.mil EMed Docs...where did you serve active duty?

[MarkL]

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Hi everyone,

I'm curious to know what some of the active duty postings of Emergency Medicine trained physicians are in the various branches...I'd love to hear from any military Emed docs on where your career has taken you.

When I interviewed at USUHS, my interviewers included an Air Force OB/GYN and an Army Internal Medicine doc, so I had a chance to learn about their active duty experiences. But I have a fondness in my heart for Emergency Medicine so I'd love to know where some of the EMed docs end up serving for active duty.

(One day there will be an EMed-trained Army Surgeon General so I can reference their wikipedia page instead of relying on SDN for career information 😉 )

 

[NateintheED]

Pretty much any military installation regardless of military branch that has a hospital with an Emergency Department will have at least 1 slot for a military Emergency Physician (Marine bases are covered by Navy medical providers).

Additionally, in the Army at least, a large number of Emergency Medicine trained docs serve in "operational" assignments, which means they are the primary doc for an operational unit in the Army - batallion or brigade. These type of assignments generally mean doing a lot of primary care and less emergency medicine, but most of these folks do get to spend some time each month in the ED to keep up their skills, and many also have the opportunity to moonlight by working a few shifts/month in a local civilian facility. That's both good for skills and the bank account. 😀

That's a very general answer, but in the Army at least, as an Emegency Physician, you could wind up pretty much anywhere.

BTW... if you're going to refer to the specialty of Emergency Medicine by an abbreviation/shorthand, EM (not Emed) is generally accepted.

 

[StemiAlert]

*Posted to wrong thread*

 

[MarkL]

Thanks for that info. Very interesting, as everyone at USU talks about the first half of a career, but not the second half!

BTW... if you're going to refer to the specialty of Emergency Medicine by an abbreviation/shorthand, EM (not Emed) is generally accepted.

Apologies, I'm glad you told me. (I learned two things today! 😀 ) EM it is!

 

[Apollyon]

Apologies, I'm glad you told me. (I learned two things today! 😀 ) EM it is!

It's not so much as a faux pas as it that, if you say "EMed", people will probably not know about what you are speaking.

 

[slycaper]

I'm a 3rd year with prior service and very interested in going active after graduation. How strong are the EM programs in the Army? What I've gathered is that they are not very strong because everyone in the service is relatively healthy with small patient populations. Can anyone with first hand experience speak to this.

 

[notdeadyet]

I'm a 3rd year with prior service and very interested in going active after graduation. How strong are the EM programs in the Army? What I've gathered is that they are not very strong because everyone in the service is relatively healthy with small patient populations. Can anyone with first hand experience speak to this.

If you don't get the responses you're hoping for, it's probably because it's been discussed a lot already. I'd recommend doing a search. I can remember 2 or 3 threads specifically about quality of EM training with references to Army in the past year or so.