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I trained in PM after being a Navy flight surgeon for a while (Pgy1 in general surgery) and did occ med, travel med, & TB rotations. I got boarded in PM and later Occ Med, and did EIS training w CDC. I finished my Navy career as a true public health doc - did disease surveillance & chased...

Aloha- anyone going to AOHC this year? It’s in Anaheim at the Disneyland Hotel!

I don't understand the nuances of your AF speak, but I do know someone in the Navy who was disqualified from submarine service and accepted to HSPS for medical school. Hope that helps.

Aloha! I"m a Navy doc in an admin role for the next 2 years, and I was accepted to NPS's 2 year eMBA program (which is free to Navy folks) to start Sep 18. During the admissions process, I queried a handful of my MD/MBA buddies about whether I'd get what I wanted from that program (traditional...

Many people practice both w/out board certification. I think there are more OM job postings because the salary is lucrative (much more so than PM, in general), and there seems to be a demand signal for folks BC'd in OM while so many folks are retiring out of the field. I forget the numbers...

EIS is a great experience, even for someone like myself who was already on a career glide path w the Navy and had publications and research grants. I think most physicians end up going back to some kind of clinical work. But for the rest especially folks looking to get in w the CDC, NIH, etc -...

The alternative pathway is sort of how I qualified for my Occ Boards - in my military job we do a lot of occ med AND I was a Navy flight surgeon before I trained in PM so I had the experience/years of occ med practice. I also did a CDC fellowship (EIS - it's fantastic!) and during that time...

The only part time program of which I’m aware is at UPenn. I don’t know anyone who has done it though.

Hi! I'm a dual boarded occ med/prev med doc, but I'm in the military, so my perspective is a little skewed. I'm looking at moonlighting in occ med now and getting out of the military in the next 5 years or so. The advantage to training in occ med vice practicing occ med after a different...

I was a flight doc for a couple tours which qualified as full time occupational medicine experience, so as an existing ABPM diplomate, was able to challenge the board . The only other pathways of which I'm aware are to complete 2 years of any GME program, have the requisite course work, and be...

Reviving this necropost. Zilber didn't post again after this. Less than a year later he was lost at sea while deployed in support of OEF. As of today, its been six years. Not forgotten. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2010/04/23/navy-pilots-last-act-saving-3-crew-mates.html

It's a little different going from the Navy to USPHS, look up "interservice transfer." I have a handful of friends who've done it - four did it as EIS officers, the others wanted to switch services. The PHS is hard up for physicians, so a lot of the requirements get waived (specifically age...

I suppose compared to the primary care specialties, "only a few people" take the occ med board each year (about 100), but there are also less than 25 residencies in the country. (source: ABPM) Also, you may find doing worker's comp or disability evals distasteful, but I have the same feelings...

I'm prev med/occ med in the Navy. We get bonuses just like other specialties and they're comparable to primary care bonuses. Lifestyle is definitely better than primary care. Many of us initially trained in prev med, but we have a number of FM or IM docs who didn't like the various RVU...

Have you done the Military Medical Humanitarian Assistance Course? It's not bad. http://mmhac.cdham.org/