• Priority—Medical officers, physicians, residents, interns, and nurses have priority.
• Course director approval—Civilian personnel are admitted with prior approval from the course director.

Security requirements—The course has no security requirements.

Course content—The postgraduate-level course addresses the following topics:

• Fundamentals of ionizing radiation
• Ionizing radiation interactions with cells and organs
• Diagnosis and treatment of acute radiation syndromes and combined injuries
• Psychological effects of radiation exposure
• Internal radiation contamination
• Radiological defense
• Radioprotection
• Hazards of ionizing radiation
• Radiation pathology
• Human exposure resulting from radiation accidents
• Consequences of nuclear weapons detonation
• Nuclear accident response by government organizations

Materials—Students are provided the MEIR Course Syllabus and the Medical Management of Radiological Casualties Handbook (PDF).

Course length and location—The MEIR Course is always tailored to meet the audience needs specified by the sponsor/host as well as to accommodate presentation at workshops, conferences, symposia, and other venues. The four standard variations of the MEIR Course share a common core, but differ in length.

• Mini-MEIR—This 1-day course focuses primarily on the medical/health and psychological effects of radiation. Sample agenda (PDF).
• MEIR Standard Course—This 2.5-day course is taught regularly in the Washington, DC, area and at other locations by request. Ninety percent of our customers request this course. It covers thoroughly all four of the key subjects: health physics, biological effects of radiation, medical/health effects, and psychological effects. At the discretion of the host, this course may be taught in 2 days—not by sacrificing any content, but by having two longer class days. Sample agenda (PDF).
• Scientific MEIR Course—This 5-day course is taught once a year at AFRRI. It extends the standard MEIR by providing talks by leading radiobiological scientists on the latest laboratory findings. It is more academic than other versions of the course and includes a tour of AFRRI. Sample agenda (PDF).
• MEIR Field Course—This 5-day course is the longest version of the MEIR Course and is taught once or twice a year only at Kirtland AFB, which has the unique facilities needed. The course includes everything from the standard MEIR and also spends about half the time in preparation for and conduct of actual field exercises. The culmination of the course is a day in the field with students, dressed in full protective gear, who rescue role-playing victims at a real aircrash site on the base in an area of actual low-level radiological contamination. This is the least academic and the most applied, hands-on version of the course. Sample agenda (PDF).

• Name of your command
• Point of contact’s work address, work phone, work fax, and work e-mail address
• Type of course requested
• Desired date(s) and alternate date(s) (Consult Schedule to avoid conflicts.)