ALCOAST 265/20 - JUL 2020 SOLICITATION FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA) ADVANCED EDUCATION PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP AND RESUSCITATIVE/EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY

R 081526 JUL 20
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-11//
TO ALCOAST
UNCLASS //N01500//
ALCOAST 265/20
COMDTNOTE 1500
SUBJ: SOLICITATION FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA) ADVANCED EDUCATION PSYCHIATRY
FELLOWSHIP AND RESUSCITATIVE/EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
A. Performance, Training and Education Manual, COMDTINST M1500.10 (series)
B. Coast Guard Medical Manual, COMDTINST M6000.1 (series)
C. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 061417 MAR 20/ALCOAST 073/20
D. ALCGPSC 061/20, Officer Postgraduate and Advanced Education Application Process
for AY21
1. The Health, Safety and Work-Life (HSWL) Directorate is soliciting applications from
current active duty Coast Guard PAs for a single psychiatry PA fellowship training
allowance billet (TAB) and potentially a single PA resuscitative/emergency medicine
residency TAB to begin AY21. These opportunities are only available to currently
credentialed and privileged CG PAs with the PHA-10 (or MED-11) officer specialty code.
Officers who complete this fellowship and residency must expect a follow-on assignment
based on needs of the service and Program priorities. CG PAs with at least two years
of clinical practice are preferred.
2. The psychiatry fellowship position will be at an accredited PA fellowship/residency
site determined by COMDT (CG-112), for 12-18 months, with an expected start date of
01 July 2021.
    a. Eligible, interested officers must provide the following memo with enclosures
electronically to CDR Charlene Criss no later than 30 August 2020:
        (1) A one-page memorandum request routed to Medical Selection Panel through their
regional senior medical executive and then either the unit CO or HSWL Service Center
(SC) CO (this must include a short tour request if not tour complete AY21). The
memorandum must articulate why the applicant is seeking postgraduate training and
acknowledge that a service obligation of three years for the first twelve months of
training and then month for month, IAW REF (A) will be incurred as well as a follow-on
utilization tour as determined by COMDT (CG-112) and PSC-OPM;
        (2) an up-to-date curriculum vitae;
        (3) an unofficial copy of PA program transcript; and
        (4) one letter of recommendation.
    b. Candidates for this program must be approved by the training site prior to official
final selection, and this additional process will include at least a virtual interview.
3. The resuscitative/emergency medicine residency is sponsored by the DoD in partnership
with Baylor University. Residents will train with the emergency medicine residents, and
focus on deployed medicine resuscitative knowledge and skills. PAs who complete this
rigorous 18 month program earn a Doctor of Science in PA Studies, and must expect to be
utilized for CG operational deployments, and for training other medical officers and HSs
in aspects of deployed resuscitative/emergency medicine. The program will begin 01 Jul
2021. In addition to the maximum number of hours a resident performs clinical hours as
set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the resident will spend
a significant amount of off-time on the research project and thesis. The selectee will
begin the research component prior to reporting in to begin the residency. This opportunity
is on a space available basis and any selected CG applicant must be vetted and accepted
by the DoD Program Director.
    a. Eligible, interested officers must provide the following memo with enclosures
electronically to CDR Charlene Criss no later than 30 August 2020:
        (1) A one-page memorandum request routed to Medical Selection Panel through their
regional senior medical executive and then either the unit CO or HSWL SC CO (this should
include a short tour request if not tour complete AY21). The memorandum should articulate
why the applicant is seeking postgraduate training and acknowledge that a service
obligation of three years for the first twelve months of training and then month for
month, IAW REF (A) will be incurred as well as a follow-on utilization tour as determined
by COMDT (CG-112) and PSC-OPM;
        (2) an up-to-date curriculum vitae;
        (3) an unofficial copy of PA program transcript;
        (4) one letter of recommendation; and
        (5) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) with a score of at least 300. All applicants
must submit their standardized test score to HQS-SMB-CGPSC-opm-1-PGPanels@uscg.mil one
week prior to the date the panel convenes.
    b. An alternate emergency medicine certificate course through the US Navy is being
considered for this TAB as well.
4. The selection panel will convene 08-11 September 2020.
5. POC at COMDT (CG-1121) is: CDR Charlene Criss, (202) 475-5183 or email
Charlene.R.Criss@uscg.mil.
6. RADM Dana Thomas, Director of Health, Safety and Work-Life, sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.