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Joining defence forces as a doctor

  • 01-03-2013 6:07am
    #1
    dropinthocean
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭


    I'm a final year medical student and was thinking about joining the defence forces as a doctor next year.

    Ideally, I would love to join the air corps, and to learn to fly. I have no idea about what sort of commitments I would have to make, or what level of training I would have to complete. Also, at what level of my medical post-graduate training would be the best time to join, what would pay/ training be like etc.

    I would appreciate if anyone could answer some of my questions, esp any doctors who have previously joined the defence forces


Comments

  • #2
    c-90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭c-90


    unless you want to join to be a df doctor, in which case you wont be flying anything. your in the same boat as anyone else applying for a cadetship. pay rates are available online.


  • #3
    Kosseegan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 987 ✭✭✭Kosseegan


    c-90 wrote: »
    unless you want to join to be a df doctor, in which case you wont be flying anything. your in the same boat as anyone else applying for a cadetship. pay rates are available online.

    Doctors are direct-entrys and do not do a cadetship. In theory they could apply as graduates for positions as cadets but they would not be accepted. The Army is perpetually short of doctors so would not have a qualified one working outside of the medical corps.


  • #4
    donegaldude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 171 ✭✭donegaldude


    I think before you can join the df directly as a doctor you have to have been on an spr scheme and be reg qualified as a min. Though there is a shortage of them you never know. But you would need some experience at least, ie intern year, sho scheme and maybe started an spr scheme. Would be strange for an intern to get the job as there would be no doctor training scheme in place. Your best bet is to ring up DFHQ in dublin and talk to someone there.
    Do your internship and do the travelling first, because with the army it will always come first no matter what.


  • #5
    c-90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭c-90


    Kosseegan wrote: »

    Doctors are direct-entrys and do not do a cadetship. In theory they could apply as graduates for positions as cadets but they would not be accepted. The Army is perpetually short of doctors so would not have a qualified one working outside of the medical corps.

    missed the first part of the op's post, assumed they ddnt want to be a dr.

    they could hardly be denied a cadetship simply because they didnt want to be a dr, equal oppertuinties and all that.


  • #6
    Kosseegan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 987 ✭✭✭Kosseegan


    c-90 wrote: »
    missed the first part of the op's post, assumed they ddnt want to be a dr.

    they could hardly be denied a cadetship simply because they didnt want to be a dr, equal oppertuinties and all that.

    they won't say why they are doing it. They just won't give the marks at interview.


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