As a Psychiatrist, youll examine, diagnose, and support the mental health and resilience of patients with emotional or mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or situational instability. Youll work among the best in your field to conduct groundbreaking research in crucial psychiatric issues and provide the best courses of treatment and care to our Soldiers.
Benefits may include:
- Health professions special pay for physicians in eligible specialties
- A monthly stipend through the Specialized Training Assistance Program (STRAP) for Urologists currently enrolled in an accredited residency program up to $2,730 per month
- Health Professions Loan Repayment Program which repays qualifying education loans to lending institutions up $250,000
- Travel opportunities
- Enrollment in the Uniformed Services Blended Retirements System
- Low-cost medical and dental care for you and your family
- Commissary and post exchange shopping privileges
- Specialized training to become a leader in Psychiatry
Requirements:
- 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 at least one year of an approved graduate medical education internship
- Completion of a training program in preventive medicine
- Completion of an ACGME approved residency program in Psychiatry
- Between 21 and 58 years of age (waivers granted on a case-by-case basis)
- U.S. citizenship/I551 Holder