VISION-21 DELPHI PANEL - SENIOR ARMY MEDICAL-SERVICE CORPS OFFICERS VISION OF BEHAVIORS FOR SUCCESS OF FUTURE MEDICAL-SERVICE CORPS OFFICERS

A Delphi study was conducted of Army senior Medical Service Corps lead ers (O6s) to identify the expected behaviors and competencies needed t o ensure that junior officers will achieve successful careers as Medic al Service Corps officers in the 21st century, A Delphi mailing was co nducted in two phases, In the first iteration, 41 behaviors were ident ified to be of importance, In the second mailing, the 41 behaviors wer e rated for relative importance on a 7-point bipolar rating scale (1 = unimportant, 7 = most important), Comparisons were made between the r atings of administrative and biomedical scientific/technical (BS/T) se ries, Discriminant models developed to compare demographics between ad ministrative and BS/T officers indicated that administrative officers had more time in grade, years of service, and professional military ed ucation, whereas BS/T officers reported significantly more civilian ed ucation, Minor differences among the two groups emerged for behavior r atings; however, the final priority order of behaviors reflected a hig h degree of consensus from both groups.