Inaugural Military Medicine Training Programme starts

A new Military Medicine Training Programme provides sustainable model for workforce planning in theMedical Corps, and addresses the Defence Forces’ medical requirements, writes Lloyd Mudiwa After a seven-year campaign and process to get military medicine (MM) recognised as a specialty by the Irish Medical Council, the first two trainee medical officers have finally commenced their postgraduate training, the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) has confirmed. The Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Paul Kehoe, on July 10 attended the inaugural commissioning ceremony at McKee Barracks, Dublin, of the two lieutenants who will participate in the inaugural Defence Forces Military Medicine…