Officer
GENERAL PRACTICE PHYSICIAN
What you’ll do
- Manage primary care services
- Perform minor surgical procedures
- Assemble and evacuate sick and wounded personnel
- Examine patients and determine X-ray examinations and clinical laboratory tests required
- Interpret test results and evaluate examination findings
- Administer and prescribe measures of treatment as antibiotics, drugs and compresses
TRAINING & EDUCATION
How do we transform you from a raw recruit to an expert Airman in this field? From hands-on experience to college credit toward a degree, the path begins 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 degree or a doctor of osteopathy degree from an approved school of medicine or osteopathy, and completion of 1 year of graduate medical education in a clinical specialty at a hospital acceptable to the Surgeon General, HQ USAF, is mandatory.
- A passing score on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT)
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- Completion of Officer Training School (OTS), Air Force Academy (AFA) or Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
- Must be at least 17, but has not reached age 42 on the date of enlistment
