Major Amelia Duran-Stanton Wins 2010 New Horizon Research Award

as published on the SAPA website, page 3:
http://www.sapa.org/July2010SAPANewsletter.pdf

The New Horizon Research Award was established in 2007 by the SP Corps Research Committee to establish a perpetual award recognizing outstanding up and coming research SP Corps Officers for their contributions to research and/or clinical investigation as they start their careers as researchers. Selection for this award is given to an SP Corps Officer who has demonstrated accomplishments and contributions in the areas of research and clinical investigation for less than 5 years.

Major Amelia Duran-Stanton recently became the first PA selected for the SP Corps New Horizon Research Award during the Mary Lipscomb Hamrick Research Course in MAY 2010. She was selected based on several reasons. Three of her research projects were selected for poster presentation during the course and two of them were selected by the SP Corps Chief to be exhibited at the AMSUS conference. Major Duran-Stanton earned a PhD in Postsecondary and Adult Education through Capella University in 2008 and is currently an Army/Baylor DSc PA resident in orthopedics at the San Antonio Military Medical Center(SAMMC). She has also presented her research at the SAPA, AMSUS, SOMOS (Society of Military Orthopedic Surgeons) and BAMC Omer Day conferences. She established AKO websites for the Fort Bragg Medical Simulation Training Center and the Orthopedic PA residency program.In addition, she is currently collaborating with Orthopedic staff surgeons and assisting fellow DSc PA residents with their respective research projects.

Her published endeavors are regarding combat lifesavers, the female athlete triad, Freiberg infraction, simulation training, stress fractures, tarsal tunnel syndrome and tobacco cessation. She has several ongoing research projects regarding health literacy, JTTR (Joint Theater Trauma Registry) documentation,nonoperative treatment, Orthopedic trauma, periprosthetic fracture and tumor. Upon graduation in December 2010, she plans to expand her research efforts during her utilization tour, continue to mentor other up and coming researchers on their projects and collaborate with senior researchers.

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I'm Still an ISTJ

Well, I retook the Myer-Briggs again today and I looked at my result from my blog back in 2006. I'm still an ISTJ: Introvert, Sensing, Thinking, Judging.

ISTJ - "Trustee". Decisiveness in practical affairs. Guardian of time- honored institutions. Dependable. 11.6% of total population.

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I just finished the first week of a two-week research course and one of the speakers today mentioned learning styles which prompted me to look online again to check on learning and thinking styles. He mentioned the Gregorc Style Delineator.

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I just finished taking it and I am a Concrete Sequential thinker. Even just reading the descriptions for each one before taking the survey, I already picked that ahead of time so it's fairly accurate of what type of thinker I am.

As far as another learning style survey, I'm more of a visual learner:

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Another one I took earlier though (I can't remember the URL), it was a tie between visual and kinesthetic.

Now, what do I do with all these results? Too tired to think. I will read more articles tomorrow for my preparation for yet another article I'm thinking about publishing which is on periprosthetic fractures.

MAJ Duran-Stanton

My promotion to MAJ ("major") was today. Another PA and I had the ceremony at the AMEDD Museum at Fort Sam Houston, TX. Ralph was there to help me place my new rank along with COL Gross. Sofia and abuela were there, too. During my speech I talked about how everything goes in full circle. How the first time I was in Fort Sam was as a 17 year old private going through Patiend Admin school and if someone would have told me back then that I would be back to Fort Sam to be promoted as MAJ, I would not have believed it. I talked about how the Army values help not only as a Soldier but as a human being as well. I thanked all the mentors that have helped me achieve my accomplishments. I thanked my family for being there. I also thanked COL Gross who was indirectly a mentor to me and how the first time I talked to her was to find out why I was going to Germany for my duty station as a new PA... she said because I asked for it. I already thought I was going to a post in Georgia so it was a surprise to me to be going to Germany. She said she's been to Germany and told me that I would enjoy being stationed there. I said she was right, I did enjoyed Germany along with the other countries I was able to visit while stationed there... such as Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan (this got a laugh)... and Spain and Italy. I thanked my PA friend for inviting me to be promoted with him... Rafa was the first (and only so far) to salute me... then we dropped him off at the airport for his TDY to El Salvador...never a dull moment being dual military... I'm still practicing on saying my new rank... "major" instead of "captain."

April Update

I am about half way done with my orthopaedic PA training. It has been quite a ride. I am really enjoying my Sports Medicine rotation and going in the OR with the staff orthopaedic surgeons and residents. I am learning so much! I am also able to do research "on the side". So far three of my abstracts have been accepted for a research course for the Specialist Corps (Mary Lipscomb Hamrick) and my main project abstract was accepted for Omer's Day which is for Orthopaedic Surgeons and Residents which I was told was a big deal because I am a PA. So that will be for next month and I decided to purchase the new dress blue's/Class A's today because I know I will have to wear it for the presentations. In June, I will probably pin/velcro/sew on my new Major rank. We'll see. I'm sequence number 23 so that is right around the corner. On the downside/upside (the glass is half full) Ralph received orders to deploy next month and he also found a consulting job at the same time. He may also start working on his PhD since he will now have time without two kids pulling on him. The kids are doing well. Sofia is almost done with Pre-K and learning all of her letters and numbers. She is starting to become quite an artist and I've been keeping all her artwork so that when she is older, I can sell them when she's famous...haha... seriousl though, I'm saving them as keepsakes. Antonio is getting more handsome. He's still blondish so we'll see how much longer that will last. He loves to talk, smile, give kisses, and play with action toys with an occasional Barbie doll session because of Sofia. They both love snacks and playing outside. Abuela has been making improvements with the yard and have been spending time with them during the day and we spend time with them at night. All in all, we are doing great and I am taking this year one day at a time and we will see where we go next... to be continued.