So if I happened to get placed...

[jeepinva]

So if I happen to get placed in a Hospital, what would I be doing for the most part? Would I basically be restocking and ordering more IV fluid and medical supplies while helping the Nurses and Doctors with the daily routine? I'm sure it also depends on how much the staff trusts someone, but could I take on my own patients, or is that out of the Scope while in a hospital setting? That would be awesome. Ah, or might they just have me do a bunch of different things and shift me around from place to place.

Anywho, thank you to whomever replies. I'm just curious as to what they have the HM's do while in the Hospital's.

[indy]

Ideally, you will experience several different aspects as you would rotate from department to department getting training along the way. HMs at a hospital or clinic are involved in every function of the hospital from admin to supply to sick call to fleet liason to dental to etc. The list goes on. Ultimately it comes down to the command - not everyone rotates everywhere - depends on what department needs who, and who speaks up during the manning meetings :D If you get assigned to an ER rotation, then it's likely you'll be doing ER tech type stuff; ward corpsman will be doing notes, charts, etc; HMs assigned to education and training may be teaching CPR or another of the myriad of classes that are available.

If you get orders to a hospital or clinic - make sure you talk to your chain of command when you get there about what you want to do - sometimes you may end up with want you want, other times you may not, but you never know until you ask.

[jeepinva]

Thanks Indy, you seem to have knocked out my questions in the other threads as well.

So, If I had gone through Surg. Tech for instance, would they most likely place me in the O.R. for the majority of the time {or even the majority of the time for my enlistment}?

Thanks again Indy, I'll have more questions coming in the next few days/ weeks.

[indy]

I'm a question-answering machine!!! :D lol

If you get a specific NEC, then you will be placed where that NEC is needed, so yes if you go to Surg. Tech C school, with follow on orders to a hospital, then it's a safe assumption you are going to have something to do with an OR somewhere. You have to complete a minimum tour with that NEC before you can do something different (like apply for a different C school or drop your current NEC) - but for your intial tour after obtaining that NEC, then you will be performing whatever duties that NEC requires.

Always looking forward to more questions! Keep em coming - we're glad to help.

[jeepinva]

Oh Jeez, I'm sorry. I found my other post that was asking pretty much the same question. I'll leave the rest of the post here in case someone else reads this thread and looks for the outcome. Let me know if I need to edit though.




And there you go again. :}

I'll try using Surg. Tech as an example from now on. If I were to make it into that C School, would it be possible to get placed in a combat zone during my initial tour?

I guess, are there people who are 8404's that have gone to Surg. Tech? Or is that Apples and Oranges? I guess my overall concern is that I would be taken out of 8404 status if I was able to go to a C School.

Thanks Indy, and I seem to have lost where the other threads were that I chimed in on. Time to search.

[indy]

It's possible, it depends on what is set up there - you may deploy to a Field Hospital as a Surg Tech (although we haven't used one in a while), you may get assigned to a Shock/Trauma Platoon which may set up in the rear of a combat zone - again it depends, there are no guarentees.

I think the issue here is the understanding of NECs - you can have more than one at a time, for instance, I am both a 9502 (instructor) and a 0000 (basic HM). You can hold both the Surg Tech NEC (8483) and the Field Med Tech NEC (8404) at the same time. Doesn't necessarily mean that you will serve in a billet that requires both, but you don't lose one at the expense of another.

[Da-Chief]

Only thing I gotta ask because.. well I'm old..

Jeepinva, Male or Female..

Reserve or Active..

These were never asked and can really affect all the questions you have asked on both threads..

D/C

[jeepinva]

I apologize.

Male and Active Duty. 20 if that matters also?

[Da-Chief]

Nope.. just if you were a female things would be harder to get I.e FMTB etc..

Same goes for Active Vs. Reserve..

Just wanted to be sure as we were spouting things to you.
;-)

Later
D/C

[Kaymanism]

I will answer some of your questions…mostly from first hand experience at three different hospitals…also ironically enough I AM a surgical tech and thus your example is a good one

Corpsman as you have already seen can do many things in the hospital but it will come down to the hospital and what you can be trusted to do, and more importantly NOT to do.

LARGE HOSPITALS: Especially ones like San Diego and Bethesda are training hospitals. For the most part you will be doing NOTHING for a LONG time. Not to say you cant, or that you wont eventually, but you will have to understand something very important here: There are doctors teaching doctors, nurses teaching nurses, anesthesiologists teaching anesthesiologists, etc. all of whom want to learn and do things. Thus your opportunity to get hands on experience here is about NIL. Better put, there is a surgeon who wants to do a surgery but has to let a resident do it, then behind them is a younger student also scrubbed in trying to learn and do things…meanwhile you are teaching brand new surgical techs what to do so when all of the pieces of the pie have been cut up and dished out you are going to be famished. Now with motivation and earnestness you will eventually get to do some cool things especially if you are always paying attention and can answer the docs questions (they almost ALWAYS ask the same questions to their students) then you will get to do things as punishment to the younger doctors. This is pretty much how I got to hold the heart when they were doing bypass surgery…STILL one of the coolest things I have ever done as a corpsman. You will also most likely specialize in one particular area because of the sheer mass of what you are supporting.

SMALL HOSPITALS: Not just in name and size but the exact opposite of large hospitals. Usually undermanned and over budget these hospitals are always looking for more out of their corpsman. I have watched corpsman intubate a baby (when in San Diego we barely even touched them) and I personally have taken the place of a first assist because there were not enough surgeons to go around and we had to split surgeons between rooms. On the flipside we also got to learn more. Once the CRNA’s warmed up to us they showed us how to intubate a patient and how to work the machines to keep the patient under. Without students, residents, and interns running around the sky is the limit as to what you can do if you show that you are willing and able to learn. And sometimes this will be forced upon you as well. So if you were the supply PO in San Diego that is pretty much ALL you did everyday because even then you will have two people working under you and things will still get hectic. Not here. You will be the supply PO, the training PO, as well as the Equipment PO and expected to keep up with surgeries as well. (no worries though…once you get good you are still done by noon on most days as there aren’t as many patients…hense it being a small hospital)

Now to your other questions and what I hinted at above.

If you specialize you will stay specialized. Its cool but it sucks especially when your orders are set.. I want to be a doctor…thus I want to see anything and everything medical here…I am stopped often because of my NEC. I cant go to FMTB…I cant deploy outside of my UIC nothing. Now the caveat here is this is AFTER your orders are set. There were 18 other guys that graduated with me in surgical tech school…15 went to FMTB and 9 of those are already overseas. But that was in their orders out of tech school…I got hospital orders out of tech school and they are sticking hard and fast :P My only options to deploy right now are GSA ordered or the Fleet Surgical team…so if you are going to specialize you had BETTER make sure that is what you want.

MOST IMPORTANT: Realize that you are going to be put in situations where you should NOT be doing what you are asked. Ask Da Chief here on this one…I am smart, quick to learn, and good with my hands…so much so I was asked to take a cyst out of the neck of a patient that came in….I sat there and studied the neck and was getting nervous as to how I was going to do it…this isn’t the leg or buttocks like I had done for him several other times…but I also felt like this was a great way for me to show this flight doc that I was ready for bigger and better things…but I was nervous…I didn’t even know how to put the local in without hitting a major vessel…in the end I admitted defeat and told him I was just not comfortable doing it…I swear to god this flight doc almost hugged me she was so happy with my decision…turns out it was a test…she had already filled out the paperwork for the patient to go to a head and neck surgeon because she wasn’t comfortable doing it either…turns out it was a test to see if I knew when to say no and thus in the end COULD be trusted…but next time it might not be a test…KNOW what you can do and KNOW how badly you could hurt someone doing what you think you might know what you are doing. This will go a LOT farther with the docs than being a yes man.

Hope this long winded “brief” helped you out. If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

[jeepinva]

Wow, thank you Kaymanism! That is probably the second longest post I've read on here yet, very descriptive also. :not:


As far as what I'm thinking now, I don't think that It would be the thing for me quite yet. It sounds like a spectacular school and I really hope I'm able to get in, but I'd like to go FMTB first and just have a blast doing that initially. I'm a hopeful too, as far as becoming a Doctor later on and that's where I hope I can get into a C School like Surg. Tech once doing a stint with the Marines. I'm going to leave my options open and gain more information on the different routes for HM's because I'm sure I'll be doing a stint in a Hospital eventually, which isn't a bad thing at all. All of these schools sound amazing and I hope I am able to get a good taste and succeed and I hear you as far as being tested by the staff. I don't think they'd like me doing laser eye surgery quite yet, haha. But I do appreciate what you wrote and filling me in on what different routes are possible as far as what the small Hospitals and larger ones offer generally.

Great information everyone has provided. This won't help just me, I'm sure.

Thank you.

[Kaymanism]

I agree with you...if I could do it all over again I would DEFINITELY have done a tour with the Marines first THEN go to C school...Again I hate to admit it but almost everyone here told me that piece of advice before I went to C school and they were all right.

[jeepinva]

Haha, live and learn. Sometimes you just want to experience things first hand because who knows if things may have changed. That's the other reason why I'm going to try and go 8404 first, because others who have BTDT have said it's a good idea, along with yourself {at least that's the overall concensus}. Boy, you had a speedy response.

edited for clarity.

[SCaskey36]

so what's a "small" hospital?

[hm_restless]

I have to agree about the large hospitals. I came from NNMC Bethesda, and anywhere but ICU, PACU, and ER you will be a vital signs tech. You'll be lucky if you do something other than ward stuff or clinic stuff. Which is a lot of bs. I did a clinic rotation in OBGYN and it was painful. You check patients in, record vital signs, and as a female I stood by during exams and procedures. But we had males working in the clinic too. In the PACU I did IVs, blood draws, and assisted on many things. It was considered critical care and had more than one patient go critical before your eyes. Occasionally worked solo on one patient with a nurse not far from you. We couldn't pass meds, but ICU corpsman got extra training to do that.
If you have the opportunity, go field med. And take initiative and push to learn everything you can. Scope out C schools before you decide on one. Do OJT if you can. And once you pick one, stick to your guns no matter what anyone says, especially if they have never worked the field you are taking, cause how can they really know. Stay positive!

[jeepinva]

SCaskey, I think a "small" Hospital is just that. The more advanced equipment isn't going to be available and there will be less people staffing the different areas, therefore they need everyone's role to be more "hands on" generally {correct me if I'm wrong guys}. So if something strolls in all messed up, it's all hands on deck.

Absolutely HM_Restless, my dad was drilling me on "if" I had a choice as far as what sequence I'd go in, like C-Schools and FMTB, I just told him I'd like to go to FMTB first because that's what I think I'd like to do before heading to a C School.

Ahh, more standing ground on what I'm looking for. It was just like pulling teeth trying to get a Corpsman spot, because they want you to stay open minded to all rates, lol. But there's a reason behind them doing it, quotas and all. Politeness and persistence is key.

[indy]

A 'small' hospital could be considered either a Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) or Navy Ambulatory Care Clinic (NACC - only one of those still around AFAIK) and their size will depend on the surrounding area that they are serving. Also there are some facilities that still rate the hospital title (Corpus Christi, Great Lakes, Bremeton come to mind) that are smaller in size as compared to the major sites like Norfolk, San Diego, Bethesda etc where you would have more opportunity to do stuff.

[SCaskey36]

how hard is snagging a great lakes station? i know needs of the navy and what not. but do you have to have certain experience? you know "if" i had a choice.

[Doc_Stevens]

I first completed HM-A School, then FMTB (then Field Med School), I was assigned to the Marines at MCAS Iwakuni Japan. We had a small hospital there with a general service ward. I was a HM80404 at the time. I was on the ward for 14 weeks, doing general duty (bedpans, nursing notes, medications, etc.)

We stood a 5-day watch rotation in the emergency room. This allowed me to work with a senior corpsman and also got me some experience in the laboratory and radiology departments and furthered my choice in C-School selection, attending basic lab tech class upon rotating from Japan.

Would trade the experience for anything......helped me out in future choices.

After C-School, I was assigned to a clinic at NAB Little Creek VA and got little chance to work outside of the laboratory.

[Dr.Shelton]

OKay, Im new to this forum and read this posting , but I am concern about the whole process. Explain it to me as if Im a 2 yr old.lol OKay im shipping out as an HM nov 17 this year, but im concern about how I can further my work as a HM. HM is strickly A skool I presume. So my recruiter says that all HM have to do a 6 mnth tour with the marines every 18 mnths. But depending how well u do in A school u can possibly pick up somethin at a hospital or on a ship. Is that accurate? Better yet Im hopin to become a neurosurgeon one day or possibly a general suregeon, so this C school u guys are throwing around can u give me a scenario of how C school would fit in my HM career path. Also I have 2 in half yrs to finish my BS degree. Thanks

[Doc_Stevens]

Here's the deal. When I entered the Navy, I had no idea what I would be doing in the medical field. The only experience I had at the time was some basic first aid that I learned as a volunteer fireman.

As a senior in high school, I looked at opportunities to join the Air Force with a guarantee for the medical field. I signed a contract to DEP at that time, and waited my time to finish high school. I went to MEPS and for reasons not discussed in this thread, I did not meet the requirements.

I went back two weeks later, all requirements met, and they told me I did not qualify for my medical guarantee. I told them thank you very much, but left. About four weeks later, after talking to a Navy recruiter, I was back at MEPS, signed, took the Oath and was on my way to Great Lakes.

After boot camp and HM-A school during a very cold winter by the way, I left for sunny California for Field Med. Still not knowing what I wanted, I continued on to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japan.

MCAS Iwakuni had a small branch hospital with only one general duty medical ward. After a couple of weeks of finding out where they were going to put me, I did a 14 week orientation on the ward to get used to medical life. I then went to Field Medical Supply and finished out my one-year tour there.

I stood duty at the branch medical, primarily in the Emergency Room, attempting to learn anything and everything someone was willing to teach me. This is where I discovered I liked working in the laboratory and when it came up for reassignment, I asked for a C-School (Basic Lab Tech).

After that, I did two years in a medical laboratory at NAB Little Creek. Again, valuable experience, but still I felt that there was much more to the medical community I was looking for.

I got out and went Active Reserve (one weekend a month, two weeks during the summer); while attending college back in my home town.

Again, not what I wanted to do. Back on active duty (TAR), I was sent to NAF Detroit Michigan. There, I was introduced to an HM1 that was an Independent Duty Corpsman. Just watching him led me to what I believe I wanted to do (thanks Steve Pappas where ever you are).

I left there and became an IDC at Portsmouth. Upon graduation, followed that to NAS Dallas (ask Da-Chief, that's where we met).....and then to USS Sides in Long Beach.

All this to say, yes, you can get a C-school straight out of HM-A school with excellent academics or the needs of the Navy, but until you personally know what you want in the medical community, a little bit of general experience as HM 8404/0000 could introduce you to what you want to do for a career.

Sorry for the long-winded response, but I am far from a Career Counselor. This worked personally for me and will not fit everyone's liking. You can listen to someone else's description, but until you personally observe the job, can you make an informed decision on a career path.

All this to say, if it hadn't come down to a decision of a duty-station over my family, I would have stayed in and finished my 20-years (or 30 for that matters).

[Dr.Shelton]

Well a surgeon is what Im interested in preferably a neurosurgeon..but taking up surgical tech will not really benefit I think. Medical Lab tech for C-school would what I be goin for. But is it true that all HMs go thru the 6month tour with the marines sooner or later for deployment. IDC?? ey, can u elaborate on that please? sounds interesting.. I really would like to be stationed at a clinic first and then my tour secondly. Also If I do have the opt to choose a hosptial after A school what locations are preety nice without me bein bored? A small hospital perhaps I would take interest in.

[jeepinva]

Wow, thank you Doc Stevens. I'm glad this thread has been stickied, a lot of great information in here.

And Shelton, I'm begging you. Please use common terminology with spell check and shy away from the PC stuff, someone is going to jump on you pretty hardcore if you don't revise your posts. I'm just giving you a heads up though.

As far as the breakdown, you go to...

~Boot:
~"A" School: depending on how well you do and positions available, you may be able to enter a...
~"C" School: the one you seem to be dead set on may not be available.

Anyways, from there you MAY go to FMTB or to a Hospital. You WILL go through FMTB within your enlistment as far as I know {correct me if I'm wrong guys}. And you will probably go through rotations with the Marines. From what I've heard, you will be looking at 3 years with the Marines depending on need and all.

Remember that the underlying fact to all of this is the NEEDS OF THE NAVY and Marines!

Doc Stevens, you and Kamanism have about the same length post. :}

[docfish]

What was said about the LARGE HOSPITALS is right on. I am assigned within a clinic, and right away, sponged everything that came my way. I got good at the particular skill, and never got the opportunity to experience any type of ward setting, or ER type stuff. In short, I've spent two years in one place. If you want out of your work space, you have to ask, I was denied because we lost a couple corpsman due to deployments.

Do everything in your grasp to gain as many skills as possible because the majority of junior corpsman who haven't already attended FMSS (sorry, FMTB) are sent from the large hospitals. (Speaking generally for males).

PS: I know a Surg. Tech who got placed in the eye clinic, so if you do go Surg. Tech, fight hard because manpower will place you where bodies are needed.

[indy]

Well a surgeon is what Im interested in preferably a neurosurgeon..but taking up surgical tech will not really benefit I think. Medical Lab tech for C-school would what I be goin for. But is it true that all HMs go thru the 6month tour with the marines sooner or later for deployment. IDC?? ey, can u elaborate on that please? sounds interesting.. I really would like to be stationed at a clinic first and then my tour secondly. Also If I do have the opt to choose a hosptial after A school what locations are preety nice without me bein bored? A small hospital perhaps I would take interest in.


Shelton, a lot of your sentences are really hard to follow so I'm not entirely sure what you are asking - but as Jeep explained above, there are certain pathways that you must follow in order to achieve certain goals. You can't just waltz into whatever you feel like doing - the Navy will put you where they need you, not allow you to go wherever you want. If your ultimate goal is to become a neurosurgeon or surgeon of any kind, then I suggest you look at college Pre Med programs and medical school. The Navy HM rate is not designed to be another way to accomplish medical school prerequisites - granted there are folks who have made the jump, but it's been few and far between. If you are serious about becoming a Doctor, and that's what you want to do, then I would look to civilian schooling instead of the Navy, or if you strongly desire to complete military service, then check out the USUHS or HPSP avenues.

[SCaskey36]

I want to be a M.D. too, and from what I've learned from talking to various people, including admissions for the medical school at Thee Ohio State University, being a corpsman is great way to achieve this goal. Do your five years, be the best damn corpsman you can be whether it be blue side or green and learn all you can. All that experience will help not only when you are a doctor, but when you're competing for a spot in school, you will have seen and done things that these kids fresh from college never will. This is my plan at least; I think I'm on the right path.

[8404]

Caskey your plan may not be the most direct path to Medical School and becoming a doctor. However, yes the experiences will be great and wonderfull, but they will not satisfy pre'med requirements.

[Taylor]

Caskey your plan may not be the most direct path to Medical School and becoming a doctor. However, yes the experiences will be great and wonderfull, but they will not satisfy pre'med requirements.

Exactly right. You STILL need a 4 year degree with all your pre-reqs and stellar grades. Unless your American Royalty your going to have to do it the normal, hard way.

However, you will get bonus points from being prior military, and especially a corpsman, albeit they will be intangiable and more of "impression points." Also, a large portion of your education will be fully funded by Uncle Sam, which I can tell you, is a HUGE advantage, esp. in this economic and educational environment. You dont want to be that guy having to work 2 jobs and take a full course load...ask me how I know :nah:

[EchoDoc]

I guess Im what you call "old school corpsman".I enlisted with all the greatest of inspirations to become a lab tech.So I started at the bottom HA.Went to Great Lakes and graduated a full fledge Navy Corpsman.Got my orders to Camp Lejeune N.C. for what was then called FMSS.Graduated with orders for Okinawa 2/4 Marines BAS.
Reported aboard and was immediately assigned to Weapons Platoon Echo 2/4.Three days later we boarded an LST and my whole world changed.Suddenly I was in the bush and I had a whole platoon of Marines relying on me,as much as I was relying on them.Three months later our senior Corpsman was due to rotate and he handed me the reins.Now I was 18 yrs old and the Senior Corpsman of an entire Line Company of US Marines.Never saw that coming.Well ,Im not gonna bore you with to many details because that was just the beginning of a whole lot of different duties I had the opportunity to experience.
As a 8404/0000 I attended JEST.
Cold Weather Survival ,38th pl Korea.
Many deployments throughout SE Asia.
Then I was assigned to the 1st FSSG which gave me experience in Desert Deployment while setting up and manning Field Hospitals.
Our unit was a part of the Mt. St helens eruption clean up and survivor search.We were cleanup on a civilian air disaster in San Diego California.
I guess my point is the versatility of the Navy Corpsman could lead to many different opportunities in your Naval Career,which is the reason why we are the only Enlisted Corps in the Navy.
Good luck in your career.

[Dr.Shelton]

Shelton, a lot of your sentences are really hard to follow so I'm not entirely sure what you are asking - but as Jeep explained above, there are certain pathways that you must follow in order to achieve certain goals. You can't just waltz into whatever you feel like doing - the Navy will put you where they need you, not allow you to go wherever you want. If your ultimate goal is to become a neurosurgeon or surgeon of any kind, then I suggest you look at college Pre Med programs and medical school. The Navy HM rate is not designed to be another way to accomplish medical school prerequisites - granted there are folks who have made the jump, but it's been few and far between. If you are serious about becoming a Doctor, and that's what you want to do, then I would look to civilian schooling instead of the Navy, or if you strongly desire to complete military service, then check out the USUHS or HPSP avenues.


Yes of course I know that. I have two years of my bachelors school completed already and have my mind set on finishing my schooling in the Navy, hence one of the reasons why I'm joining the navy. I am familiar with HPSP and USUHS as well. I just wanted to know how I can gain more opportunites as an HM. Trust me I know a undergraduate degree is the only way I can move to Med schools.

[indy]

Yes of course I know that. I have two years of my bachelors school completed already and have my mind set on finishing my schooling in the Navy, hence one of the reasons why I'm joining the navy. I am familiar with HPSP and USUHS as well. I just wanted to know how I can gain more opportunites as an HM. Trust me I know a undergraduate degree is the only way I can move to Med schools.

Good, I'm glad that you are already familiar with the programs, I just wanted to ensure that you understood that the HM rating is not a stepping stone to completing preMed requirements. There are options within the Navy such as the STA21 program etc that do allow for you to go to college, but life as an HM is about being an HM first and foremost, and a student second.

If you are joining the Navy for the opportunities that being a corpsman will give you, then you can expect to see a lot of variety when it comes to experiences, and we can tell you where you are likely to end up. Right now the majority of folks are going to FMTB, and then are being stationed with the Marines. You may be one of the lucky ones who manages to get a C school such as Lab Tech straight out of A school, but the majority statistically do not.

I'm glad that you are dedicated to finishing your education and achieving your goal of becoming a doctor, as we absoulutely need more of them both civilian and military - I just want to make sure that you understand that for your role in the Navy as an HM, being a student comes secondary to the job, and that you may not have the opportunity to continue taking college classes at times.

[Corpsman_Billy]

OKay, Im new to this forum and read this posting , but I am concern about the whole process. Explain it to me as if Im a 2 yr old.lol OKay im shipping out as an HM nov 17 this year, but im concern about how I can further my work as a HM. HM is strickly A skool I presume. So my recruiter says that all HM have to do a 6 mnth tour with the marines every 18 mnths. But depending how well u do in A school u can possibly pick up somethin at a hospital or on a ship. Is that accurate? Better yet Im hopin to become a neurosurgeon one day or possibly a general suregeon, so this C school u guys are throwing around can u give me a scenario of how C school would fit in my HM career path. Also I have 2 in half yrs to finish my BS degree. Thanks

No offense guy, but if you want to be the Neurosurgeon drilling holes in my skull I would hope that you learn at a higher level than a two year old. :weye:

[Dr.Shelton]

No offense guy, but if you want to be the Neurosurgeon drilling holes in my skull I would hope that you learn at a higher level than a two year old. :weye:


Well can you please answer my question Billy. Thanks :err:

[jeepinva]

Shelton, I can't remember if I warned you or someone else about trying to just revise your posts and all, but we're trying to help you. But you may want to edit your post. You're going to get the thread locked.

Y'all take care.

edit: Thank you.

[Taylor]

We Corpsman are REALLY big on attention to detail, as you will find out. We nitpick everything. You can either rise up to the challenge and pay more attention to your grammer and syntax, or...expect this throughout your career and beyond.

I may be taking this too far, but your writing is a reflection on your carefulness. Bad grammer exudes a carelessness and lack of attn that is fatal in our world. You kinda have it unfair, as we are one of the most nitpicky rates in the military. Sharpen up.

I suppose that is one lesson the Corps can teach you in preperation for your medical training.

[indy]

All, see my post on another thread about grammar etc (http://www.corpsman.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66792&postcount=12).

If you want professional advice, and opinion, then you should present yourself professionally. I can understand that the current generation has spent more time with cell phone Text language vice the inside of an English book, but that doesn't excuse poor writing ability - especially if you aspire to high positions that require significant investments in education such as a Doctor. As I've said before, I have extremely high standards, and feel that everyone else should have them as well especially in the HM community.

If you want advice and help, then post your question following a logical format, free from internet keyboarding shortcuts/abbreviations etc and you are much more likely to get a reasonable response instead of everyone pointing out the problems with your post.

Please take the time to review what you are posting as I would much rather help you fix the issue here, rather than watch you get ripped apart in Boot Camp, and A school because of your lack of skills. Writing in a deck log at RTC and screwing up will earn you attention that can result in extra PT etc, writing in a patient note in the fleet and screwing up could result in someone DYING. Furthermore, being unable to write properly could get you kicked out of med school altogether.

Like I said in my other post, I'm not trying to be mean, but rather looking to help fix bad habits rather than see them bring you down.

[Da-Chief]

Thanks Indy, great summation..

D/C

[indy]

Thread is closed, but will remain for reference.