SWMI-Surface Warfare Medical Institute

Welcome to Surface Warfare Medical Institute. Here at SWMI we offer multiple courses to health care professionals that enable them to better provide care to the Sailors and Marines who depend on our services. The 9 courses we offer train over 1330+ students per year and range from the year long Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsmen class to the 1 day Humanitarian Civic Assistance Symposium. Doctors, dentists, nurses, and medical service corps officers attend courses to help them be Department Heads, CATF Surgeons, and good shipmates. The Medical Regulating Class teaches health care professionals how to execute one of the medical field’s primary responsibilities – getting patients to the care they need. Teaching these intense and diverse courses requires excellent instructor and support staff; you will find them here.

-Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) are trained to function independent of a Medical Officer to include:
-Advanced diving medicine
-Advanced patient care
-Medical administration
-Environmental/Occupational health
Logistical duties which allows them to function independent of a medical officer.
The IDC Program also provides training in:
IDC Refresher Training (IDC REFTRA)
Surface Force Medical Indoctrination Course (SFMIC)
IDC’s are often the specialist of choice for the many medical support obligations due to the changing Operational Tempo and tasking to complement other DoD assets.
IDC’s Platforms:
-Diving Commands
-Ships
-FMF (Fleet Marine Force)
-Submarines
-Special Operation Commands
-SEABEE’s
-Various isolated shore activities of the Navy and Marine Corps

CATF Surgeon:
This course provides senior-ranking Navy Medical Department Officers with training in amphibious operations, expeditionary warfare, and associated operational health service support training. Upon graduation, Medical Corps Officers will be prepared to serve effectively as a Senior Medical Advisor to a Task Force/Expeditionary Strike Group Commander, eligible for assignment as a CATF/ESG Surgeon and Officer in Charge of a Fleet Surgical Team. Satisfies MAP requirements for Echelon III Command and Control.

SWMOIC:
The Surface Warfare Medical Officer Indoctrination Course (SWMOIC) is a three week introductory program for Medical Corps Officers assigned to the surface fleet as Ships Medical Officers or Senior Medical Officers. The curriculum introduces them to the administrative duties as the department head of a ship, preventive and occupational medicine programs, and health promotions issues, humanitarian operations and medical evacuation. Clinical topics of special interest include heat and cold injuries, burn management, orthopedic trauma, triage, chemical and biological warfare. Students will also be trained in shipboard firefighting, helo egress, and damage control as part of their preparations for shipboard duty.

SWMDOIC:
The Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer Indoctrination Course (SWMDOIC) is designed to give Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps and Medical Corps Officers an orientation to the fleet. It covers the mission of the Navy, medical assets of surface vessels, and overview of administration including inspections, supply, maintenance, records and correspondence. There is an introduction to the preventive and occupational health programs of a ship, medical regulating and patient evacuation. This course fills the training prerequisite for the Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer Qualification.

The course is open to active duty medical, nurse and medical service corps officers within eight months of reporting to a ship, a Fleet Surgical Team, or a USMC unit that will deploy with an Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). Reserve candidates must actively drill with fleet commands or have participated in fleet medical exercises.

Medical Regulating (MEDREG)
Duration: 2 1/2 days. Provides students with the knowledge and
skills required to function as a Medical Regulating Team (MRT) and Patient
Evacuation Team (PET) members. The course provides techniques of medical
regulating, patient movement, operations, Health Service Support assets,
planning, and communications unique to Navy and Marine Corps, as well as the
joint operating arena. Upon completion of training, participants will
receive a Certificate, Page 13, and the Medical
Regulating/Patient Movement Reference Tool DVD. Priority seating available
for personnel assigned to the operating forces, or one of the following
mobilization platforms:
Satisfies MAP requirements for Medical Regulating
Fleet Marine Force (FMF)
Roles of a Patient Evacuation Officer & Members of Patient Evacuation Team
Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ships (CRTS)
Hospital Ships (T-AH)
Fleet Hospitals (FH)
OCONUS MTFs

SWMI also provides the Advanced Dental Assistant Program (ADAP) which provides advanced instruction that educates, trains, and prepares hospital corpsmen to serve in administrative, clinical, and/or auxiliary roles in support of dental officers within Navy Medicine. ADAP graduates serve in periodontics, prosthodontics, and operative dentistry departments, as well as, leadership positions in clinical management and healthcare administration. The program is staffed by two general dentistry specialists, a dental hygienist, a prosthodontics laboratory technician, and three experienced HM instructors. The 21-week program includes 840 hours of instruction. The 168 didactic hours, 312 lab/practical hours, and 360 clinical hours are divided into 5 teaching modules with 11 instructional units. Additionally, students earn 18 college credits.

In addtition, there is the Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor School (NDACS).The Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor School is a 10 week program that is divided into seven weeks of didactic training and three weeks in clinical rotation. The school convenes a new class five times a year for military personnel who will be working various drug and alcohol related jobs such as: outreach, screening, assessment, and treatment of alcohol and other drug addiction. Following their training at NDACS, graduates become Intern Counselors for one year. After a minimum twelve month internship, interns may apply for certification as Alcohol and Drug Counselor I (ADC I).