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Specialty
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Physician
What you’ll do
- Examine, diagnose and treat diseases and injuries by surgical and nonsurgical means
- Prepare and review case histories and obtain data through interviews, test results and examination findings to prescribe treatment
- Treat patients suffering from surgical shock, postoperative hemorrhages, respiratory failure and other complications
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TRAINING & EDUCATION
How do we transform you from the civilian sector to a leader and an Officer in the Air Force? From education to continued training, your Air Force path is here.
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Officer Training School
5.5 weeks
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Military Training Location
Maxwell AFB, AL
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Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from an approved school of medicine or osteopathic medicine
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- Board eligibility in one of the following basic specialties: surgery, anesthesiology, pediatrics or internal medicine
- Completion of a fellowship in critical care medicine or equivalent
- Completion of Officer Training School
- Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 48th birthday