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Pay During Navy Residency
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I think its just your regular pay (which is still more than you'd get in a civilian program). But i have 0 experience on this, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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You are still eligible for the new special pay system while you're in your residency?
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NAVY DDS 2010
Yes, but only after you have your license. You are not required to have your license while in an AEGD residency, but you cannot collect the special pay until you do get it. You are required to have your license in all other residencies, so you will definitely get the special pay.
Great news! Thanks! ....On that note, what if you apply for the new special pay system while you are in a residency (Comp residency) and are taking that special pay during the residency, but then upon graduation, apparently you aren't eligible for it anymore right? So then what happens? Are you automatically kicked back into the old system because you would then be a Comp dentist?
As it's written now, you wouldn't be eligible for the special pay plan. However, I spoke with several highly placed CAPTs the other day who stated that they will find a workaround to revert people if the new consolidated pay plans for specialists have not been rolled out yet.
As it is, I don't believe you have a choice anymore, if you access now you can only take the IP.
We just went through this question with one of my residents last week. In the AF, once you are on the consolidated plan, you cannot go back to the legacy plan, even if you become a specialist. Everyone is supposed to be on the consolidated plan by 2017, so it will be interesting to see how it ends up playing out.
As it stands now, if you're in the consolidated plan and graduating this year from the 2 year COMP residency, those guys will get the same as a general dentist since there is no going back?
That is correct. Im not sure if the other services are the same on this point or not, but in the AF you cannot take a retention bonus until you have either 8 years in or have paid all your educational commitment back. So, anyone that doesn't meet those criteria need to stay on the legacy plan as long as possible. Unfortunately, some cannot because they just came in. Now, it may not really matter because we suspect the new pay plan will be in place for them by the time they are eligible for a retention bonus.
