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Hello,
I have read through the forums on SDN, Reddit, other military medicine advice sites, and have found difficulty in narrowing down answers or finding relevant information to my situation. Any help you could give would be very much so appreciated:
I am an undergraduate pre-med looking to apply to medical school next year. I go to a private university, have good standings, and believe I am a capable and driven individual.
I want to go through HPSP, and eventually become some sort of surgeon (ENT ideally, but I understand how sparse these positions are).
Here is my hopeful timeline, please let me know if you have seen this before/if it is possible:
Age 22: Enter medical school through HPSP
Age 26: Graduate medical school, enter internship year
Age 27: Apply for both civilian and military surgery residencies
Age 33: Finish residency, serve active duty military and see where it goes.
I have weighed the odds in regards to money/service/relocation/family, but what additional road blocks may I meet?
1) What determines whether I obtain a civilian or military residency? Can I voluntarily defer to civilian if I feel I would be better trained, as it appears military residency offers lower quality training? I would accept lower pay if it ensures better education.
2) If, instead, I choose to do IM, and do a cardiology residency/fellowship- would I have to do multiple GMO years to obtain this position? And would this time count towards payback?
2a) Only in the occasion that I cannot match in either a military or civilian residency would I do a GMO year, correct?
I have read through the forums on SDN, Reddit, other military medicine advice sites, and have found difficulty in narrowing down answers or finding relevant information to my situation. Any help you could give would be very much so appreciated:
I am an undergraduate pre-med looking to apply to medical school next year. I go to a private university, have good standings, and believe I am a capable and driven individual.
I want to go through HPSP, and eventually become some sort of surgeon (ENT ideally, but I understand how sparse these positions are).
Here is my hopeful timeline, please let me know if you have seen this before/if it is possible:
Age 22: Enter medical school through HPSP
Age 26: Graduate medical school, enter internship year
Age 27: Apply for both civilian and military surgery residencies
Age 33: Finish residency, serve active duty military and see where it goes.
I have weighed the odds in regards to money/service/relocation/family, but what additional road blocks may I meet?
1) What determines whether I obtain a civilian or military residency? Can I voluntarily defer to civilian if I feel I would be better trained, as it appears military residency offers lower quality training? I would accept lower pay if it ensures better education.
2) If, instead, I choose to do IM, and do a cardiology residency/fellowship- would I have to do multiple GMO years to obtain this position? And would this time count towards payback?
2a) Only in the occasion that I cannot match in either a military or civilian residency would I do a GMO year, correct?