Avoid Military Medicine

[USAFdoc]

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Just a FYI; please see the military med site of SDN; please investigate your military options fully before you sign on the dotted line. This is not to say that service to your isn't a great thing, but do yourself a service and do not go in blindly.

 

[mev]

Just a FYI; please see the military med site of SDN; please investigate your military options fully before you sign on the dotted line. This is not to say that service to your isn't a great thing, but do yourself a service and do not go in blindly.

All due respect to a fellow servicemember, you are starting to seem like you have an ugly grudge against the service. It's one thing to fill up the military med site with your discontented posts, but to cast outside the forum and try to recruit more people to hear your unhappy tale is a little much. Consider leaving your perspective in the forum where people who want to do research can find it at will. Anyone who reads the military medicine forum has plenty of access to your story and your warnings.

 

[USAFdoc]

All due respect to a fellow servicemember, you are starting to seem like you have an ugly grudge against the service. It's one thing to fill up the military med site with your discontented posts, but to cast outside the forum and try to recruit more people to hear your unhappy tale is a little much. Consider leaving your perspective in the forum where people who want to do research can find it at will. Anyone who reads the military medicine forum has plenty of access to your story and your warnings.

It is my strong recommendation that anyone thinking about heading into military medicine (for example,tobe a family doc or pediatrician) really investigate the situation before signing on the dotted line. Talk to docs actually at their bases. Do not talk only to recruiters and admin because they will just be doing what they are supposed to do; make everything sound wonderful. Instead, talk to docs that are in their first term and see what they say. I cannot speak to all services and all branches, but Primary care in the military is in very bad shape. You can read the SDN Military forum or speak with docs at bases for confirmation.

Some people are likley going to get very defensive after hearing someone say negative things about the military. I am just trying to let the truth be known. If you are really set on being a military doctor, try and wait until you are out of residency. The military will no doubt love to have you and pay off your bills, and then you will have a better idea on what is going on and have more say on the clinical aspect of your clinic.

God Bless the USA

 

[nontrad314]

USAFdoc,

Thanks for bringing this up.

If I am not mistaken, I believe your message could be paraphrased that those considering HPSP etc need to be sure to thoroughly research what they are getting themselves in to.

Strikes me as sound advice.

Along those lines, maybe you know the answer to the following question: What percentage HPSPs payback in GME versus the percentage that payback after GME. These don't have to be hard numbers...just a general sense of ratios might be interesting to know.

Thanks

 

[sunnyjohn]

It is sound advice to get information from as many sources as you can.

In addition to speaking with a recruiter, you should also speak with a healthcare recruiter.

Talking to folks who have served and are presently serving in the Armed Forces as doctors and medical staff is an excellent idea.

I wouldn't buy a house solely on the info provided by the realtor nor would I buy a car based on what the dealer said. Something as important as potential military service deserves equal investigation.

There would be a whole lot less bitter folk if more people did their homework.

Investigation and knowing the pros and cons does not make you less patriotic.

 

[USAFdoc]

It is sound advice to get information from as many sources as you can.

In addition to speaking with a recruiter, you should also speak with a healthcare recruiter.

Talking to folks who have served and are presently serving in the Armed Forces as doctors and medical staff is an excellent idea.

I wouldn't buy a house solely on the info provided by the realtor nor would I buy a car based on what the dealer said. Something as important as potential military service deserves equal investigation.

There would be a whole lot less bitter folk if more people did their homework.

Investigation and knowing the pros and cons does not make you less patriotic.

thanks for the reply; Again, I espect all the knee jerk responses by those that are die-hard "military can do no wrong" people. I am incredibly blessed to be a US citizen and can't compare some of the terrible things I have seen while working in a USAF clinic to the TRULY terrible things going on around the world.....but, what I have seen in USAF primary care made me and 100% of other family docs leave as sson as we could. I truly believe that the USAF primary care environ in the worst FP environment in the US, civilian, military or other. read some "military forum" SDN threads for details.

 

[njbmd]

Hi there,
I am closing this thread as it is a duplicate thread. Go to Military Medicine if you want to comment on this topic.
njbmd 🙂