DOD Medical Scholarships Going Unclaimed
The Department of Defense was able to award only 162 Health Professions Scholarships last year, falling far short of its recruitment goal of 291 medical and dental students.
Health Professions Scholarships are the means by which the U.S. military services recruit most of their medical and dental professionals. In the past, 70 per cent of Navy physicians and 80 per cent of Navy dentists have entered the service through the HPS Program, according to an article in the Army Times.
Health Professions Scholarships pay for recipients' tuition and textbooks and provide a montly living stipend of $1,292. Recipients agree to perform one year of active military service for each year of schooling that was funded under the program.
The DOD is considering expanding enrollment at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine in order to make up for the medical recruiting shortfall, the Army Times says.
The USU's Edward Hebert School of Medicine currently enrolls about 170 first-year students each year, making it the 15th largest medical school in the U.S. The proposal now under consideration by the DOD could increase its enrollment to as many as 350 students.
Source: "Medical School Could Expand," by Chris Amos. The Army Times, August 22, 2006.
Health Professions Scholarships are the means by which the U.S. military services recruit most of their medical and dental professionals. In the past, 70 per cent of Navy physicians and 80 per cent of Navy dentists have entered the service through the HPS Program, according to an article in the Army Times.
Health Professions Scholarships pay for recipients' tuition and textbooks and provide a montly living stipend of $1,292. Recipients agree to perform one year of active military service for each year of schooling that was funded under the program.
The DOD is considering expanding enrollment at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine in order to make up for the medical recruiting shortfall, the Army Times says.
The USU's Edward Hebert School of Medicine currently enrolls about 170 first-year students each year, making it the 15th largest medical school in the U.S. The proposal now under consideration by the DOD could increase its enrollment to as many as 350 students.
Source: "Medical School Could Expand," by Chris Amos. The Army Times, August 22, 2006.
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