Posted by Captain Aaron Foley (Commanding Officer) in Lt. Rox Reporting for Duty

Posted by Lieutenant Ilena Keelara Rox (Chief Medical Officer) in Lt. Rox Reporting for Duty

Posted by Captain Aaron Foley (Commanding Officer) in Lt. Rox Reporting for Duty
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Ilena had taken the time to get her boarding physical out of the way with one of the outgoing doctors. She had wanted to check out the medical facility first thing and find out about any cadets or outstanding needs before the current doctor left.

Then she made her way to the bridge and Cpt Foley’s ready room. She paused outside the door and pressed the chime.

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

“Come in,” Aaron called out from behind his desk. Looking up he saw found a Lieutenant he didn’t recognize, and he was only expecting one new officer at right now.

“I’m guessing you are Lieutenant Rox, our new Chief Medical Officer.” Standing up he extended his hand towards her.

Capt Foley - CO

She moved forward cautiously, feeling a bit uncertain without her service dog. She wasn’t going to bring him on the bridge though. She took Foley’s hand with a contagious smile. “Yes, Sir I am. I’m excited to be here.”

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

“And we are excited for you to be here, please,” Aaron said indicating the chair across the desk from him. “Would you like something to drink? Water? Coffee? Tea?”

Capt Foley - CO

“Water, please,” Ilena requested as she sat. “I have to admit, even after all these years it is a bit surreal to not be a cadet on an Acadeny ship.”

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

“It is something that takes a bit of getting used to,” Aaron said chuckling. Standing up he walked over to the replicator. “Computer, two glasses of water.”

Picking up the glasses he walked back over to his desk and sat one down in front of Ilena.

“Your previous commanders spoke highly of you, and I have perused your record. But I like to hear in your words how you ended up here.”

Capt Foley - CO

“Well,” Ilena grinned and raised a shoulder, “I wasn’t really looking to change anything, honestly. I enjoyed working on the Mythos and the team there. I found the work very fulfilling. We had a couple of tours of cadets come through from one of the auxiliary campuses. I really enjoyed working with them, and when this position came open, my CMO suggested I apply for it. I really liked the idea of teaching, so I applied.”

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

“Did you get much of a chance to work with the cadets that came through the Mythos? Or much opportunity to do teaching before?”

Capt Foley - CO

Rox nodded, “I held several workshops for the cadets when they came through and of course there was the usual residency shadowing as well. Several times I worked with local residence and colonists to teach them about new techniques or basic triage. I was also in charge of all of our new arrivals on the Mythos. Teaching them procedures, new techniques, recertifications and such.”

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

“Well you will definitely have an opportunity to work with a wide variety of new cadets. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that the Academy classes do a great job teaching the theory behind what we do, but it isn’t until a Cadet gets actual time on a ship, that they really learn why we do things that we do. There have plenty of times that I’ve had to unteach a few of those techniques that the Academy has taught,” Aaron said with a chuckle. “Your experience working with the local populations I think will be something that the Cadets will greatly appreciate. Sometimes it is too easy to take for granted the luxuries we have being in Starfleet.”

Capt Foley - CO

“I remember. My time during the dominion occupation prepared me for that. A lot of my fellow cadets had a hard time accepting how dire things can be,” Rox recalled. “There is a lot of ‘primitive’ medicine that is still viable and useful. And cases are never as straight forward as the textbooks make it to be. It requires thinking on your feet.”

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

Aaron nodded, he tried not to think of the war that often, of the friends who had been lost.

“Well hopefully we won’t run into to many situations where we will have to improvise too much. For the most part, Challenger stays closer to Earth as we do have a pretty health rotation of the cadets.

“Let’s hope, Sir,” Ilena said. She wouldn’t wish a harsh first assignment on any cadet.

“I’m sure you are anxious to get settled in and to check out sickbay, but before I cut you loose, do you have any questions for me?”

Capt Foley - CO

“Any specific expectations you have for the cadets or myself, Sir? There are of course their standard evaluations to pass and such,” Rox asked.

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

“Just that you are fair and honest with both the cadets and myself. If there is a potential problem, I want to know about it. It’s really hard to fix an issue, or help these cadets out, if we don’t know something is going on.”

Capt Foley - CO

“That is easily done. How are final evaluations done? Do we meet together, do I just send my final evaluation to you?” Rox asked, wanting a clear picture of the process before the time came.

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer

“Thankfully that is one part that they have made easier over the years. For a majority of the cadets you would just send me their evaluations. I’d review them and if there are no questions send them off to the Academy. Just like once they graduate, their reviews are going to be done by their department head.

“However, for those cadets that either really excel, or need some sort of remediation, mark it on your evaluation and we’ll schedule some time to review. From those meetings I’ve written letters of commendation or more personal recommendations, all the way to having to send a cadet back to the Academy for remedial training before I’d let them step foot on this ship again.

“But like I said, probably for about 90% of cadets you’d just file your final eval.”

Capt Foley - CO

Rox nodded. It was business as usual in that regard then. “I’ll be thorough. Though Cmdr Lyvak complained once or twice that I was too wordy in my reports,” the new CMO grinned as if she took pride in that particular complaint.

“I also wanted to thank you for allowing me to bring Ril, my service dog, with me on board. Most people see it as a very outdated Medical therapy, but he is invaluable for me.”

Lt. Rox, Chief Medical Officer