Medical School after Naval Academy

AFHPSP. She was one of the few that received the scholarship this year and is headed to a civilian medical school
I assume the AF is paying the bills while your DD attends the civilian med school ? How many additional years to serve after med school ?
 
I assume the AF is paying the bills while your DD attends the civilian med school ? How many additional years to serve after med school ?

She owes four years for the HPSP. I believe that the HPSP also has two and three year scholarships. The scholarship covers all expenses - books, supplies, tuition and stipend for 10.5 months. The other 1.5 months are served on active duty and makes up the rest of your income for the year.
 
MY DD did not get a medical school slot upon graduation but she did not give up. She studied for the MCAT during her 60 day summer leave and took the test and applied for the AFHPSP.

I'm not sure something like that is even possible out of the Naval Academy. Once you get assigned a specific community, you pretty much have to do your time in that community and can only later consider transferring over.

The Naval Academy (or maybe it's the Navy) is not very keen on procuring doctors from the academy. They have always limited the number of graduates who go into the Medical Corps much more so than the other service academies. There are have been periods when they eliminated the option altogether. I remember, when I was a Plebe, that it was announced that the class of '77 (2/C at the time) would be the last class allowed to go into the Medical Corps. There were a few who left the academy after their 3/C year precisely because the Medical Corps was no longer an option.

Yet, the Naval Academy does allow some of its graduates to enter the Medical Corps. Not many. Not nearly as many as the other service academies! Yet, because of that, many candidates are not even considering the Medical Corps or even know that it's an option. You are not competing against the 1200 members of your class for a Medical Corps slot because most of them don't even want to be doctors.
 
It may not be a competitive slot among the whole of the class, however it is in certain majors like Chemistry.
 
The 4-yr commitment starts after residency ?
The 4 year obligation for HPSP starts after the completion of the residency, but she still has the rest of her USAFA commitment too and they are not served concurrently.
Same with those who get a med school slot directly out of USAFA and go to a civilian school; they don't start serving their 5 yr academy commitment until all their HPSP commitment is up, which means 9+ yr commitment after residency. Assuming they do a military residency they are active duty then, but it doesn't count for years owed.
 
If you want to be a Military physician seriously consider USMA. USMA has a program in place where grads can go directly to medical school. It is much easier that straight from USNA. There is a great NEED for Army physicians.

I think most Navy physicians were civilians until graduating from Med school - they then went to OCS.
Another possibility is to go to USNA, serve 5 years, enter Med school at 27 (which I think is the average now) and then return to the Navy upon graduation. Of course, the Navy won't be paying for your med school like the Army does - that's the biggest drawback.
Coming from someone is is going to med school on the Navy’s dime 100%. There is a program you can enter that the Navy offers that will pay in full for your med school bills, along with giving you a monthly allowance. You sign an 8 year contract (not long at all I served 10 as enlisted) the first 4 is Reserve duty unit years while you complete med school, upon graduating you will enter your last 4 years as Active Duty. Heads up though it is not SUPER easy getting in because of the amazing of seats available every Navy year (starting in Oct.). However, because of the demand and lack of contracts, there are a lot of unfilled seats at the moment. Acceptance rate is still rigorous, major things to have is an acceptance letter from any med school or dental or OD, good grades, references, and it looks good for some volunteer hours for the field of medicine. There’s more but to shorten it, these are the main points.
 
Coming from someone is is going to med school on the Navy’s dime 100%. There is a program you can enter that the Navy offers that will pay in full for your med school bills, along with giving you a monthly allowance. You sign an 8 year contract (not long at all I served 10 as enlisted) the first 4 is Reserve duty unit years while you complete med school, upon graduating you will enter your last 4 years as Active Duty. Heads up though it is not SUPER easy getting in because of the amazing of seats available every Navy year (starting in Oct.). However, because of the demand and lack of contracts, there are a lot of unfilled seats at the moment. Acceptance rate is still rigorous, major things to have is an acceptance letter from any med school or dental or OD, good grades, references, and it looks good for some volunteer hours for the field of medicine. There’s more but to shorten it, these are the main points.
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