Military Pharmacy Residencies?

[inquirer89]

It's way into the future for myself, but I am looking into joining the air force (with a scholarship hopefully) after pharm school. Does anyone know if they offer residences/fellowships so I can specialize in a field?

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[patmcd]

I know the army offers a residency program. As I recall it was 4 years of active duty with only 1 year of that being a pgy1 style residency.

 

[Caverject]

I would of responded sooner if it wasn't for a certain "Bob Jones University"-like moderator...

The Army offers residencies at Walter Reed (Washington DC), Honolulu, Seattle, San Antonio, and Augusta Georgia

The Navy offers a residency at the National Naval Medical Center in DC (not sure where else they are)

The Air Force offers one residency in San Antonio. You have to be in for at least 3 years before you can do a residency with the AF. In the Army and Navy you can go right into a residency if you wish. I hope that was helpful!

 

[Jbuprepharm]

The navy has 3 sites where they offer a residency, San Diego, Ca, Camp Pendleton (marine base) which is either in the extreme north of san diego county, or the extreme south of orange county, CA, and Bethesda Maryland. This according to the latest I have read about them and heard from the recruiter.

 

[n0mad]

for the army or navy residency, would you guys know
the salary while you're doing residency? and do they
pay your tuition for year 3 and year 4 of the pharmD?
any 38,000 sign on bonus or 30 day pay vacation?
😀

 

[emogrrrrl]

for the army or navy residency, would you guys know
the salary while you're doing residency? and do they
pay your tuition for year 3 and year 4 of the pharmD?
any 38,000 sign on bonus or 30 day pay vacation?
😀

I know that the residency at Walter Reed actually pay ~30,000 more then what's listed on the ASHP website. From what I understand they are required to pay you at the level of your training/degree- since as a pharmacist you will have a doctoral degree they will pay you at that level and probably at the lowest grade of that level. Would be pretty nice to get paid 66K as a resident as well as reap the benefits of military benefits vs 30-40K at a civilian institution.

 

[inquirer89]

Good deal thanks for the info guys

 

[simon11]

I would of responded sooner if it wasn't for a certain "Bob Jones University"-like moderator...

The Army offers residencies at Walter Reed (Washington DC), Honolulu, Seattle, San Antonio, and Augusta Georgia

The Navy offers a residency at the National Naval Medical Center in DC (not sure where else they are)

The Air Force offers one residency in San Antonio. You have to be in for at least 3 years before you can do a residency with the AF. In the Army and Navy you can go right into a residency if you wish. I hope that was helpful!

Tell me are you being censored like SDN1977?? I don't like to bother reading much these days since SDN has disappeared!! What is up??😕

 

[GatorRxGirl]

Anyone know details of the Navy program. If so...speak.

 

[ucrx]

My boyfriend is looking into the Navy scholarship program and their residency. The recruiter told him he would be in either San Diego, Bethesda MD, or somewhere in Virginia if he did a residency. That's pretty much all of the information I have about it, but I know he got in touch with the recruiter from other students and our dean's office and she has been very helpful with information.

 

[JJAF]

The Air Force DOES offer a Pharmacy Residency Program and has now opened this up to Officer Accessions. You NO LONGER HAVE to be in for 3 years before applying.

 

[RaginCajun]

Does anyone know if you are commissioned as a resident? If so are you considered as an 01 or 03? Does the time go towards retirement?

 

[67echo]

Does anyone know if you are commissioned as a resident? If so are you considered as an 01 or 03? Does the time go towards retirement?

If you are doing a residency from the military side, yes you are commissioned as a resident and you go in as an O-3. Time does go toward retirement.

 

[RaginCajun]

Thanks for the heads up Echo.

Sounds really promising now if I could figure out how to handle the pressure of having old Vets yell at me....😡