Navy Medicine Officer Orientation (NM-101) Course

The Navy Medicine Officer Orientation Course (Navy Medicine 101) is a five-day in-resident training program designed to provide new Naval Medical Department Officers of all Corps with an indoctrination into Navy Medicine covering fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities related to personnel management and operational readiness. NM-101 directly supports the Surgeon General’s priorities and orients new Naval Medical Department Officers to Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, and Navy Medicine organizational structures in preparation for operational assignments with the Fleet and Marine Forces. Topics covered in the course include:

Leadership
Operational Capstone
Get Real, Get Better (GRGB)
Critical Thinking and Decision Making
High Reliability Organizations
Data Driven Decision Making
History of Navy Medicine
High-Velocity Learning
Appreciative Inquiry
Personnel and Unit Readiness
Strategic Overview (US Military C2)
Orders and Planning Process
Introduction to Plans, Operations, and Medical Intelligence (POMI)
US Military Health Service Support (HSS) Capabilities
Force Health Protection (FHP)
Navy Medicine Organizational Structure and Roles
Medical Logistics in the Operational Environment
Global Health Engagement (GHE)
Medical Regulating and Patient Movement
Health Records in the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) and the Operational Environment
Operational Medical Footprint (SURFOR, AIRFOR, SUBFOR, MARFOR)
Discipline and the Navy Legal System

Eligibility
New Active Duty Naval Medical Department Officers of all Corps

*Currently, the course is only available as an intermediate stop (i-Stop) between and officer’s detachment from Officer Development School (ODS) and report to the member’s first permanent duty station.

For additional course information, please click on the CAC protected link to Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command’s Academic Course Registration (ACR) page.

Once you have navigated to the ACR site, scroll to the right and click the tab for “Navy Medicine 101 Course (NM-101).”

221026-N-YX795-478 Students Graduate the 5-Day NM-101 Course to prepare them for the fleet.

Training Location
Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command
Bethesda, MD

Course Data

Length: 5 days
Classes/year: 8 - 9
CPD: 23N6
CIN#: B-61-2100

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
7700 Arlington Blvd. Ste. 5113 Falls Church, VA 22042-5113
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General Navy Medical Inquiries (to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery): usn.ncr.bumedfchva.list.bumed---pao@health.mil