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Hello everyone,
I am a current PGY-III at an Orthopedic Surgery program interested in pursuing military medicine. As a medical student, I had considered HPSP (and was accepted), but did not sign because I wanted to keep my options open and wanted to be able to pursue the specialty training of my choice. 6 years later, I am almost halfway through residency in orthopedics and am glad I made the decision I did. However, my interest in the military still stands and so I am considering the FAP opportunity to do so.
My interests lie in Ortho Trauma and Arthroplasty. I am single. I am interested in the military to be able to serve my country, travel, practice in austere environments, and gain a unique experience that I could obtain on the civilian side. I am NOT interested in a life long career in the military. I understand I will likely fall behind my classmates from a monetary standpoint if I joint and I am okay with this.
A couple questions:
I am a current PGY-III at an Orthopedic Surgery program interested in pursuing military medicine. As a medical student, I had considered HPSP (and was accepted), but did not sign because I wanted to keep my options open and wanted to be able to pursue the specialty training of my choice. 6 years later, I am almost halfway through residency in orthopedics and am glad I made the decision I did. However, my interest in the military still stands and so I am considering the FAP opportunity to do so.
My interests lie in Ortho Trauma and Arthroplasty. I am single. I am interested in the military to be able to serve my country, travel, practice in austere environments, and gain a unique experience that I could obtain on the civilian side. I am NOT interested in a life long career in the military. I understand I will likely fall behind my classmates from a monetary standpoint if I joint and I am okay with this.
A couple questions:
- I have considered taking FAP now and then deferring fellowship until after my payback is complete (2-3 years max). As I said above I would most likely do trauma. Thoughts on this vs. the traditional route of FAP throughout residency and fellowship and then payback?
- My first interest is the Navy, can anyone speak to Ortho as it differs between the three branches?
- I am concerned about skill atrophy. What could I potentially do to prevent this and how real is this problem?
- Is there anything else I should know?