Military Medical Careers

                   Military Medical Careers

Duties and Responsibilities:

Even basic Hospital Corpsmen perform many medical and clerical duties that are sometimes divided up piecemeal among multiple occupations in the other services. As expected, they’re the heart of emergency, routine, and preventive medical care for sailors and Marines across the fleet. However, HMs also run administrative and logistical support for Navy medicine, support pharmacy, dental, and lab diagnostic work, and provide patient education ranging from basic health and wellness briefs to battlefield first aid training.

Salary:

$138,689-Over $187,200

Education:

Medical and health services managers must be familiar with management principles and practices. A master's degree in health services administration, long-term care administration, health sciences, public health, public administration, or business administration is the standard credential for most generalist positions in this field. However, a bachelor's degree is adequate for some entry-level positions in smaller facilities, at the departmental level within health care organizations, and in health information management. Physicians' offices and some other facilities hire those with on-the-job experience instead of formal education.

Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in health administration are offered by colleges; universities; and schools of public health, medicine, allied health, public administration, and business administration. In 2007, 72 schools had accredited programs leading to the master's degree in health services administration, according to the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.