Public Health and General Preventative Medicine Residency

Public Health and General Preventative Medicine Residency

The National Capital Consortium (NCC) Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency (GPM) at Uniformed Services University (USU) is a two year program accredited by the American Council for Graduate Education (ACMGE) for military physicians.

The first year of the program affords the resident the opportunity to complete most of the requirements for the Master of Public Health or Master of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene degree. The second year of the program offers a diverse array of rotation opportunities within both civilian and military public health organizations such as the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, service-specific medical headquarters, county public health offices, and operational public health support commands. Our residents also frequently engage in training opportunities with the Tropical Medicine Training Program in locations such as Peru, Kenya, Nepal, and Cambodia. The residency trains fully competent, board-certified (by The American Board of Preventative Medicine) and life-long learning physicians able to expertly apply population-based methods to promote, protect, preserve, and rehabilitate the health of those who go in harm’s way.

“Preventive medicine is practiced by all physicians to keep their patients healthy. Preventive medicine specialists are trained in both clinical medicine and public health, and are equipped to understand and reduce the risks of disease, disability, and death in individuals and in population groups.”

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100%

The pass rate for the American Board of Preventive Medicine Board Certification Examination in last 5 years

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Largest residency training program for Occupational and Environmental Medicine in the country

16

Months of rotations including at least 8 months of clinical training

2

Year program

Who can Apply?

Active duty physicians who have completed (or are completing) a PGY1 year and have passed all three steps of either the USMLE or COMLEX. PGY1 year must have been completed at an ACGME approved program and the resident must have obtained or obtain a state license by the start of the PGY3 year.

Civilian physicians willing to come on to active duty and meeting the same requirements may also apply. Civilians wishing to become active duty physicians should contact the Service they wish to join:

ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND
(502) 626-0801

AIR FORCE HEALTH PROFESSIONS RECRUITING

(240) 477-9864 

NAVY MEDICAL OFFICER RECRUITING
(301) 394-0502

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED CORPS

1(888) 225-3302 

How to Apply

Annually, each Service will release its instruction on application procedures for the Joint Graduate Medical Education Selection Board. Typically applications open around the 1st of July and close around the 31st of August, but supporting documentation may be submitted through the second week of October. Applicants should contact both their service-specific specialty leader/consultant and the residency to set up interviews.

For service specific application information, please visit the program website

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT

(301) 295-1668 or GPM_residency@usuhs.edu