From my understanding (someone correct me if I'm wrong on this), you can do an Army residency only if you have graduated from an LCME accredited allopathic medical school (US/Canada/PR) or an American osteopathic program.
If you are from a foreign medical school, you can join the military after getting your medical license, which requires you to have completed at least an internship.
My understanding is that if you have a U.S. internship under your belt, you can join the Army, do a GMO tour, and then be eligible to apply for an Army residency. But this information is coming from a leaky memory and an old thread. Hopefully someone else can verify.
This is a cut and past of an email from a healthcare recruiter: UNCLASSIFIED////
"My name",
The Army wants all of its providers to be board certified or in
training, so it is very rare to enter the Army as a GMO.
Usually this
happens to doctors who do not match into a residency and must
wait a
year to apply. You cannot begin collecting financial assistance
until
you have finished the internship year, even if it is
incorporated.
Below is an excerpt from the FEY Program Guide addressing
eligibility
and the FAP Program:
-Must be a U.S. citizen for Regular Army or a permanent resident
for
Army Reserve.
-Regular Army and Army Reserve applicants must have a doctor of
medicine
or osteopathy degree from an accredited U.S. school of medicine
or
osteopathy.
Foreign graduates may apply if they have a permanent certificate
from
the Educational Council of Foreign Medical Graduates.
-Must have completed at least one year of an approved Graduate
Medical
Education (GME) internship.
-Must be less than 47 years of age at the time of
commissioning/appointment (waivers granted on a case by case
basis).
-Must hold a current license to practice medicine in the U.S.,
District
of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.
-Must be at least board eligible.
Active Duty Medical Corps Programs:
Financial Assistance Program (FAP)
Open to physicians at any point during their residency training,
such
as, Post Graduate Year (PGY) II and above. Certain individuals
may be
eligible to apply in PGI, based on OTSG guidance. Provides an
annual
grant $45,000 plus a monthly stipend of $1,907.
Active duty obligation is two years for the first year of FAP
participation plus one-half
(1/2) year for each additional one-half (1/2) year (or portions
thereof)
of participation with a minimum period of two years on active
duty.
Individuals must be U.S. citizens.
Eligibility is determined on a case by case basis by OTSG/GME.
I hope this helps!
*******
Captain, MS
Army Healthcare
Cell: 887-226-4850
Fax: 410-379-6291
6810 Deerpath Road, Suite 400
Elkridge, MD 21075
I blocked the names; not sure what the rules are on the board. She is very knowledgeable and professional.
I vaguely remember her showing me the regulation that said foreign medical school grads are eligible for Army residencies, but that you would still need to have finished an internship.
Give her a call above; she is the most helpful and knowledgable of the 5+ healthcare recruiters that I called. PM me for her name if you'd like.
