMSUS. If you’re not already, I wanted IBSC Tactical Paramedic Study:
to be sure our JSOM readers are aware of the museum https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBSCTPC2016ja
and their collections. IBSC Critical Care Paramedic Study:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IBSCCCP2016ja
The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM)
is a DoD museum that is part of the Defense Health Agency. If you have any questions, please contact
Innovation in the practice of Special Operations medicine John R. Clark, JD, MBA, NR-P, FP-C, CCP-C, CMTE
happens wherever the warfighter is, whether in training or Chief Operating Officer, BCCTPC: e-mail:
in a deployed environment. Those innovations save the lives jclark@bccptpc.org.
of an injured Warfighter and sustain unit readiness, and, of-
ten, those innovations will become the standard-of-care for Wilderness & Environmental Medicine —
military medicine and beyond. But what of the historical Editor-in-Chief Position
and current devices, instruments, or procedures that result The Wilderness Medical Society’s peer-reviewed journal,
from the rapid development inherent to Special Operations Wilderness & Environmental Medicine (WEM), is ac-
medicine? Are those artifacts preserved and made avail- cepting applications for the editor-in-chief (EIC) posi-
able to future innovators from across the entire spectrum tion of their Journal. The person filling this position will
of military medicine, or even used to share with the public replace the current EIC in September 2017. The EIC is
the story of modern military medical advances? These two the editorial head of the journal and, therefore, respon-
questions are of interest to the NMHM, an element of the sible for the scientific quality of the journal. The EIC
Research and Development Directorate (J-9) at the Defense directs the overall management of and accepts final re-
Health Agency. The National Museum of Health and Med- sponsibility for the operation and content of the journal.
icine, a DoD museum since 1862 when it was founded as The EIC reviews each submission to determine the suit-
the Army Medical Museum, wants to engage with innova- ability of it being published in WEM before it is passed
tors in the field of Special Operations medicine. along to peer reviewers, section editors, and associate
editors. The EIC manages ethical issues and IRB compli-
Developers, researchers, and anyone involved in the ance for research submitted to WEM. Together with the
development of the medical technology unique to Spe- associate editors and section editors, the EIC referees all
cial Operations are encouraged to contact the museum papers presented for publication in the journal—from
at (301) 319-3902 or via email at USArmy.Detrick initial submission to final print. The EIC interacts on
.MEDCOM-USAMRMC.List.Medical-Museum@mail. a daily basis with the managing editor to move manu-
NMHM hopes to learn about the technology that is scripts along the editorial and peer review process. The
shaping the future of Special Operations medicine and EIC is also responsible for the oversight of the editorial
is eager to hear from the community. The National Mu- board and chairs the yearly editorial board meeting at
seum of Health and Medicine is located at 2500 Linden the annual summer conference. Previous editorial re-
Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910: sponsibility is preferred but not required. This position
is supported by a financial stipend. Please send a letter
Web: www.medicalmuseum.mil of interest, CV, and letters of recommendation by Janu-
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MedicalMuseum ary 31, 2017, to Dr Loren Greenway (loren@wms.org)
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MedicalMuseum and Robyn Bonini (robyn@wms.org).
Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic We hope you enjoy this edition of the Journal of Special
Certification: TP-C and CCP-C Job Analysis Survey Operations Medicine, as it closes out our 16th year in
The BCCTPC has the following surveys. Please take the publication. More great editions to come in 2017.
survey if you are practicing at the either the critical care —Michelle DuGuay Landers

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