International Course on Preparation of Peace Support Operations (PSO) conducted by Le Pharo
in cooperation with the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM)
Pharo - Marseilles, France
21-26 June, 2010

Course language will be english

 

Registration information : File of inscription

Audience: Military physicians that possibly will participate in PSO, be it within their units or as Force medical officer. In this first course a maximum of 20 students seems to be reasonable.

Course objective

Main objective: Enable military physicians to organize all necessary measures prior to deployment of military units.

Subsidiary objectives:
- Learn to identify health risks related to any envisaged mission.
- Learn to organize and conduct preventive measures and medical planning related do identified health risks.
- Learn to evaluate measures taken related to defined objectives.

 

 

Programme

	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
21 June	09.00 Reception and registration of participants   Welcome address by - Representatives of French Military Health Service and Tropical Medicine Institute. - ICMM Representative. - Course director.	Lectures on Military Health Service in Peace Support Operations. - First lecture: example of multinational UN led mission. lecturer on the operation in Lebanon, 20 min. - Second lecture : example of a multinational NATO led operation. lecturer on the operation in Afghanistan, 20 min. - Third lecture: example of a French operation. lecturer on the operation LICORNE, 20 min. Cocktail.
22 June	Topic of the day:  Health risks during operations, experience acquired by the Military Health Service. Overview of health risks in Peace Support Operations. Hygiene and safety in operations. - Golf War experience. - Experience from operations on the Balkans.	Epidemic risks during operations and countermeasures. Presentation of cases that occurred during operations and cases that needed evacuation but could have been avoided because pathologies could have been detected prior to deployment. - Communicable diseases. - Cardiology. - Psychiatry and addiction. - Dental hygiene.
23 June	Topic: Health Risk Assessment. Sources of Information. Epidemiological surveillance in the French Forces. Medical Intelligence: Presentation of the Medical Intelligence unit at DESP Sud.	Topic: Execution of preventive medicine measures. Execution of preventive medicine measures before deployment. Example of a French Army unit. Characteristics and importance of - Medical fit testing. - Immunization. - Health education.
24 June	Topic: Execution of medical reparations. Characteristics and importance of conducting preventive measures before deployment. - Vector borne diseases. - STDs. - Field hygiene.	Syndicate work, groups of 5 participants. First part 2,5 hrs: Syndicates assess health risks and propose appropriate measures for a military unit prior to deployment. Syndicates deal with specific and realistic scenarios. The Medical Intelligence unit can be tasked to respond to requests for information. Second part 1,5 hrs: Results of syndicate work are presented orally by each group with talks of 10 to 15 minutes followed by comments and questions.
25 June	Topics: Supplies and evaluation of Health support. The challenge of supplies during operations. Information requirement for preparing medical teams prior to deployment. Evaluation of Medical support during and after operations. Organizing epidemiological surveillance procedures and standardization of feed-back (lessons learned).	Topic: Commanders point of view regarding Medical support Talk of Chief of Staff, regiment level. - Designation of regiments and companies in order to participate in Peace Support Operations. - Importance of medical preparedness and operational challenges related to medical support.	Official Dinner
26 June	Trip to the Calanques and the islands of Frioul.	Return from trip and departure of participants.