IMPROVEMENTS TO OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAL TRAINING FOR MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS.

SEC. 714. IMPROVEMENTS TO OVERSIGHT OF MEDICAL TRAINING FOR MEDICAL CORPS OFFICERS.(a) Review of Training Programs for Medical Officers.—(1) Review.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of training programs for medical officers (as defined in section 101(b)(14) of title 10, United States Code) to ensure that the academic and military performance of such officers has been completely documented in military personnel records. The programs reviewed shall include, at a minimum, the following:(A) Programs at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences that award a medical doctor degree.(B) Selected residency programs at military medical treatment facilities, as determined by the Secretary, to include at least one program in each of the specialties of—(i) anesthesiology;(ii) emergency medicine;(iii) family medicine;(iv) general surgery;(v) neurology;(vi) obstetrics/gynecology;(vii) pathology;(viii) pediatrics; and(ix) psychiatry.(2) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the review under paragraph (1).(b) Annual Report on Graduate Medical Education Programs.—(1) Annual report.—Not later than April 1, 2011, and annually thereafter through 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of the graduate medical education programs of the Department of Defense.(2) Elements.—Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:(A) An identification of each graduate medical education program of the Department of Defense in effect during the previous fiscal year, including for each such program, the military department responsible, the location, the medical specialty, the period of training required, and the number of students by year.124 STAT. 4249(B) The status of each program referred to in subparagraph (A), including, for each such program, an identification of the fiscal year in which the last action was taken with respect to each of the following:(i) Initial accreditation.(ii) Continued accreditation.(iii) If applicable, probation, and the reasons for probationary status.(iv) If applicable, withheld or withdrawn accreditation, and the reasons for such action.(C) A discussion of trends in the graduate medical education programs of the Department.(D) A discussion of challenges faced by such programs, and a description and assessment of strategies and plans to address such challenges.(E) Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.