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The Antietam Staff Walk at the Uniformed Services University: A Program Evaluation.
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January 2024
Department of Military & Emergency Medicine, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Introduction: The battle along Antietam Creek in September 1862 was pivotal in shaping future combat medical readiness practices. With the full confidence of his commander, Major (Dr) Jonathan Letterman implemented an innovative ambulance corps system, which contributed immensely to modern-day battlefield medicine. Each year, the Uniformed Services University (USU) holds the Antietam Staff Walk, during which military medical students are engaged by faculty at various "stops" along the 6-mile walk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJonathan Letterman, MD: The Surgeon-Soldier & His Reform of Battlefield Medicine.
Am Surg
February 2018
Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The strategic genius of Jonathan Letterman: the relevancy of the American Civil War to current health care policy makers.
Mil Med
March 2015
Office of the Surgeon General, 800 Army Pentagon, Room 3E585, Washington, DC 20310-0800.
With expanding health insurance coverage, innovative technologies, improved diagnostic acumen, and pharmaceutical additions combining to increase life expectancy, quality of life, and concomitant costs, the American health care system is under significant stress. However, it pales in comparison to the challenges faced by health care leaders during the American Civil War. As we approach the 150th anniversary of the conclusion of that war, it is appropriate to review key strategic health care decisions faced by military leaders during the Civil War and how their resultant outcomes may provide an appropriate perspective for today's leaders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntietam: aspects of medicine, nursing and the civil war.
Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc
July 2008
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572, USA.
Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia met the Army of the Potomac under George B. McClellan at Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862.
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March 2004
International Society for the History of Medicine.
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