HM to doctor
are there any stories of HM Enlisted and then studing to become a doctor or a dentist?
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You must remember that the doctors are all officers...you can get your basic college done while enlisted..but you would have to apply I would think for OCS as you would have to go to medical school. Not sure I have seen that one in the OCS course offered...maybe Guppy will come along and have more info.
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There are programs kind of like that, but as far as I know, none for doctor.
I know there's one for nursing, and another for PA/Pharmacology/a bunch of other specialties. All of these involve the Navy paying you to go to college for this degree and then serving a number of years as an officer. |
Doctors go to ODS (Officer Development School), and you have to have your medical degree in order to be selected.
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One of the emergency physicians I worked with when I volunteered at the Naval Hospital started as an HM, did his bachelor's while enlisted, and the Navy sent him to medical school once he got accepted. I'm not sure what program he used but it's possible. A doctor my husband worked with a doctor in Afghanistan went HM to RN to DO. You could also choose to apply to the PA program after a certain amount of time as an HM and at a certain rank. That could be less time consuming and the use of PA's is increasing. I talked to a doctor about the benefits of PA vs. MD or DO when I was considering going that route with my life. Her suggestion was to become a PA.
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HPSP, AMA, STA-21, and a lot more health programs can get you to become an Officer in the medical field.
Look up ODS as well and you might be able to get more information there. |
Ok, I just want to make sure that I understand this. What I am reading is that after a certain time in my rate and after a certain time in rank I can apply to become something like an officer candidate for nursing where the Navy would then pay for me to go ge my RN and upon completion of my RN I would then have to serve as an officer in the Nursing Corp for a certain amount of time? If this is correct does any one know what program this is and what it is called. Cause that is exactly what I am hoping to do.
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Here is the link to the official STA-21 program, then just scroll down and click on the link for the nursing corp:
http://www.sta-21.navy.mil/program_options.asp |
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Did some digging and found this: Q: Am I eligible to apply for STA-21 if I already have a Baccalaureate Degree? A: No. As stated in OPNAVINST 1420.1(series), individuals who have already obtained their baccalaureate degree are not eligible for STA-21 and should apply directly for OCS. OCS application procedures are found in Chapter 4 of 1420.1(series). |
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As for what Deisirae27 said, I need to look into that myself. It makes sense though since the Navy wouldn't need to pay for you to go to school since you already have a degree. |
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MECP http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navmed...ngProgram.aspx MSCIPP http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navmed...Assistant.aspx |
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Either way HMYert found what he needed and he's good to go. Looking into the stuff as well since I'm interested so i thank you for that.
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No problem FutureHM. When do you ship again?
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