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Become an Army Medical Corps Officer ? Everything you need to Know

August 1, 2012 By admin

As an Army Medical Corps Officer, your main responsibility is to care for the overall health of Soldiers and their families.

During times of war, you will specialize in dealing with emergency medical situations to ensure that all Soldiers are ready for combat.

Specialty Areas

When you decide to become an Army Medical Corps Officer you have the ability to choose from a variety of specialties. These include:

– Allergies

– Anesthesiology

– Cardiology

– Child Neurology

– Child Psychiatry

– Clinical Immunology

– Clinical Pharmacology

– Dermatology

– Diagnostic Radiology

– Emergency Medicine

– Endocrinology

– Family Practice

– Flight Surgery

– Gastroenterology

– General Surgery

– Hematology

– Immunology

– Infectious Diseases

– Internal Medicine

– Medical Oncology

– Nephrology

– Neurology

– Neurosurgery

– Nuclear Medicine

– OB/GYN

– Occupational Medicine

– Oncology

– Ophthalmology

– Orthopaedic Surgery

– Otolaryngology

– Pathology

– Pediatric Cardiology

– Pediatrics

– Pediatric Medicine

– Peripheral Vascular Surgery

– Physiatry

– Plastic Surgery

– Preventive Medicine

– Specialties

– Psychiatry

– Pulmonary Disease

– Radiology

– Rheumatology

– Therapeutic Radiology

– Thoracic Surgery

– Urology

– Vascular Surgery

Training to Become an Army Medical Corps Officer

Becoming an Army Medical Corps Officer is not something you can do overnight. There is a lot of training involved. Although you are not required to participate in Basic Combat Training, you will still put a lot of time into preparing yourself for service.

You will attend the Officer Basic Leadership Course, an orientation to introduce you to this career path.

Four times per year, the Officer Basic Leadership Course is held at Fort Sam Houston. The training session will last 10 to 14 weeks. The amount of time you spend training is based largely on the specialty you have chosen as well as your past military experience.

Are you Qualified?

You may be interested in becoming an Army Medical Corps Officer, however this does not mean you are qualified you must meet the following requirements:

– United States citizen

– Meet all medical and moral standards

– Previously graduated from an American Osteopathic Association or American Medical Association accredited institution

– Have a license to practice medicine in the United States, Puerto Rico, or another US territory

– Between the age of 21 and 46

If helping others while serving your country is something you would enjoy, consider a career as a Army Medical Corps Officer (or many others, such as the Dental Corps). There is a lot of work that goes into qualify for this position, but when everything is said and done you will be glad that you took the proper steps.

Filed Under: Careers

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  1. Anayeli says

    January 30, 2013 at 10:42 am

    I am a register nurse with an associate degree in nursing, I am interested in joyning the military. Can somebody help me explore my options. My specialty is oncology.
    Thanks
    Anayeli

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