Army Residency-Plastics

[sdelucia]

Hey y'all! I'm an undergrad who is considering applying for HPSP through the army but I am worried about being able to do a residency in plastics after medical school. I know its not guaranteed that I will still want to do plastics after medical school but I don't want to limit myself by joining the army. I have been told it's nearly impossible to be a plastic surgeon and that they offer no residencies. I was looking for some advice. I have always wanted to join the army and the scholarship would help me financially, however, it has been a dream of mine to be a plastic surgeon and I am not willing to give that up for anything.

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[The Buff OP]

Hey y'all! I'm an undergrad who is considering applying for HPSP through the army but I am worried about being able to do a residency in plastics after medical school. I know its not guaranteed that I will still want to do plastics after medical school but I don't want to limit myself by joining the army. I have been told it's nearly impossible to be a plastic surgeon and that they offer no residencies. I was looking for some advice. I have always wanted to join the army and the scholarship would help me financially, however, it has been a dream of mine to be a plastic surgeon and I am not willing to give that up for anything.

Try asking the guys on here. I think a mod can move your thread there.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/forums/military-medicine.72/

 

[Goro]

First, get into medical school and then worry about residency, especially the hardest one to get into.

Hey y'all! I'm an undergrad who is considering applying for HPSP through the army but I am worried about being able to do a residency in plastics after medical school. I know its not guaranteed that I will still want to do plastics after medical school but I don't want to limit myself by joining the army. I have been told it's nearly impossible to be a plastic surgeon and that they offer no residencies. I was looking for some advice. I have always wanted to join the army and the scholarship would help me financially, however, it has been a dream of mine to be a plastic surgeon and I am not willing to give that up for anything.

 

[Avicenna]

Army is the last place I'd go if I wanted plastics. They take 4 yrs of ur salary. When ur making bank doing buttlifts and boob jobs for celebs, 4 yrs salary is gonna be a HUGE blow

 

[Dr. Death]

Hey y'all! I'm an undergrad who is considering applying for HPSP through the army but I am worried about being able to do a residency in plastics after medical school. I know its not guaranteed that I will still want to do plastics after medical school but I don't want to limit myself by joining the army. I have been told it's nearly impossible to be a plastic surgeon and that they offer no residencies. I was looking for some advice. I have always wanted to join the army and the scholarship would help me financially, however, it has been a dream of mine to be a plastic surgeon and I am not willing to give that up for anything.

It's my dream to own the Eagles, but statistically it's about as likely as you becoming a plastic surgeon at this point. Follow Goro's advice

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

http://www.amsus.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ArmyStudentWebinar_April2016.pdf

Here is some general overview of the army residency system
While it is not that common anymore, the military can pull you out of residency after your PGY-1 for their needs.

The Army typically doesn't do BS tours after PGY-1 anymore. They usually allow straight through training, but then will pull you out of your specialty after you finish residency for such a tour. GMO tours after PGY-1 are much more common in the Navy, but at least they get them out of the way.

As for the OP, I wouldn't bank on the military for plastics. Specialties like that have a very limited number of spots, and the available spots are zero some years. Additionally, plastics is one of, if not the hardest specialty to match into in the civilian world. You probably shouldn't lock yourself into the most competitive specialty there is before you even get into med school.

 

[sdelucia]

Army is the last place I'd go if I wanted plastics. They take 4 yrs of ur salary. When ur making bank doing buttlifts and boob jobs for celebs, 4 yrs salary is gonna be a HUGE blow

Yeah but I'd have to take out major student loans to afford medical school.

 

[Frogger27]

Yeah but I'd have to take out major student loans to afford medical school.

A couple of boob jobs, butt lifts and lip injections for the Kardashian family will pay those off in no time!

 

[jcve34]

If you're doing HPSP for money it's not worth it. Do it because you actually want to serve... Trust me.

 

[Dr. Death]

Yeah but I'd have to take out major student loans to afford medical school.

Breaking news, everyone takes out major student loans to afford medical school.

 

[Red Lobster Actual]

OP, don't join the military. Unless you are so poor you are willing to make sacrifices trading future income with financial security now. Since joining the military will basically mean you will not become a plastic surgeon.

 

[Avicenna]

Breaking news, everyone takes out major student loans to afford medical school.

Except people who do army medicine. Try reading the post you're replying to.

To op: military medicine is a fokkin scam. someone did a report showing that it would only make financial sense if youre going into primary care. And even then, there are too many downsides that would make it not worth it. Depending on the branch of military you choose, they decide where you live, what you specialize in, make you do flight tours, etc its too much bs

 

[Dr. Death]

Except people who do HPSP. Try reading the post you reply to.

Ok premed. I'm going to borrow a line from Goro. "Watch out for the CARS section on the MCAT". And keep your idiotic conspiracy theories to yourself while you're at it.

 

[Avicenna]

Ok premed. I'm going to borrow a line from Goro. "Watch out for the CARS section on the MCAT". And keep your idiotic conspiracy theories to yourself while you're at it.

He knows ppl take out loans. Thats the basis for the question: would it make financial sense to go army

 

[piii]

Even if you weren't going to go into the army, your chances of plastics is extremely small.

 

[NarcanMan]

Except people who do army medicine. Try reading the post you're replying to.

To op: military medicine is a fokkin scam. someone did a report showing that it would only make financial sense if youre going into primary care. And even then, there are too many downsides that would make it not worth it. Depending on the branch of military you choose, they decide where you live, what you specialize in, make you do flight tours, etc its too much bs

This may be true for people like you who clearly only see the financial incentive as the reason to serve... But for those of us who truly want to serve our country and do what we can to treat and care for the selfless warriors that would lay down their life so people like you can claim the military is a scam, it's definitely worth it.

 

[DokterMom]

someone did a report showing that it would only make financial sense if youre going into primary care. And even then, there are too many downsides that would make it not worth it. Depending on the branch of military you choose, they decide where you live, what you specialize in, make you do flight tours, etc its too much bs

Makes sense that the military would need lots and lots of primary care providers and probably also a good number of general surgeons, so if that's where you want to go, you have a genuine desire to serve, and you are willing to make some significant sacrifices in exchange for the debt-relief and privilege of serving and making a difference -- THEN the military route makes sense. Otherwise, the rewards you get (which are to some extent subjective) will probably not outweigh the downside.

 

[BombsAway]

This may be true for people like you who clearly only see the financial incentive as the reason to serve... But for those of us who truly want to serve our country and do what we can to treat and care for the selfless warriors that would lay down their life so people like you can claim the military is a scam, it's definitely worth it.

us "selfless warriors" would prefer if you didn't use hero worship stuff to win arguments on the internet.