Army Training Center Earns Top Ranking

The Fort Stewart Medical Simulation Training Center has been ranked the No. 1 Regional Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) in the Army, according to leaders at the Medical Center of Excellence, surpassing facilities in Germany, South Korea and across the active-duty, Reserve and National Guard components.

"There are 25 Regional Medical Simulation Training Centers worldwide," said Staff Sgt. Tyler Beaudry, assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. "We're number one [according to] the Medical Center of Excellence."

The ranking reflects changes to instructor selection, with leaders implementing an interview process to identify medics with strong medical foundations, tactical expertise and teaching ability.

"I think the interview process for choosing the instructors is a very big portion of why we're the best," said Sgt. Brooke Boudreaux, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 14th Field Hospital, 16th Hospital Center, 44th Medical Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps. "You have instructors who really want to be there rather than the units just picking them to send them."

Instruction follows standardized guidelines. "By coming to the Medical Simulation Training Center, the difference is there are actual standards for the teaching," Boudreaux said. "You're strictly following the Committee of Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines and the Clinical Practice Guidelines."

The center trains Soldiers from installations across the United States and overseas, and continues to adapt its curriculum with lessons from current conflicts, including expanded Combat Medic sustainment programs and prolonged field care instruction.