Deployment Roles: Discipline Specific Training
As Commissioned Corps officers, we proudly deploy in response to regional, national, and global events and disasters that threaten the health of our nation. Health Services Officers bring a variety of professional skill sets to support these ever-evolving challenges and it is our duty to ensure that our knowledge and skills remain current through continuous professional development and training.
To establish subject matter and technical expertise for Commissioned Corps deployment roles, the HSPAC has developed competencies for specific roles that align with the education, training, and disciplines of officers in the PAC. The Professional Advisory Groups (PAG) have defined the training and education requirements for each role and manage the suite of trainings designed to assist officers in achieving and maintaining competency in the appropriate deployment role.
Explore what deployment role is applicable to you by choosing your primary PAG* below:
- Basic and Applied Science (BASPAG)
- Dental Hygiene (DHPAG)
- Healthcare Administration (HAPAG)
- Health Information Technology (HITPAG)
- Medical Laboratory Science (MLSPAG)
- Optometry (OPAG)
- Physician Assistant (PAPAG)
- Public Health (PHPAG)
- Social Work (SWPAG)
* If you do not know your PAG affiliation, please contact HSPAC Chair or HSPAC Recruitment and Retention Subcommittee
** These trainings are recommendations to enhance competency in discipline-specific deployment roles and do not guarantee deployment or selection into a deployment team.
