Hi everyone,
Current med student starting 3rd year rotations later this month. A couple years ago I tried to apply for Navy HPSP but was late to the game, and by the time I got everything done the 4-year slots were all gone so I moved on. But this has been eating away at me ever since. I know the ship has sailed regarding HPSP and doing the military match but the door to military med isn’t closed—I am planning on going into IM and hopefully doing the FAP program. But is flight surgery a dream I need to let go of? I have my private pilots license and my original HPSP dream was to do intern year then go for FS training to be a flight surgeon for a few years and see how that goes. I have found some posts on here about folks doing a residency in IM, EM, etc. then somehow managing to get into flight surgery after, but I’m not sure if that’s a real thing or something viable. Thanks in advance.
Current med student starting 3rd year rotations later this month. A couple years ago I tried to apply for Navy HPSP but was late to the game, and by the time I got everything done the 4-year slots were all gone so I moved on. But this has been eating away at me ever since. I know the ship has sailed regarding HPSP and doing the military match but the door to military med isn’t closed—I am planning on going into IM and hopefully doing the FAP program. But is flight surgery a dream I need to let go of? I have my private pilots license and my original HPSP dream was to do intern year then go for FS training to be a flight surgeon for a few years and see how that goes. I have found some posts on here about folks doing a residency in IM, EM, etc. then somehow managing to get into flight surgery after, but I’m not sure if that’s a real thing or something viable. Thanks in advance.