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from the

PUBLISHER

elcome to the Fall edition of practicing in the field and how they are
the JSOM’s 20th year in pub- advancing their practice.
Wlication. We have been giving Michelle D. Landers, Lt Col (Ret)
you some great reading material to oc- Our thoughts are to generate some re-
cupy you as you’ve been forced to spend search questions, and our podcast team
more time at home due to COVID-19. Our Spring edition fo- will recruit and mentor (as SOF enablers) medics through the
cused our Then and Now section on the use of Whole Blood necessary literature reviews of research questions. Several of
during the past 20 years. The Summer edition was focused on our editors will work directly with the medics on the nuts &
Tourniquets and Hemorrhage Control, and our Fall edition bolts for the research and publication process. This would
will take you on a journey through the development of Pro- lead to publications in JSOM that are SOF medic oriented,
longed Field Care. researched, and written.
The JSOM bids farewell to the Special Operations Medical The next step would be to use those same research questions
Association (SOMA)’s President MSG (Ret) Harold “Monty” to generate retrospective research. We could help SOF medics
Montgomery and welcomes COL (Ret) Russ Kotwal. If you work through the process and mentor their research and writ-
missed Monty’s outgoing message, please be sure to read it in ing, to the goal of publication in JSOM.
our Summer From the SOMA President.
For some research questions, we want to connect the SOF
In this edition’s From the SOMA President, our new president, medics with our many colleagues throughout military medi-
Dr Kotwal, comments, “the JSOM is the Official Journal of cine research labs, where prospective data could be collected.
SOMA and provides the voice of Special Operations Medicine This would lead to publications in JSOM.
in the peer-reviewed literature. Let your voice be heard; submit
an article to JSOM.” The final common pathway for all this would be the generation
of Joint Trauma Service SOF clinical practice guidelines (CPGs)
We missed seeing everyone at the Special Operations Medical that would have been thought of, researched, and written by
and Scientific Assembly (SOMSA) this year, but JSOM will be SOF medics, which could be a giant step forward from the cur-
participating in the Virtual SOMA 2020 Training, Education, rent process. And the CPGs would be published in JSOM.
Scientific Assembly and Exhibition – On-Demand September
15–October 27. Our team is working with SOMA to bring JSOM would be an integral partner in an ongoing collabora-
you a cradle-to-grave SOF Medic research solution. We have tion with SOMSA and the JSOMTC. Instead of just the occa-
found there is a significant gap of: sional manuscript, we would also consider short blurbs every
quarter with status updates for different projects and possibly
– “boots on the ground”–driven research questions consider a parallel podcast release.
– SOF medic involvement with obtaining retrospective and
prospective data We are looking into scheduling a lab session at this year’s vir-
– SOF medic involvement in data analysis tual SOMSA and SOMSA 2021 to:
– SOF medic involvement in manuscript generation
– And, perhaps most importantly, many GMO physicians – Present a brief background about “how-to” research (lit-
and PA leaders have insufficient formal scientific research erature review, retrospective/benchtop/animal/prospective
training and lack the available time to assist medics in their research)
proposed submissions. – Introduce POC from different labs within DoD that per-
form research
– Brief a road map about how some previous CPGs were
JSOM’s SOF Research Vision
implemented
Our JSOM team is looking to work with SOMA and hope- – Break into small group sessions to brainstorm research top-
fully the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center ics based on current and future SOF medic practice
(JSOMTC) leadership to bring you a workshop at SOMSA – Small group discussion to “mission plan” their top research
2021 and/or listening sessions at the existing JSOMTC small question. Assign: lit review, data analysis, manuscript gen-
group sessions. Medics tell our podcast team this is where they eration, etc.
are currently learning the most about what their colleagues are – Develop a cadre/small team of advisors.
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