Army and Walter Reed and Rotations

I have hear the same thing about Walter Reed, but it was only from one person, so I don't know how accurate it is. In terms of your second question, I have been told that you may do as many rotations as you are willing to pay for, however you may have to do them out of uniform. I could not get a straight answer on whether you can get official orders or not. There is a caveat, however. When you do ADT, you are covered for malpractice. When you do an off the books elective, you might not be. Your school needs to have a memorandum of understanding with the hospital so you are covered. It is possible that your school may already have one.

The other item of concern is using up elective time. This is a big worry of mine. If I do a sub-I in my specialty of choice at my school and then 3-4 army electives in the same specialty, I could end up spending 16+ weeks in one area. That will compromise time for other things.

Good luck and Hu-ah

Ed

 

You can do two ADT's in a row 3rd/4th year. Anything over that is out of pocket.

 

It is fine that your school says that it is "ok", but you need to ensure that there is a memorandum of understanding between your school and the army hospital (you should actually see the document!). It's an indemnity agreement that covers you for manpractice. I asked Col. Maschette the same question about six months ago and she said this is very important because without official ADT orders, you are not on active duty and thus not covered by the Army.

Ed