Comment by rjsw
6 months ago
Making military doctors and dentists colonels is mostly about putting them on an equivalent place on the pay scale to where they would be in civilian life.
6 months ago
Making military doctors and dentists colonels is mostly about putting them on an equivalent place on the pay scale to where they would be in civilian life.
The pay scale isn't really equivalent. For military doctors and dentists the typical lure is they will pay off all your student loans for a specific time commitment to the military.
Army colonels make $100k-$150k. Fresh MDs make more than that, everywhere.
Technically no, because you are a resident after MD. But yeah most specialties are higher paying elsewhere.