Air Force Peds

[usagigalo]

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I have confirmed that Navy is weaning its peds residency program, is the AF doing the same? The most recent information I received states that AF still has a full program. Thanks!

 

[iatrosB]

I hope not! That is my future goal (AF Peds), I haven't heard anything yet about the outsourcing of primary care in the AF. I think the Navy is doing it experimentally to see if it works. If it does, then all the branches might consider it.

 

[cdreed]

I hope not! That is my future goal (AF Peds), I haven't heard anything yet about the outsourcing of primary care in the AF. I think the Navy is doing it experimentally to see if it works. If it does, then all the branches might consider it.

Actually, the peds program at Travis AFB (David Grant Med Center) is closing.

 

[iatrosB]

Actually, the peds program at Travis AFB (David Grant Med Center) is closing.

Well, that sucks! Does that mean it will also be harder to get a deferment for peds if there is low demand?

 

[Informer]

sounds like it may be easier to defer

with all this "minimizing" in military medicine, it will be difficult to determine what they will do with all these left-over HPSP students

 

[edmadison]

The military's decision to slim down their peds programs is one of the stupidist things I've heard in a long time. Who do you think is better suited to treat a 17-22 yo soldier, an internist or a pediatrician. DUH! We get trained broadly in primary care and when in the MEDAC end up doing lots of EM too. The people to get rid of are the sub-specialists, not the PCP. You need us on the battlefield/hospital ship.

Ed

 

[Homunculus]

The military's decision to slim down their peds programs is one of the stupidist things I've heard in a long time. Who do you think is better suited to treat a 17-22 yo soldier, an internist or a pediatrician. DUH! We get trained broadly in primary care and when in the MEDAC end up doing lots of EM too. The people to get rid of are the sub-specialists, not the PCP. You need us on the battlefield/hospital ship.

Ed

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also, the scuttlebutt around here at the NCC program is that due to the navy peds cuts, we may take 3 (or more depending on need) air force peds interns to replace them. same amount of work with the navy people gone = no fun at all. i think we'd be the first tri-service program if it gets pulled off 😎

-- your friendly neighborhood army peds caveman

 

[dtn3t]

If NCC doesn't start taking AF interns, do you think they'll accept more than the planned 6 Army slots for peds to make up the difference? Why make it tri-service when you can just keep it all in the Army family, right? Just tell them to add more army peds slots. It would make me a happy camper.