SAF Medical Training Institute
| SAF Medical Training Institute | |
|---|---|
Nee Soon Camp | |
| Motto(s) | So They May Live |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | COL(DR) Mark Tan |
The SAF Medical Training Institute (SMTI) is a military medicine training institute under the Army Medical Service within the SAF Medical Corps. As part of the medical corps, the institute oversees the medical vocational training for SAF service members under the Army, Navy, Air Force, as well as the Singapore Civil Defence Force.[1]
History
SMTI has been the home of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) medic since its early days as the Medical Orderlies Training School (1966-1968) and the School of Military Medicine (1968-2006).
SMTI's primary role is to provide training for medical vocationalists to meet the operational and peacetime requirements of the SAF, producing medical personnel (e.g. Medical Officers, Dental Officers, Nursing Officers and Medics) to attend to all the healthcare needs of SAF servicemembers.
On 7 March 1998, the Singaporean military institute's Paramedic Training Programme was awarded accreditation by the Paramedic Academy of the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC).
SMTI's Paramedic Training Programme, a collaborative project between the SAF and SCDF, was officially launched by Mr Matthias Yao (Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Defence and National Development) and Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee (Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Home Affairs) on 15 July 1996.
Training structure
The institute prides itself in equipping servicemembers fresh from
Medical Response Force
SMTI also houses the
In addition to its military training function, SMTI also contributes significantly to the medical arena in
References
- ^ "Almanac: Singapore, Republic of • Military Medicine Worldwide". Almanac. Retrieved 8 April 2018.