HPSP for non-clinical career

[jesuis]

Current med student considering if I should accept a 3 year army scholarship. I’ve always known I only wanted to do FM but recent experiences in clinic made me realize that I’m not so fond of it either.


I’m more interested in administration and being an officer than being a doctor. If I accept the scholarship and just do an intern year or an FM residency, what kind of career advancement opportunities are there for me in command? I don’t mind a bit of clinical duties but want to explore other options in the army through my career.


I’m kind of the exact opposite compared to those who are disgruntled in military medicine because of skills atrophy or not being able to practice medicine to the fullest potential.

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[armytrainingsir]

Current med student considering if I should accept a 3 year army scholarship. I’ve always known I only wanted to do FM but recent experiences in clinic made me realize that I’m not so fond of it either.


I’m more interested in administration and being an officer than being a doctor. If I accept the scholarship and just do an intern year or an FM residency, what kind of career advancement opportunities are there for me in command? I don’t mind a bit of clinical duties but want to explore other options in the army through my career.


I’m kind of the exact opposite compared to those who are disgruntled in military medicine because of skills atrophy or not being able to practice medicine to the fullest potential.

Do ER, FP or Aerospace.
You have to be boarded in something to both stick around and advance.

 

[jesuis]

Do ER, FP or Aerospace.
You have to be boarded in something to both stick around and advance.

I’ll do my residency training to get boarded. What different opportunities are there to slowly transition away from clinical duties over time?

 

[DOswag]

You are they type the military wants. Generally it is difficult for physicians to maintain enough clinical duties in the military due to the extra administrative stuff put on you in the military as you advance in your career. If you want to stay in the military, there's plenty of opportunities for you to be more administrative. You'll still have to do some clinical duties and you still need to complete residency. Agree with armytraningsir to complete ER, FP, or Aerospace. You'll likely be put in some kind of med director role initially (I was Air Force and this was what most of us were put in our first duty stations after residency). But you'll have opportunities for flight command, Sq command, SGH. You'll be required for further military training/education to continue climbing the ranks but can eventually even get to Gp command or Wing command. Now these are Air Force terms and I know they're different in the Army such as Battalion or Brigade or whatever.