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Leianne Pouliot, a licensed clinical social worker at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, conducts a recent Peer Connect training for employees. The Peer Connect program is available to all staff upon request, facilitated by a select group of leaders who have volunteered to serve as peer support mentors, offering their time, empathetic ears, and wisdom. (DOD photo by Roan Smith)

Peer Connect training available at Walter Reed

Peer Connect is a confidential peer-to-peer support program at Walter Reed that helps military and civilian personnel navigate difficult conversations, including those involving medical errors and workplace stress. The program is available to all team members upon request, facilitated by a select group of leaders who have volunteered to serve as peer support mentors, offering their time, empathetic ears, and wisdom.

U.S. Navy Capt. Juan Rosario (left), Chief of Staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Orestes (right), Director for Education, Training and Research at Walter Reed, recognize U.S. Air Force (Dr.) Capt. Kiffin Smallegan, of the Department of Pediatrics, for earning first place in the Department of Research Programs' annual poster competition in the evidence-based practice category. The annual competition highlights research conducted by Walter Reed's staff, interns, residents and fellows.

Poster competition highlights research by Walter Reed staff

Research focused on enhancing the care and readiness of service members and their families again led the way in this year’s poster competition, held annually during May by the Department of Research Programs (DRP) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

U.S. Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Daniel Hammond, a third-year Pediatric Endocrinology fellow at Walter Reed, recently received multiple competitive awards for his efforts to enhance care for adolescents with diabetes transitioning to care in adult medicine.

Walter Reed pediatric fellow earns national recognition for research

U.S. Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Daniel Hammond, a third-year Pediatric Endocrinology fellow at Walter Reed, recently received multiple competitive awards for his efforts to enhance care for adolescents with diabetes transitioning to care in adult medicine.

U.S. Army Col. Kenneth Dwyer (left), Commander of the Leader Training Brigade at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, thanks and recognizes members of Walter Reed's nursing team during a recent nurse appreciation and awards program at the medical center.

Walter Reed recognizes nursing excellence

Hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in 2006 while on his third combat tour in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Col. Kenneth Dwyer said, “I am only here today because of the dedication, excellence, and commitment of practitioners of military medicine, and especially, nurses.”

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