The Health Profession Scholarships Program (HPSP ) offers candidates for military doctors (MD or DO), dentists, nurse practitioners, ophthalmologists, psychologists, pharmacists, and veterinarians of medical education paid in exchange for service as an assigned medical department officer. Programs are available in the United States Army, United States Navy, and United States Air Force.
Created under the authority of the Uniform Healthcare Professional Revitalization Act of 1972, HPSP is the primary source of trained health care professionals entering the United States Armed Forces. Subject to eligibility for commissions (such as US citizenship, physical and academic qualifications, etc.), the "selective" scholarship is assigned as second lieutenant in the US Army Reserve or US Air Force Reserve, or banner at the US Navy Reserve. The voters are then placed on a status of inactive reserves during their medical training.
Prospective students compete for scholarships that include some or all years of medical school. The Air Force offers scholarships one to four years, the Army offers scholarships one to four years and the Navy offers three to four year scholarships. While on scholarships, tuition fees, certain academic fees, monthly salary, books and compulsory equipment, and laptop rentals are paid for by student sponsoring services.
As an inactive backup officer, students are required to serve 45 days of active duty for training (ADT) each fiscal year. While on active duty they receive equal rights, privileges and payments, and are subject to the Military Justice Uniform Code, as do other active duty officers. During the first two years of training, this task is sometimes spent attending courses/elementary schools (Army, Navy, Air Force) or implementing "School Orders" (participating in clinical training) at university students. For the 3rd and 4th years, students will often conduct elective clinical rotation in military hospitals. Time spent in the HPSP can be calculated for 20 years required for a reserve pension if members participate in selected reserves after separating from active duty, and are credited back to one-for-one year reserves/HPSP elected one-for-one. There is no HPSP time (active or not active) calculated for 20 years active duty retirement.
Upon graduation, students are promoted to the rank of captain in the Army and Air Force, or lieutenant in the Navy, and medical school graduates may be placed on active duty if matched for residency in military or civilian hospitals, while doctoral clinical psychology students have similar arrangements for their one-year internship. In general, the medical population of the Army and Air Force are allowed to complete their residency before proceeding to their first assignment, while Navy personnel complete the internship and then serve as general medical officers (GMOs), with the option to complete residency after their GMO tours. Students must apply to military residence and must accept this position if they are offered. While wages for military residents are higher than for civilians, a military residency requires students to fulfill further service obligations, which are reimbursed in conjunction with the obligations of medical schools.
Service obligations that arise are generally one-for-one for each year of school-payment services, with a minimum of two years for doctors and three years for other specialties. The additional time required for certain graduate programs, such as long residency, may result in longer service obligations. Fulfillment of obligations begins only after postgraduate training is completed. For Navy officers, time spent as GMOs is credited towards service obligations. However, doctors serving time as GMOs or flight surgeons prior to residency (after apprenticeship) will result in a one-for-one additional commitment if they complete further residency training. This usually results in a service commitment that is longer than if they entered the residency directly (eg 4 years of medical commitment - 3 year tour of GMO residency 4 years = total commitment of 7 years compared to only 4 years if residency is entered directly). It is important to note that longer-term commitments have significant negative financial impacts; medical officers may take a certain multi-year bonus (which may equal 40% of total salary) that will run consecutively with initial residency and certain other commitments, resulting in a large lost income if the resumption of residency commitment is delayed due to GMO/drug flight tour or sponsored fellowship/residency.
Opportunities HPSP not offered by the United States Marine Corps, for receiving medical services from the US Navy.
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External links
- An online community where HPSP applicants, students, service members, military medical professionals and veterans are connected
- Air Force
- Army
- Navy
- The Forum discusses HPSP
- Navy Wiki
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