Here are five takeaways:
1. Veterans are more likely to experience PTSD or brain injuries, but most veterans seek care from civilian physicians who often don’t inquire about their service.
2. Former Congressman Brian Baird hopes to improve care for veterans by requiring medical school exams to ask questions about military medicine. He is also a clinical psychologist and lost his son to suicide after his return from Iraq.
3. If medical exams include military medicine sections, then medical schools will be inclined to teach military medicine as well.
4. Former Congressman Baird also wants patient intake forms to include the question, “Have you or a loved one been deployed overseas?”
5. Individual state medical boards must approve adding military medicine into medical education.
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