Scholarships?

[arc5005]

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Is anyone familiar with scholarships and DO schools? Are they generally Need-base or Merit-based? Are they given usually to those who accept acceptances earlier, rather than later?

Anyone know of any schools that give scholarships, merit-based? Need-based? Anyone have examples of how much scholarships they have been given or know about a scholarship someone else has been given?

Thank you.

 

[Finette]

There's the NHSC scholarship program for those who are solely interested in primary care (although they do include psychiatry). Full tuition coverage + stipend. I believe this is mostly need based. Comes with some pretty hefty strings attached to it though.

 

[123456123456]

Yeah, I just looked into the NHSC one and if you have to commit to serving in underserved areas for 4 years if you take the scholarship for all 4 years. I was disappointed when I learned it was only for primary care because otherwise I would have been interested. The military will pay full tuition and a stipend and the rest I know of are through private ones you find yourself

 

[Finette]

The biggest issue is that you have to decide if you want to work in primary care BEFORE you've ever done clinical rotations. Even if you have a great interest in something, you can never know for sure until you've given the rotation a chance. The money is oh-so-tempting, but in the end you're giving up your freedom of choice. That's huge. I'm also pretty sure that after 4 years of premed, 4 years of medical school, and 4+ years of residency, my spouse and I are not going to be thrilled about moving to the middle of nowhere. If you have any plans of having a family, or if you have one already, it's something to think about.

 

[arc5005]

The biggest issue is that you have to decide if you want to work in primary care BEFORE you've ever done clinical rotations. Even if you have a great interest in something, you can never know for sure until you've given the rotation a chance. The money is oh-so-tempting, but in the end you're giving up your freedom of choice. That's huge. I'm also pretty sure that after 4 years of premed, 4 years of medical school, and 4+ years of residency, my spouse and I are not going to be thrilled about moving to the middle of nowhere. If you have any plans of having a family, or if you have one already, it's something to think about.

I completely agree. I can't commit to primary care yet and/or rural.

 

[Crasters_Keep]

It would be so hard to declare a specialty early

 

[cjfarrell21]

The biggest issue is that you have to decide if you want to work in primary care BEFORE you've ever done clinical rotations. Even if you have a great interest in something, you can never know for sure until you've given the rotation a chance. The money is oh-so-tempting, but in the end you're giving up your freedom of choice. That's huge. I'm also pretty sure that after 4 years of premed, 4 years of medical school, and 4+ years of residency, my spouse and I are not going to be thrilled about moving to the middle of nowhere. If you have any plans of having a family, or if you have one already, it's something to think about.

please correct me if i'm wrong, but I thought some of the underserved areas are located in the inner city/poorer areas AND extremely rural areas? In that case I guess you and your spouse could move to the hood as opposed to the middle of nowhere... not that that's much better....

 

[HMC Finnerty]

The Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) will pay your tuition and fees for up to four years of school (M.D. or D.O.) and provide a monthly stipend paid directly to you. In addition, all professional school required fees and expenses, books and equipment are reimbursed by the Navy. The value of this program could be well over $300,000 during the course of a four year professional school program. After graduation, you’ll join the Navy’s active duty team as a commissioned officer. In return, you agree to serve on active duty, year for year of scholarship.

To find a medical programs recruiter near you, please go to the Navy Recruiting website located at www.navy.com Best of luck.

 

[arc5005]

The Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) will pay your tuition and fees for up to four years of school (M.D. or D.O.) and provide a monthly stipend paid directly to you. In addition, all professional school required fees and expenses, books and equipment are reimbursed by the Navy. The value of this program could be well over $300,000 during the course of a four year professional school program. After graduation, you’ll join the Navy’s active duty team as a commissioned officer. In return, you agree to serve on active duty, year for year of scholarship.

To find a medical programs recruiter near you, please go to the Navy Recruiting website located at www.navy.com Best of luck.

what is considered active duty for a commissioned officer as a medical doctor? Do you have to go overseas, generally? How does the residency match work?

 

[darknecrosforte]

Former Marine, moderately knowledgeable in terms of basic expectations (hung out with "green side Navy" medical personnel). At WORST (or best), you'll be deployed overseas for 6 - 12 months at pretty safe forward operating bases in combat zones where your heart will break dealing with things like children whose parents inadvertently caused burns to their face making IEDs OR you get stationed at Pearl Harbor being pretty chill and working at an almost civilian hospital. The people you treat will generally not believe that any medicine will help due to getting so used to being prescribed 1600 mg Motrin for almost everything. But they will be pretty cool to talk to. The pay is pretty awesome and is a combination of relatively high rank-based pay and huge bonuses for specific specialties. You get promoted quickly. As for transitioning OUT into regular residencies or practice, I have no clue, but most doctors I have spoken to stay in because it feels more meaningful to them. This is just some N=1.2 hearsay though.