44BX - PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AFSC Officer

Summary

One of the best ways to keep Airmen and their families healthy is to help prevent illness or injury from occurring in the first place. Focusing on the health of individuals, communities and specific populations, Preventive Medicine specialists help groups reduce their risk of disease, disability and death. Utilizing knowledge and skills from medical, social, cultural and behavioral sciences, they provide care and determine health policies that best benefit their patients and community health.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, administer and conduct general preventive medicine and public health programs.
• Serve as liaison with federal, state and local agencies in matters related to preventive medicine.
• Assess living and work environments to ensure healthy communities.
• Provide guidance on nutrition, food services sanitation and other community health issues.
• Direct and provide occupational medicine support in absence of an occupational medicine specialist.
• Conduct medical examinations of personnel with special standards of medical care.

Duties

• Develop, administer and conduct general preventive medicine and public health programs
• Serve as liaison with federal, state and local agencies in matters related to preventive medicine
• Assess living and work environments to ensure healthy communities
• Provide guidance on nutrition, food services sanitation and other community health issues
• Direct and provide occupational medicine support in absence of an occupational medicine specialist
• Conduct medical examinations of personnel with special standards of medical care

Qualifications

• Completion of residency or fellowship in general preventive medicine
• Completion of Officer Training School course
• Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 48th birthday

Training & Education

How do we transform you from a raw recruit to an expert Airman in this field? From hands-on experience to college credit toward a degree, the path begins here.

Training Stages

• Officer Training School: 8.5 weeks
• Military Training Location: Maxwell AFB, AL

Minimum Education

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from an approved school of medicine or osteopathic medicine

Components

• Air Force Active Duty
• Air Force Reserve
• Air National Guard