army medical programs

[ktat72]

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i was wondering - i know there are some army residencies like tripler in hawaii that actually go through the ERAS system. What sets these apart from the normal university and community residencies? Do you serve in the Army or work as a physician at an army base outside of the medical center. I know of a guy from UMKC this year who matched at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu for orthopaedics so I was just curious about this whole deal.

 

[edinOH]

You need to have an active duty military obligation to qualify for these programs. Preferrably Army if want to match at an Army medical center but some military programs will match applicants from sister services.

 

[ktat72]

if i apply for some scholarship deal where they pay for medical school will my years of residency at the base count towards the number of years i need to pay off my scholarship or do i need to do extra service in the army outside of the army?

 

[quideam]

Residency doesn't count as payback. If, for instance, you do a 4 year scholarship, and then a 3 year residency, then you owe them an additional 4 years of service as an attending. On the other hand, if your residency is longer than 4 years, I think you end up owing them extra time.

- Quid

 

[brats800]

actually the payback is for both the scholarship and the residency. the trick is that you can pay them back simultaneously, tho. so in the end you will serve the # of years you received the scholarship (HPSP) or did you residency, whichever was longer. i think you also get some years in the Inactive Ready Reserve, too, but not like there's a huge likelihood of getting called up from the IRR. the thing to watch for is if you don't go straight to residency after medschool. if, for instance (in the Navy especially), you do a 4 year scholarship then a 2 year tour as a GMO, you paid back 2 years of the 4 for your scholarship. then you go to residency for 3 years. after residency you'll owe 3 years still (for the residency, during which you'll simultaneously pay back the 2 remaining years of service for the scholarship).

look at other threads about this, but the final word is usually that if you want to join the military, regardless of what they pay you, then its the right decision. if you are doing it for the money, its probably the wrong thing to do. (check out the financial aid forum for more info)

-mark
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planning on doing HPSP or USUHS thru Navy

 

[ktat72]

i was looking into it more b/c of the specialty i was interested, there are a few programs in the country that are military programs.

 

[brats800]

well then that's a good reason, too. i'm looking at aerospace medicine...and there aren't very many civilian residencies in that specialty. just another reason to go with the military 😉 heh