Radiology Residency Army vs. AF vs. Navy

[raddc]

Any info. on how likely I can get into Rad. Residency? Thanks.

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[Cooperd0g]

Given your inability to write a sentence with proper punctuation, I'm going to say pretty unlikely.

 

[SirGecko]

If you are competitive for radiology as a civilian you would be competitive in all three branches. You would likely need to do a GMO tour between intern year and residency for radiology in the Navy.

 

[raddc]

Given your inability to write a sentence with proper punctuation, I'm going to say pretty unlikely.

Thank you for the feedback. I am using a small smartphone and my keyboard is annoying. I wanted to avoid typing too much.

Have a good day.

 

[raddc]

If you are competitive for radiology as a civilian you would be competitive in all three branches. You would likely need to do a GMO tour between intern year and residency for radiology in the Navy.

What about a GMO tour for the Army? Thanks.

 

[Ziehl-Neelsen]

If you haven't already, you'll learn an expression in residency--"garbage in, garbage out". Your question, as originally phrased, is garbage--the equivalent of me asking how likely it is that I can play ball for the UCLA Bruins next year. Nobody could intelligently answer my question unless they knew things like my height, level of athleticism, previous accomplishments in the game of basketball, level of competition, et cetera. That's why you've received terse responses to your question.

In general the Navy and Air Force make more use of GMOs than the Army. If you are a competitive applicant for radiology the year you apply, there is a higher chance that you'll have to complete a GMO tour in between internship and residency in the USN or USAF. If you are a competitive applicant in the Army, it's unlikely that you'll have to complete a GMO tour in between internship and residency. If you are not competitive with other applicants the year you apply and are unwilling to accept any residency other than radiology, you will almost assuredly have to complete a GMO tour before you reapply for a radiology residency (with no guarantee that you'll receive a spot the second time around).

 

[raddc]

Hey guys, cut me some slack. I'm a newbie! I'll make sure to write my questions comprehensible.

 

[d2305]

The Army likes to snag up a bc specialist, and put him in a battalion surgeon billet (job) in Arabia. It happened to our former moderator, a humble caveman.

 

[Barrel Proof]

Navy has cut rads spots down to 4 for this coming year per the most recent bumed note - a reflection of how overmanned the department currently is. This puts rads on par with specialties like derm. So yea, be top of your class, do research, get to know people and plan on a GMO tour (or two) if you are Navy.

 

[Gastrapathy]

Navy has cut rads spots down to 4 for this coming year per the most recent bumed note - a reflection of how overmanned the department currently is. This puts rads on par with specialties like derm. So yea, be top of your class, do research, get to know people and plan on a GMO tour (or two) if you are Navy.

Have a link for the current bunednote1524?

 

[SirGecko]

Navy has cut rads spots down to 4 for this coming year per the most recent bumed note - a reflection of how overmanned the department currently is. This puts rads on par with specialties like derm. So yea, be top of your class, do research, get to know people and plan on a GMO tour (or two) if you are Navy.

Do you have access to the new BUMEDNOTE or something? As far as I can tell, it’s not yet available publicly because it’s still pending signature. A drop from 9 to 4 spots would be a big shift especially considering that 9 was already a drop from previous numbers. 4 residents per year is really only enough to barely sustain one residency.

 

[155HE]

Navy Radiology is one of the specialties hit hardest by the latest Pentagon budget/manpower cuts from last Fall. The Navy is cutting billets faster than people are able to leave through retirement or separation, therefore causing Radiology to be drastically "overmanned". Not surprisingly, the Navy isn't letting Radiologists simply leave before their contracts are up, which would be one of the simplest solutions for the "overmanning" problem.

Regardless, the reduction in residency training positions in the Navy is one way to (slowly) reduce manning. And yes, it will hurt the current residents and the residency programs. Fewer residents = fewer people in the resident call pool (unless the Navy programs avail themselves to Air Force residents).

 

[Gastrapathy]

He made specific mention of the bumednote but it’s not been promulgated. Just curious if there’s a copy floating around

 

[backrow]

He made specific mention of the bumednote but it’s not been promulgated. Just curious if there’s a copy floating around

Looks like it just got released. It’s up on Joel Schofers blog MCCareer

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

It’s in another thread, but reposting it here. https://mccareer.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/bumed-notice-1524-jmesb-2019-signed.pdf