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If you're a DoD civilian you would not be entitled to a "military discount" as you are a civilian, not a member of the Armed Forces.
So a military doc is a DoD civilian?
If you're a DoD civilian you would not be entitled to a "military discount" as you are a civilian, not a member of the Armed Forces.
So a military doc is a DoD civilian?
This job is for a Department of the Army civilian. The person hired for this job will "work for the military" but they will not be "in the military".
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/374087700
Most of the discussion on this page is about active-duty military physicians who wear a uniform and are current members of the Armed Forces.
In the United States, a "military doctor" is a physician/surgeon commissioned as an officer in either the Army, Navy, Air Force or Public Health Service.
The DoD, VA, PHS, and many other federal government agencies also employ civil service and contract physicians/surgeons, but they are generally not regarded as being "military doctors".
Im sorry but ice reread these statements a couple So I'm still a little confused. If one receives the HPSP scholarship, do they not begin med school as an officer in whatever portion of the army? Will they not be considered as in the military since they are officers? And if so wouldn't they be able to receive the same " benefits" soldiers receive?
Anyone have any luck with getting a waiver for low MCAT score? My fiancé was in hospice care when I was studying for/took my MCAT and ultimately got a 23 on it. I have good GPA, outstanding physical fitness and great military and civilian recommendations and have been accepted to a few medical schools already this cycle. I am very interested in becoming an Army officer and the HPSP but after filling out the info online that went straight to Fort Knox I can't get any traction with getting ahold of a recruiter because my MCAT isn't at least a 24. They seemed to say I could fill out a waiver for it and still apply, but calling recruiters in GA I couldn't get anyone to answer any questions about it. Anyone here happen to have any intel, advice or experience? It would be greatly appreciated.
If I have already received an acceptance letter, are you pretty much guaranteed an acceptance into HPSP?
This definitely doesn't always hold true for Navy anymore. 5-10 years ago it was basically a sure thing, but now not so much.
Someone may have answered this somewhere, but I can't find it haha. I was recently accepted to medical school and have sent in an application to the Navy HPSP. My recruiter looked through my application one last time and noted that my first few semesters of undergrad were not too good, resulting in a few courses that I had to retake. He asked me to write a short statement addressing this which I have done. I was just wondering how big of a concern this should be? If I have already received an acceptance letter, are you pretty much guaranteed an acceptance into HPSP?
Thanks for ya'lls help!
If you don't match after your FYGME year you are automatically deffered, the military will not make you train in a field you don't want to.
When I applied for PMR, I got selected. However, the Navy in its infinite wisdom decided to stop training PMR residents, and sent me back to the fleet.
So now I"m finishing my obligated service as a flight surgeon, and saving a lot of my salary for the distant future when I become a poorly paid resident.
Are you 100% sure of that? I want to go USUHS or HPSP, but this is a concern for me, and I've heard of people's programs getting canned or the like and thus having to do a different residency. For example, from the Usuhs forum, from a Usuhs Navy grad:
Now I want to go neuro, not PMR; is the difference that the Navy truly canned PMR, whereas neuro is pretty unlikely to be canned, or am I missing the point?
Navy has 3 PM&R Billets. Currently there are 8 PM&R attendings/residents. You do the math...it is the most overmanned specialty in the Navy. There are plenty of highly competitive GMOs/FSs who have been gunning for PM&R for YEARS. Good luck getting a PM&R seat.
If you want a military career...go Neurology...no question. If you want a PM&R career...get out.
Neurology is not horribly competitive in civilian sector either.So is neurology not horribly competitive in the military? Specifically AF (if you have any knowledge thereof)?
Hey dude, could I hit you up for some advice? I'm prior military, so I understand how sh*tty it can be. However, I'm in my early 30's with 6 years prior service. I'm starting medical school in August. I'd like to start a family sometime during medical school or residency, so the financial incentives of HPSP are attractive. Do you think it would potentially be worth it for someone in my situation, or do you still say no?I see all these pre-meds and their questions, and I flash back to my naive decision to join. I've learned so much since then, but they just won't listen to our advice...
Hey dude, could I hit you up for some advice? I'm prior military, so I understand how sh*tty it can be. However, I'm in my early 30's with 6 years prior service. I'm starting medical school in August. I'd like to start a family sometime during medical school or residency, so the financial incentives of HPSP are attractive. Do you think it would potentially be worth it for someone in my situation, or do you still say no?
If you are just trying to clock retirement years, doesn't the navy have a program tht makes you an e-6/e-7 while in school and then promotes you at graduation but all the years count for retirement? I think it was hscp? With that, you'd be at 13 total by the end of even a short residency and almost 20 by payback
Hey dude, could I hit you up for some advice? I'm prior military, so I understand how sh*tty it can be. However, I'm in my early 30's with 6 years prior service. I'm starting medical school in August. I'd like to start a family sometime during medical school or residency, so the financial incentives of HPSP are attractive. Do you think it would potentially be worth it for someone in my situation, or do you still say no?
Hey dude, could I hit you up for some advice? I'm prior military, so I understand how sh*tty it can be. However, I'm in my early 30's with 6 years prior service. I'm starting medical school in August. I'd like to start a family sometime during medical school or residency, so the financial incentives of HPSP are attractive. Do you think it would potentially be worth it for someone in my situation, or do you still say no?
While this is absolutely something to consider, I have a different overall take on it.If it were me, I would take the loans. That family you want to start - do you want to make the kids change schools multiple times? Be deployed for birthdays and Christmas?
There have been some pretty good studies done on the effects of frequent moves on children's health and found that (after controlling for socioeconomic a and other confounders) the more frequent the moves, the higher the rates of anxiety and depression disorders (tighter and more proportional for the former).I've PCS'd four times with a family, most recently just a few months ago with kids 16, 15, and 13 at the time. Oldest moved between junior and senior years of high school. Not easy for them, but life is full of hard things, and they all coped just fine. In fact, like all hard things in life, I think there's some benefit to them.
There have been some pretty good studies done on the effects of frequent moves on children's health and found that (after controlling for socioeconomic a and other confounders) the more frequent the moves, the higher the rates of anxiety and depression disorders (tighter and more proportional for the former).
I'm not disputing your personal experience (and frankly share the feelings that kids, if anything, are overly coddled these days), but I'd caution against dismissing the fact that the moves do come at a cost to children's health.
Psychiatry, but your point's still valid.But the snarky side of me can't help but think that if 80% of studies published in hard sciences are wrong, and it's probably at least that bad, most everything in a sociology journal is probably wrong.
I have a quick question about application timing, hope someone has insight on this. I've been working on my Navy HPSP application since before October 2014. Starting med school in 2015. However, I have had a lot of delays getting physically qualified. Does anyone know at what point the scholarship spots start to fill? Is there a preset cap?
I'm just starting to feel like now that we're into the spring my chances are really crappy.
I saw in a post from 2009 that the last boards usually meet in April. Is that still the case?
Any help is appreciated! Thanks
My wife is from South Korea, and we planned on doing HPSP largely because we believed we would be able to get stationed there eventually. Obviously the money and being debt free is appealing, but i don't see any other way to live in her country as a practicing doctor unless i am in the military. Is there a better way to meet our goal?
Why would you want to live in South Korea when you could live in the United States?
I remember when I wanted to go in the military partly because I loved Japanese women and Japanese sports cars. Come to find out...I was an idiot.
South korea doesn't accept US medical licenses?My wife is from South Korea, and we planned on doing HPSP largely because we believed we would be able to get stationed there eventually. Obviously the money and being debt free is appealing, but i don't see any other way to live in her country as a practicing doctor unless i am in the military. Is there a better way to meet our goal?
South korea doesn't accept US medical licenses?
I remember when I wanted to go in the military partly because I loved Japanese women and Japanese sports cars. Come to find out...I was an idiot.
Lets just assume we know we want to live there for a period of time. Do you have an answer to my question?
Dr. j4pac and the Yellow Fever! Not gonna lie, but impressing the Oriental ladies is also a significant reason that pushed me to join...
So...the idiocy part...was it because it turned out you didn't love the cars/women of Japanese make or was it because the cars/ladies didn't love a man in uniform? Because if it is the latter I think I'm going to grab the $2000 worth of uniforms I bought and wash them with my salty salty tears, approximately 15 years worth of it.
Hey all, I got my June MCAT percentiles back and it is looking like I got a 124Biology/Biochem, 126P/C, 127 Psych/Soc, and 129-132 CARS. Which, assuming I got a 129 on CARS, is a 506. This translates roughly to a 29 on the old MCAT, with the biology section being equivalent to a 7. Would this score screen me out of the scholarship?
Just go for it but get that bio section up. Unlike medical school admissions that love to lighten up your wallet applying for HPSP will not cost you anything except for some time. Your primary focus should be getting into medical school.
Btw, those numbers you gave us are not percentiles but scores from the MCAT itself. To old timers like me those numbers are meaningless haha. However if you said something along the lines of "I am in the 70th percentile overall and 45th percentile for biology" then everyone will understand exactly where you stand.
Thanks Red Lobster Actual. Would you suggest I retake it or go with the score I have? I am fairly confident I will be able to get into a DO school, but my main concern would be getting into a medical school while not getting the scholarship. I have a 3.73 sci/3.72 overall if that helps.