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7. GMO conversions: Over the next four years the Navy Medical Department will continue our phased conversion of PGY-1 level physician billets (GMOs, Flight Surgeons, UMOs) to residency trained primary care providers. Our ceaseless efforts to provide the highest quality services demand that we do so. On October 1st this year 106 of our current 553 PGY-1 level billets will convert to primary care specialists, including all of the GMO billets in our BSO-18 MTFs. At a rate of approximately 100/year, the remaining 447 will be converted over the coming 4 years.
Obviously the communities that will ultimately meet these requirements may not be sufficiently manned at this point, and the next several years will bring challenges to all physicians in the Navy. Beginning with the fall 2007 GME selection board, residency starts in primary care specialties will ramp-up. Until these pipelines are up to speed all Navy physicians have a role in assisting this transition.
8. Medical Corps Special Pays: October 1st brings a new fiscal year, and the anniversary date of Special Pays contracts for many of us. However, the Special Pays office cannot accept new contract requests until release of the NAVADMIN message (which is expected in September). As yet we do not have the final FY-08 special pays package, but proposals so far have called for some changes in some specialties. The most up to date information on special pays eligibility, release of the NAVADMIN, documentation requirements and application processing can be found on the Navy Medicine web site: http://navmedicine.med.navy.mil then select BUMED at the top of the screen and then Special Pays from the list of Departments in the column on the left side of the screen. Contact information for individualized service is also provided.
10. HPSP update: More good news on the HPSP shortfall issue in addition to a $20K signing bonus funded in July for FY2007 and FY2008, effective 1 September the monthly stipend increased from $1,349 to $1,605. A second stipend increase is also programmed to take effect 1 July 2008, raising the stipend to $1,907. As of 1 September, the projections for HPSP fills this year are still at approx 60%, 175 of 290 available slots.
This is a good opportunity to reiterate that BUMED funds a Speakers Bureau for Navy physicians who wish to travel in support of recruiting. Medical Officers who wish to assist local recruiters at their Alma Mater medical schools, undergraduate schools, pre-med clubs, etc. can be funded through BUMED. Interested Medical Officers should contact the Recruiting Office in the location they wish to visit, request TAD orders from their command, and receive accounting data from BUMED to cover travel and per diem costs. POC is CAPT Bloom. The Physician Recruiter Assistance section of the NKO Medical Corps website has been updated with presentations, FAQ&As and contact information relating to Medical Corps Accession Programs (HPSP), Navy GME and career information. This information is provided to assist Navy Medical Program Recruiters as well as the medical officers and others who are assisting with the recruiting efforts.
13. FY-08 Medical Corps Accession Goals:: In response to the HPSP shortfall the Medical Corps has revised accession goals for Direct Accessions, Health Professions Loan Repayment Program, and the Financial Assistance program. The FY-08 Accession Plan calls for the following Medical Corps Accessions: 250 HPSP, 52 USUHS, 20 Direct/ Recall/Interservice Transfers and 20 Financial Assistance Program (FAP) in FY-08.
7. GMO conversions: Over the next four years the Navy Medical Department will continue our phased conversion of PGY-1 level physician billets (GMOs, Flight Surgeons, UMOs) to residency trained primary care providers. Our ceaseless efforts to provide the highest quality services demand that we do so. On October 1st this year 106 of our current 553 PGY-1 level billets will convert to primary care specialists, including all of the GMO billets in our BSO-18 MTFs. At a rate of approximately 100/year, the remaining 447 will be converted over the coming 4 years.
Obviously the communities that will ultimately meet these requirements may not be sufficiently manned at this point, and the next several years will bring challenges to all physicians in the Navy. Beginning with the fall 2007 GME selection board, residency starts in primary care specialties will ramp-up. Until these pipelines are up to speed all Navy physicians have a role in assisting this transition.
8. Medical Corps Special Pays: October 1st brings a new fiscal year, and the anniversary date of Special Pays contracts for many of us. However, the Special Pays office cannot accept new contract requests until release of the NAVADMIN message (which is expected in September). As yet we do not have the final FY-08 special pays package, but proposals so far have called for some changes in some specialties. The most up to date information on special pays eligibility, release of the NAVADMIN, documentation requirements and application processing can be found on the Navy Medicine web site: http://navmedicine.med.navy.mil then select BUMED at the top of the screen and then Special Pays from the list of Departments in the column on the left side of the screen. Contact information for individualized service is also provided.
10. HPSP update: More good news on the HPSP shortfall issue in addition to a $20K signing bonus funded in July for FY2007 and FY2008, effective 1 September the monthly stipend increased from $1,349 to $1,605. A second stipend increase is also programmed to take effect 1 July 2008, raising the stipend to $1,907. As of 1 September, the projections for HPSP fills this year are still at approx 60%, 175 of 290 available slots.
This is a good opportunity to reiterate that BUMED funds a Speakers Bureau for Navy physicians who wish to travel in support of recruiting. Medical Officers who wish to assist local recruiters at their Alma Mater medical schools, undergraduate schools, pre-med clubs, etc. can be funded through BUMED. Interested Medical Officers should contact the Recruiting Office in the location they wish to visit, request TAD orders from their command, and receive accounting data from BUMED to cover travel and per diem costs. POC is CAPT Bloom. The Physician Recruiter Assistance section of the NKO Medical Corps website has been updated with presentations, FAQ&As and contact information relating to Medical Corps Accession Programs (HPSP), Navy GME and career information. This information is provided to assist Navy Medical Program Recruiters as well as the medical officers and others who are assisting with the recruiting efforts.
13. FY-08 Medical Corps Accession Goals:: In response to the HPSP shortfall the Medical Corps has revised accession goals for Direct Accessions, Health Professions Loan Repayment Program, and the Financial Assistance program. The FY-08 Accession Plan calls for the following Medical Corps Accessions: 250 HPSP, 52 USUHS, 20 Direct/ Recall/Interservice Transfers and 20 Financial Assistance Program (FAP) in FY-08.