DIMO Courses

The Defense Institute for Medical Operations provides education to international military and civilian healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, laboratory, and paraprofessional workers in the healthcare arena) in the host country and in the United States. A train-the-trainer format is used whenever possible. Partnering with other services and other government and non-government agencies is possible and encouraged.

The courses offered by DIMO can be divided into six major areas of focus: Health System Management, Bioterrorism / Chemical Radiological Threats, Medical Skills Training, Disaster Planning, Global / Public Health and Resident Courses.

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MASL D175466 - (E-IMET) Executive Healthcare Resource Management (Resident): 2 weeks, class size 15, ECL: 80
- Healthcare systems, resource management and critical decision-making processes to improve access and quality of care
- Audience: Military and government medical administrators
MASL D175134 - (E-IMET) GBV & Women's Health (Resident): 5 days, class size 50, ECL: 70
- Domestic violence, sexual assault, child marriage and trafficking
- Audience: Military leaders of women, peace and security programs, ministry of health, law enforcement and judiciary
MASL D175467 - (E-IMET) HIV/AIDS Planning & Policy Development (Resident): 5 days, class size 50, ECL: 70
- National strategy for HIV program design and management, prevention screening, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of opportunistic infections, tuberculosis and special populations
- Audience: Senior Mil-Civ in HIV policy and program development
MASL D129069 - Disaster Planning-Developing National Emergency Management Capability: 10 days, class size 50
- Understand/apply four phases of Emergency Management and the value of working with internal and external partners
- Demonstrate through exercises and facilitated discussions an understanding of an integrated emergency response plan
- Audience: Junior/senior emergency managers, emergency response members requiring further subject matter training
BUILDING CAPACITY – MEDICAL SKILLS TRAINING
MASL D319337 - Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Med Provider: 5 days
- NAEMT, may request instructor certification and training site
- Audience: Drs., Nurses, PAs & Medics forward deployed for combat ops
MASL D319058 - Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Combat Life Saver (CLS): 5 days
- NAEMT: May request instructor certification & training chapter
- Audience: Non-med personnel (operational forces/support personnel)
MASL D319331 - (ITLS) International Trauma Life Support for Provider: 5 days, class size 18-24
MASL D319332 - (ITLS) International Trauma Life Support for Instructors: 5 days, class size 6-24
MASL D319333 - (ITLS) International Trauma Life Support for Chapter Mentorship: 5 days, class size 6-24
- ITLS provider certification: Pre-hospital medical response and treatment
- May request instructor certification and training chapter
- Audience: Provider/Instructors/Site Mentorship
MASL D319315 - MASCAL Response for Healthcare Personnel: 5 days, class size 40
- Triage, field care, casualty collection point operations and patient movement
- Audience: Medical personnel; physicians, nurses, first-level care
MASL D319313 - Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC): 5 days, class size 25
- Develop situational awareness and experience for the care and movement of patients in the battlefield by aerial assets/vehicles of opportunity such as fixed or rotary aircraft
- Audience: Physicians, nurses, medical techs and non-medical flight crews working with patient movement
MASL D319306 - En Route Critical Care: 5 days, class size 24
- Provides concept, equipment familiarization, treatment processes, and hands–on experience for care of critically injured/ill while en route to higher definitive care.
- Audience: Critical care providers and nurses
MASL D319307 - Surgical Trauma Response Techniques (STRT): 5 days, class size 24
- Lectures and cadaver lab exercises to enable surgeons to improve skills using the latest techniques
- Audience: Surgeons and physician providers to trauma
MASL D31905 - Trauma, Tactical & Emergency Point of Care (POC) Ultrasound: 5 days, class size 6
- Students will learn POC ultrasound and interpret ultrasound images
- Demonstrate ultrasound competency
- Audience: Health care workers assisting acutely ill or injured patients
MASL D319338 - Medical Skills Instruction and Simulation: 3-5 days, class size 6
- Develop instructors, scenario-based training, simulation and policies for independent simulation center, includes training aids and moulage
- Audience: Healthcare Instructors
MASL D319304 - Mental Health Services After Disasters and Combat, 5 days, class size 50
- Provides proven methods for post-traumatic stress disorder to facilitate resiliency and improve reintegration
- Audience: Medical and mental health personnel
MASL D319323 - Gender-Based Violence (GBV): 5 days, class size 50
- Program development for domestic violence & sexual assault/violence
- Audience: Peacekeepers, healthcare workers, social workers, lawyers and law enforcement
MASL D319327 - (E-IMET) Gender Based Violence (GBV) Phase II – Leadership Course: 5 days, class size 50
- Interagency program to improve processes for domestic and sexual violence
- Audience: Social workers, law enforcement/military, prosecutors and judiciary
MASL D319339 - (E-IMET) Reducing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in PKO: 5 days, class size 40
- Protection of human rights in peacekeeping operations and reduce SEA
- Audience: All peacekeepers - any occupation
BUILDING CAPACITY – HEALTH SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
MASL D319311 - (E-IMET) Nursing Leadership: 5 days, class size 45
- Develop 11 “WHO/ICN” areas to strengthen skilled nursing force, positive work environments, retention and nursing leadership
- Audience: Middle to senior-level nursing leaders
MASL D319308 - (E-IMET) Fundamentals of Healthcare Administration: 5 days, class size 25
- Examines operations and administration of the organization
- Improves financing, delivery, and organization of healthcare personnel
- Audience: Any personnel involved with healthcare administration
MASL D319335 - Basic Medical Planning for United Nations: 5 days, class size 25
- Medical planning in PKO as well as UN level 2 capability
- Audience: Personnel involved in health support and planning
MASL D319050 - (E-IMET) - Advanced Medical Planning for United Nations: 5 Days, class size 30
- An advanced alternative to the “Basic Medical Planning Course” with emphasis on medical planning knowledge at the operational and strategic levels within the NATO Combined Joint Task Force
- Audience: Medical operations personnel planners, administrators and medical providers at operational and strategic level 5
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF
MASL D319310 - (E-IMET) Disaster Planning (Basic): 5 days, class size 50
- Elements for building a national disaster plan & integrating local & regional response capabilities into the nation’s emergency management system
- Audience: Planners, emergency management, police, fire, rescue, and medical personnel. Combined military and civilian groups are ideal
MASL D319316 - (E-IMET) Disaster Planning (Advanced): 5 days, class size 50
- Evaluates and exercises the host nation’s current disaster response plan and introduces emergency management concepts to improve interagency coordination
- Audience: Planners/emergency response personnel
MASL D319320 - (E-IMET) Disaster Planning & Emergency Management (Senior Leaders): 2 Days, class size 20
- Prepares leadership for national disaster management, including implementing national emergency management strategies, continuity of operations and government
- Audience: Senior officials involved in planning and emergency management
MASL D319321 - (E-IMET) Medical Support/Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response: 5 days, class size 50
- Provides consequence management & emergency medical interventions immediately following a disaster
- Features a progressive multiday and multiagency tabletop exercise
- Audience: Healthcare & emergency management officials
MASL D319303 - (E-IMET) Public Health Emergencies: 5 days, class size 50
- Public health relevant infectious diseases, environmental health, outbreak & disease surveillance with large exercise
- Audience: Personnel involved with public health
CBRNE THREATS
MASL D319322 - CBRN Incident and Medical Response: 5 days, class size 40
- Incident management & initial hospital response to CBRN
- Exercises PPE, DECON, facility protection and initial hospital- based management of victims
- Audience: Healthcare personnel and administrators
FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION
MASL D319326 - Outbreak Detection & Response: 5 days, class size 50
- Surveillance, recognition, case management and response
- Supports the IHR and Global Health Security Agenda
- Audience: Public health, healthcare and lab personnel
MASL D319318 - Infection Control in Ebola & Pandemic Management: 5 days, class size 50
- Planning for medical care during outbreaks
- Hands-on proficiency testing with protective equipment
- Audience: Emergency management, infection control and healthcare personnel involved with contagious diseases
MASL D319325 - Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) for UN Peacekeepers: 2 days, class size 100
- Recognize people with Ebola, demonstrate personal
- protective equipment wearing and removal
- Patient triage, movement and transfer
- Audience: Peacekeeping troops and commanders
MASL D319328 - Malaria and Other Infectious Disease Threats: 5 days, class size 50
- Develop a malaria program for force health protection, risk assessment, prevention, management and monitoring
- Audience: Public health, healthcare providers and commanders
MASL D319330 - Mitigating Foodborne Risks During Deployments: 5 days, class size 30
- Food safety/defense capability for force health protection to decrease the risk of foodborne disease
- Audience: Personnel involved with food and water
MASL D319329 - Medical Readiness Principles of Food Protection: 5 days, class size 30
- Build a sustainable food protection capability within the
- Partner nation’s military or civilian sector, which improves long-term health outcomes
- Audience: Mid to senior-level military and civilian personnel, veterinary, public health, and preventive medicine professionals
MASL D319319 - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Program Development: 5 days, class size 50
- Review hospital infections and improve worker safety
- Infection surveillance, isolation and lab integration
- Audience: Policy writers, epidemiologists, infection control officers, laboratory, medical and nursing staff
MASL D319314 - Operational Preventive Medicine: 5 days, class size 50
- Pre-deployment and post-deployment, readiness, and health threat screenings to protect the strength of deployed forces
- Audience: Medical personnel involved with deployment
NEEDS ASSESSMENT - PDSS
MASL D319302 - Training Needs Assessment/Site Survey: 2-5 days
- Survey, assess needs, formulate future medical training needs, and establish sustainable programs
- Jointly develop a plan of cooperation which outlines training objectives and matches those with training events
- Includes monitoring, evaluation and DOTMLPF assessment
- Audience: Our partner nations’ facilities

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