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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, presents Maj. Vanessa Evans with her end of tour award, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, May 3. Evans is the chief of the commandant's action group at the Medical Education and Training Campus.

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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, touches a simulated arm used by students to practice how to perform venipuncture and intravenous "sticks" before conducting them on live "patients" during a tour of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 3.

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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Petty Officer 1st Class George Fricke, an instructor in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP), demonstrates to Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, how to use a tablet to program the vital signs and symptoms of a SimMan in the Nursing Synthesis Lab during a visit to the Medical Education and Training Campus. The SimMan is an interactive manikin used in realistic and engaging scenario based simulation training to challenge and evaluate BMTCP students' critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills.

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Air Force Surgeon General visits METC

Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, feels the "heart beat" of a "patient" manikin, or SimMan, in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) Nursing Synthesis Lab during a visit to the Medical Education and Training Campus. The SimMan can be programmed with specific vital signs and symptoms to create realistic and engaging scenario based simulation training to challenge and evaluate BMTCP students' critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills.

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Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps visits the 79th Medical Wing

Major General Dorothy A. Hogg, Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps, was the keynote speaker at the 779th Medical Group's Knowledge Market on May 14, 2015 to celebrate Nurses and Medical Technician Week. The Knowledge Market fair is a research and evidence based practice fair for nurses that allows them the opportunity to discuss advances in the field of nursing. One of the presenters, Captain Peter Varney, talks with Colonel Yolanda Bledsoe, 79th Medical Wing Chief Nurse and Maj. Gen. Hogg at the event about his project on "Sleep in the ICU". (AF Photo by Melanie Moore, Public Affairs Officer.)

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BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT I. MILLER

BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT I. MILLER

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AFMOA Change of Command

Brig. Gen. Lee E. Payne, former Air Force Medical Operations Agency commander, remarks on his time as the commander and importance of the agency’s mission during a change of command May 6 at nearby Port San Antonio. Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, officiated the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile)

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AFMOA Change of Command

Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger (left), Surgeon General of the Air Force, receives the Air Force Medical Operations Agency guidon from Brig. Gen. Lee E. Payne (center), former AFMOA commander, during a May 6 change of command ceremony at Port San Antonio. In military tradition, the passing of a unit’s guidon signifies relinquishing or accepting command of that unit.

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AFMOA Change of Command

Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger (left), Surgeon General of the Air Force, passes the Air Force Medical Operations Agency guidon to Brig. Gen. Robert I. Miller (center), incoming AFMOA commander, during a May 6 change of command ceremony at Port San Antonio. In military tradition, the passing of a unit guidon signifies relinquishing or accepting command of that unit. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile.)

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AFMOA Change of Command

Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger (left), Surgeon General of the Air Force, passes the Air Force Medical Operations Agency guidon to Brig. Gen. Robert I. Miller (center), incoming AFMOA commander, during a change of command ceremony at Port San Antonio, May 6. In military tradition, the passing of a unit’s guidon signifies relinquishing or accepting command of that unit. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile.)

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AFMOA Change of Command

Brig. Gen. Robert I. Miller, incoming Air Force Medical Operations Agency commander, greets members of AFMOA and the San Antonio military medical community during a May 6 change of command ceremony at Port San Antonio. Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, officiated the ceremony, welcoming Miller to his new command. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile)

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AFMOA Change of Command

Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, speaks to members of the military medical community during the May 6 Air Force Medical Operations Agency change-of-command ceremony at nearby Port San Antonio. (U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile.)

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AF Surgeon General visits Camp Bullis

Staff Sgt. Michael Garrett, cadre with the 59th Training Group, briefs Lt. Gen. Mark A. Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, and Chief Master Jason Sgt. Pace, chief of the Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Corps, during their tour of the Medical Readiness Training (MRT) Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, May 5, 2016. The MRT provides initial, sustainment and future medical training on their 128-acre training site.

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AF Surgeon General visit JBSA

Senior Airman Christopher Masella briefs Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Pace, chief of the Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Corps on the 59th Medical Wing's Airman Medical Transition Unit mission May 4 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The AMTU provides administrative oversight and supervision of Airmen recovering from combat and non-combat related injuries and illnesses. Ediger and Pace visited the 59th MDW May 4 - 5, meeting with senior leaders and Airmen to learn more about the wing's mission of developing warrior medics through patient-centered care. Masella is the 59th AMTU records technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Huddleston)

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AFMS leaders discuss working to improve culture of trust

"The Speed of Trust" by Mr. Steven M. R. Covey is frequently referenced by AFMS leadership when working to improve the culture of trust and safety within the patient care setting. Mr. Covey met with AFMS Senior Leaders at the Pentagon on April 21. From left to right: Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Allen, Maj. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, Mr. Steven M.R. Covey, Ms. Jackie Dirosa, CMSgt Jason Pace, Col. Mark Koeniger.

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Doctor joins White House summit

Dr. Jill Biden participates in Operation Educate The Educators: Sharing Successes And Setting Sights For The Futureas part of Joining Forces initiative event in the South Court Auditorium of the White House April 13, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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Air Force Surgeon General attends Battlefield Acupuncture training

Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger attended Battlefield Acupuncture training taught by Dr. Richard Niemtzow, Director of the Air Force Acupuncture Center on Joint Base Andrews on April 1, 2016. Battlefield Acupuncture is a rapid technique using tiny acupuncture needles inserted into the ears that directly modifies the way the central nervous system processes pain so as to reduce pain significantly in over 80% of patients. The technique was developed by Dr. Niemtzow in 2001. (AF Photo / Matthew Eichie)

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Air Force Surgeon General attends Battlefield Acupuncture training

Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger attended Battlefield Acupuncture training taught by Dr. Richard Niemtzow, Director of the Air Force Acupuncture Center on Joint Base Andrews on April 1, 2016. Battlefield Acupuncture is a rapid technique using tiny acupuncture needles inserted into the ears that directly modifies the way the central nervous system processes pain so as to reduce pain significantly in over 80% of patients. The technique was developed by Dr. Niemtzow in 2001. (AF Photo / Matthew Eichie)

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Airman 1st Class Kirby Turbak

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Cody Dugger helps his son, Jaxon, put on a flight helmet equipped with nightvision goggles at the 97th Operations Support Squadron, June 26, 2015. Jaxon was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma when he was two years old. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kirby Turbak/Released)

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ACC surgeon general observes 23d MDG

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Sean Murphy, Air Combat Command surgeon general, jokes with Airmen from the 23rd Medical Group Nov. 19, 2014, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Murphy took over as the ACC surgeon general in September 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Callaghan/Released)

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