Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Military Hospitals and Clinics: 96th Medical Group
Number of Graduate Medical Education programs: 1
Number of Graduate Allied Health Education programs: 4
Total number of Residents/Fellows: 36
Number of inpatient beds: 53
Major inpatient clinical services: Multi-Service Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Labor and Delivery
Number of Operating Rooms: 8
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About Us
The 96th Medical Group is a full spectrum community hospital supporting 92,000 eligible beneficiaries and boasting one of the Air Force's busiest Labor and Delivery Units. Tucked away in friendly Fort Walton Beach, this hospital features basic inpatient capabilities including an open Intensive Care Unit. We house a Nurse Residency program, an Advanced Education in General Dentistry program, a Family Medicine Residency Program, the Interservice Physician Assistant Program Phase II site and serve as a rotating site for Keesler Air Force Base’s General Surgery Residency. The Family Medicine Residency is the sole ACGME program. The Hospital supports Human Subjects Research and hosts an annual research symposium in the early summer showcasing scholarly activity. The 96th MDG supports the 96th Test Wing which tests innovative warfighting capabilities and specializes in acclimatization, flight testing and munitions testing. If you can dream it, they can test it. Located on the base is the Tri-Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal school as well as nearby Ranger Training and the 7th Special Forces Group - Airborne. This co-location and ongoing medical support provides a great deal of opportunity for operational experience during residency.
Mission
Develop versatile, deployment-ready, full-spectrum capable family physicians who are prepared to lead, innovate, and deliver evidence-based care to all we serve in the Military Health System, wherever in the world we are tasked to go.
Vision
Advancing military medicine, making tomorrow's health care happen today.
Values
Excellence, Service and Integrity
Aims
- To produce COMPETENT and QUALIFIED learnerscapable of independent practice who deliver continuing and comprehensive care in any military or civilian medical system.
- To propagate THE SCIENCE AND ART OF MEDICINE through MENTORING, supporting the clinical and professional development of residents, medical students and other healthcare team members in an environment that places the highest priority on patient safety and empathic care.
- To perform as LEADERS who will direct patient care teams in both home station and austere/deployed settings, including emphasis on the integration of body, mind, and spirit.
- To develop MASTER ADAPTIVE LEARNERS who are curious, engaged, interested and participate in quality improvement and scholarly activity.
