Special Duty Assignment

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Special Duty Assignment: You have been in the Air Force for 13 years and you have an exceptional experience as an ophthalmic technician, but you don’t have any other exposure beyond our career field. I believe you can expand your professional development growth by going outside the Medical Group. I think you are a suitable fit as a Professional Military Education Instructor for the Airmen Leadership School. You always kept great dress and appearances. You present proper custom and courtesy with your patients, peers, and leadership. I know you are very knowledgeable in Professional Military Education (PME) since you passed the Non-commissioned Officer Distance Learning Course 15 the first time on each set. And you have no issue with speaking …show more content…

You are a medical specialist in ophthalmic science. As an Ophthalmic Technician, you are require to know both optometry and ophthalmology skills. It is evident that you know the knowledge, but you are lacking the hands-on portion. By coordinating a week of training with the Surgical Squadron, you will have hands-on training as outlined in our Career Development Courses (CDCs). You will practice the glove and gowning procedure and assist the surgeon to don theirs. You will learn the importance of aseptic practice in a surgical field so patients will not be susceptible to infection. This will assist you on your next promotion test in order for you acquire the next rank because you will practice the knowledge from the CDCs. In the operation room, it is a large team environment. There are surgeons, nurses, assistances, and others technicians to ensure surgery is running smoothly. As someone who is “more adaptive”, you will find this training will help your cognitive preference. The surgery suite will have a specific orders that everyone on the team must follow in order for a successful procedure. You will use your “more adaptive” approach to follow all proper aseptic procedures. If you fail to follow the surgery team’s step and instruction, then they may ask you to leave for the safety of the

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