Residency Question

[Perrotfish]

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Do programs ending in multiple certifications exist in the Navy? For example IM/Peds, Psych/Neurology, Psych/IM, IM/EM, etc? If not, does the military ever give a deferment for this kind of program?

 

[NavyFP]

Do programs ending in multiple certifications exist in the Navy? For example IM/Peds, Psych/Neurology, Psych/IM, IM/EM, etc? If not, does the military ever give a deferment for this kind of program?

No, but there is talk of FP/psych, and they don't like to defer for combined residencies.

The problem is that there are no specific positions for combined docs, so they end up as one or the other and it tends to be the one most in need. Med/Peds for example almost always works as an IM doc and may get 1 half day a week seeing kids. This leads to dissatisfaction.

 

[Gastrapathy]

No, but there is talk of FP/psych, and they don't like to defer for combined residencies.

The problem is that there are no specific positions for combined docs, so they end up as one or the other and it tends to be the one most in need. Med/Peds for example almost always works as an IM doc and may get 1 half day a week seeing kids. This leads to dissatisfaction.

10 years ago, the Army had a Med/Psych program at WRAMC. Not sure if this still exists or if they've ever trained Navy types.

You can only really practice one specialty at a time. These combined programs don't make a lot of sense. If you want Med/Peds, why not do FP?

 

[Bubblehead-to-MD]

10 years ago, the Army had a Med/Psych program at WRAMC. Not sure if this still exists or if they've ever trained Navy types.

You can only really practice one specialty at a time. These combined programs don't make a lot of sense. If you want Med/Peds, why not do FP?

Agreed.

But what about the ever important skill of being able to do a combined pelvic exam and flexion-circumduction test? Clearly, only a savvy individual that has completed a combined Ortho-Gyn residency could accomplish this!

 

[Ziehl-Neelsen]

10 years ago, the Army had a Med/Psych program at WRAMC. Not sure if this still exists or if they've ever trained Navy types.

You can only really practice one specialty at a time. These combined programs don't make a lot of sense. If you want Med/Peds, why not do FP?

The med/psych program at WRAMC still exists, and as of this year was still taking 2 residents per year. I am not sure what will happen to this program with the pending integration of WRAMC and NNMC (whether it will be opened to Navy applicants, continued as is, or axed). Tripler also has an FP/psych program.

The army loves these combined psych programs becuase of the ability to fill 2 highly needed billets with one doc, whether in deployment or at an MTF.

 

[NavyFP]

Agreed.

But what about the ever important skill of being able to do a combined pelvic exam and flexion-circumduction test? Clearly, only a savvy individual that has completed a combined Ortho-Gyn residency could accomplish this!

Don't they teach that a Porn Star University?

 

[Bubblehead-to-MD]

Don't they teach that a Porn Star University?

Yep. I think one Dr. Diggler is the program director.