Medical officer requirements

Yellow_Fern

Hi,
Do you need to be an Irish citizen to join the Irish army as a medical officer? Do successful candidates have much say on which barracks they are sent too? Thanks all.

Signore Fancy Pants

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

Hi,
Do you need to be an Irish citizen to join the Irish army as a medical officer?

No.

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

Do successful candidates have much say on which barracks they are sent too? Thanks all.

No.

Stovepipe

there is such a chronic shortage of doctors in the DF that they'd bite your hand off to recruit you!

Yellow_Fern

Thanks a million for the advice. I am Irish myself but I was asking for a friend and I thought it might be an opportunity for her, particularly if they offer postgrad training.

Stovepipe

She'd have to serve a minimum commitment, esepcially if they give her extra medical training. She should contact the DF directly and find out the terms of service before she commits.

Vorsprung

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

Thanks a million for the advice. I am Irish myself but I was asking for a friend and I thought it might be an opportunity for her, particularly if they offer postgrad training.

See here:

https://www.icgp.ie/go/become_a_gp/faculty_of_military_medicine/military_medicine_training_pathway