Pediatrician

Army Medical Corps
Army Medical Corps officers conserve the U.S. Army’s fighting strength by providing the highest quality health care to Soldiers, family members, retirees and other eligible beneficiaries.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct and supervise direct patient care, and plan and execute disease prevention and health promotion programs

Exercise command of medical units as provided by law and regulation

Perform special staff functions in health support for commanders at all levels

Conduct medical research on diseases of military importance, and conduct, supervise and participate in graduate medical education and training of other medical personnel needed to sustain a robust and readily available medical system

Provide comprehensive care to patients at each echelon of the health service support system

Care for 85 percent of patients with problems in areas such as general medicine, gynecology, obstetrics, psychiatry, preventive medicine, pediatrics and orthopaedics in both inpatient and outpatient environments

When needed, augment the capabilities of the surgical specialties through triage, stabilization and surgical assistance, as well as pre  and postoperative care

Salary:

You could earn up to $40,000 in cash

Education:

the Army Medical Corps will pay 100 percent of a student’s tuition, as well as expenses for required books, equipment and most academic fees.

Demand or Need for this profession:

Doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy degree from an accredited U.S. school of medicine or osteopathy; foreign graduates may apply with permanent certificate from the Educational Council of Foreign Medical Graduates

Current license to practice medicine in the United States, District of Columbia or Puerto Rico

Eligibility for board certification

Completion of an approved graduate medical education internship in family medicine

Between 21 and 42 years of age

U.S. citizenship