AF selects 3 enlisted Airmen for medical prep school

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  • By Shelly Petruska
  • Air Force Personnel Center
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas --  Three enlisted Airmen have been selected to participate in the Enlisted Medical Degree Preparatory Program.

The program - which begins in July - offers enlisted members a chance to attend medical prep school full time for two years, all expenses paid, while maintaining active duty status and full pay and benefits.  The program includes coursework in a traditional classroom setting with structured pre-health advising and formal medical college admission test preparation, said Cal Baker, AFPC program manager.

Selectees include Staff Sgt. Katherine McCroary, Staff Sgt. Drew Raboy and Senior Airman Laura Stull. 

Participants will transfer on permanent change of station orders to Bethesda, Md., where they will be attached to the student brigade at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences while attending school in the local area. Following completion of the 24-month program, graduates will be able to apply for acceptance to the USUHS medical school or a civilian medical school of their choice.

According to Baker, the program is open to enlisted Airmen in all career fields who meet eligibility criteria. The next selection board is slated to convene January 2016.  Eligibility criteria and application procedures will be available this summer on myPers.

For more information about Air Force personnel programs go to myPers at https://mypers.af.mil. Individuals who do not have a myPers account can request one at www.retirees.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-120510-068.pdf.