| Unit Name: | Defence Medical Academy |
| Dates: | – present |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
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| Type: | Defence training centre |
| Role: | Medical training |
| Command Structure: | Defence Medical Services |
| Garrison: | DMS Whittington, Staffordshire |
| Garrison Label: | Location |
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The Defence Medical Academy is based at DMS Whittington. It is the training centre of Defence Medical Services. It trains military personnel to deal with situations that civilian paramedics would be involved with; i.e. more advanced situations than those which just require first aid.
The organization was formed as the Defence Medical Services Training Centre from the medical training centres for the three services at Keogh Barracks in 1996[1] and was initially subordinate to the Defence Medical Training Organisation.[2] It became subordinate to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2008[3] and moved to Whittington Barracks as the Defence College of Healthcare Education and Training in 2014.[4] It was renamed the Defence Medical Academy in September 2019.[5]
The college is a Ministry of Defence Agency that provides Phase 2 training for medical personnel for all three armed forces (Combat Medical Technicians - CMTs and Medical Assistants - MAs), excluding that for medical doctors (from university medical schools). It trains the:
The Museum of Military Medicine is still based at Keogh Barracks.[6]