Navy Podiatrists

[speshel]

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Does anyone know of any Podiatrists in the Navy that would be willing to answer a few questions? I'm considering signing up but wanted to talk to a pod who's serving/served in the navy. Any help is appreciated.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/report.php?p=8612889

 

[Creflo]

Before I applied I had the same concern. First I tried calling several Navy hospitals to try to speak to podiatrists. I didn't get through to a single one. Then I googled "retired Navy podiatrist" and several names (10 or so) were found. Just call their offices and tell the receptionist your situation. About half of them called me back, and were very helpful in the decision process.

 

[diabeticfootdr]

Does anyone know of any Podiatrists in the Navy that would be willing to answer a few questions? I'm considering signing up but wanted to talk to a pod who's serving/served in the navy. Any help is appreciated.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/report.php?p=8612889

Contact Shevonne Wells, MS3 at DMU. She's been in the Navy and now the first DPM to receive the Health Professions Scholarship.

From PMNews Aug 15, 2009 ....

DMU Podiatric Student Lands Military Scholarship

Des Moines University student and Navy Lieutenant Shevonne Wells has been around the world, providing humanitarian aid to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, replenishing ships in the Persian Gulf and working on a one-star admiral’s staff. She also recently became one of the nation’s first podiatric medical students to receive the military’s Health Professions Scholarship, opened to podiatric students in November 2008. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, Wells used loans to put herself through her first two years at DMU’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. The scholarship now covers her tuition and provides a monthly stipend.


“I got hooked on the military with my first crew,” she says. That was in the Persian Gulf in 2003. “There were about 500 on the ship, but we were one big family.” Wells enrolled at DMU in part to continue experiencing that camaraderie. “I enjoyed collegiality at the Naval Academy, so I wanted to go somewhere with that type of support network,” says the native of Newark, DE, “Plus the cost of living in Des Moines is relatively low.”

Wells is also pursuing her master’s in health care administration at DMU to increase her exposure to the health care system. She wants to become either a commanding officer of a naval hospital ship or a podiatrist in the medical services corps. “I’m a big-picture type of person. I wanted to see where podiatry fit,” she explains. “I want podiatry to have parity in healthcare and in the military.”

 

[cool_vkb]

So im wondering lets say you apply and get accepted to HPSP and then are not able to find a residency. then what happens?