Your health - Our mission

Votre santé - Notre mission

HFM 215 London May 22-23, 2012

Maj. Mike Christian, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Your health - Our mission

Votre santé - Notre mission

Context con’t• Pull out from Afghanistan

Your health - Our mission

Votre santé - Notre mission

Context – May 7, 2012

• Letter to Minister of defence from PETA

Your health - Our mission

Votre santé - Notre mission

Context con’t

Your health - Our mission

Votre santé - Notre mission

Activities• Canada wide inventory of med-sim assets• Formation of a standing committee on med-sim• Identification of initial research priorities for med-sim

Your health - Our mission

Votre santé - Notre mission

Challenges• Aligning med-sim kit with training demands• Restructuring funding sources away from operation

budgets• Identifying med-sim technologies practical for varied

military environments– SmartStat issues

• Med-sim governance issues