Staff Sgt. Miguel Matias and Sgt. Tyler Fisher of the 82nd Airborne Division wrap a patient in a blanket during the prolonged field care phase of the Army Best Medic Competition. A new tech program is seeking to understand how empathy and emotion could be used to improve medical training. (Army)
The Army wants to know if emotion and empathy can help make soldiers better learners.
To do that, they’re looking for ways to “locate, track and trace” different learning traits through a technology development program known as the xTechSearch Brain Operant Learning Technology (BOLT) competition.
Geared to Army medical professionals, the tech development program looks at how to “unlock the brain and maximize performance,” said Dr. Darrin Frye, medical simulation portfolio manager at the Army Medical Research Development Command.
“We’re looking to the future and the future battlespace and the expectations that we’re placing on our military medical providers,” Frye told Army Times.
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WNU Editor: Not sure what the US Army is looking for. To me it is obvious that if you enjoy your work and you are passionate on what you are doing, you will retain memories and concepts quicker and for longer periods of time.
1 comment:
No empathy from the enemy whats the point?
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