(not inclusive of all billets; only billets which submitted data; last update November 2007)
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City, State: |
Hill Air Force Base, UT |
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# Pediatricians: |
2 |
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Length of Tour: |
3 yrs |
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Frequency is call? |
Q 10 weeks |
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Type of call: |
Pager. |
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Delivery Service: |
None |
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Inpatient Service: |
None |
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Outpatient Service: |
25-30 patients/day.
variety of patients |
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Deployment: |
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Residents: |
No. |
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Referral Centers: |
Primary Childrens Hospital, Salt Lake City 45 min |
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Community: |
housing variety of options. Salt Lake City. Park City |
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Local Attractions: |
Salt Lake City 45 min away. Jazz/college games. Skiing |
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The Best Aspects…. |
it is a clinic |
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The Worst Aspects… |
it is a clinic, if you want to continue newborn and
inpatient care |
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Comments: |
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Phone Number: |
777-7109 |
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City,
State: |
Patrick AFB , FL |
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#
Pediatricians: |
2 |
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Length
of Tour: |
3 years |
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Frequency
is call? |
q 3 week/ home call by pager |
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Type
of call: |
Pager |
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Delivery
Service: |
None |
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Inpatient
Service: |
None |
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Outpatient
Service: |
23/day/ provider. AD/dep Retiree Dep. well child/ADHD/ Developmental issues/ |
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Deployment: |
Unlikely |
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Residents: |
None |
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Referral
Centers: |
Orlando, approx 80 miles away |
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Community: |
small community with plenty to do, beach, orlando theme
parks, |
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Local
Attractions: |
Orlando |
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The
Best Aspects…. |
sun, sand, surf. |
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The Worst
Aspects… |
small community/ not ideal for singles |
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Comments: |
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Phone
Number: |
DSN 854 8533 |
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City,
State: |
Oklahoma City , OK |
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#
Pediatricians: |
1 |
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Length
of Tour: |
3 years |
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Frequency
is call? |
shared with Family Practice. On-call about 4 evenings per
month. |
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Type
of call: |
Phone call only, |
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Delivery
Service: |
None |
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Inpatient
Service: |
None |
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Outpatient
Service: |
Templates have 22 to 25 patients per day, 15 to 20 min appts.
Fairly flexible depending on provider preferences. Primarily healthy
children, about 10% special needs patients. |
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Deployment: |
possible, not probable |
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Residents: |
No |
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Referral
Centers: |
Oklahoma Children's Hospital is 10 minutes from the base,
with full service NICU, PICU, ER, specialty depts. Three other NICUs in town,
one other PICU. |
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Community: |
OKC is a moderately large city, several nice restaurants
downtown and in surrounding suburbs. Areas around the base have more older
housing. Many officers live in Edmond or Norman OK. both about 25 minute
drive from base, more newer housing and better school systems. There is some
officer housing on base, but it is small duplex units. |
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Local
Attractions: |
OKC, Dallas is just a 3 hour drive. Ozarks in Missouri
and Arkansas about 3 to 4 hour drive. |
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The
Best Aspects…. |
Ideal assignment for pediatrician who just wants to do outpatient.
There is no ward, nursery or ER. We do have full service Pharmacy, Lab,
Radiology in house, as well as Orthopedics, Surgery, and Gyn (not OB). |
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The
Worst Aspects… |
Not ideal for someone who wants to keep up acute care,
nursery, delivery room skills. OKC is rather isolated geographically for
people from East or West coast areas. |
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Comments: |
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Phone
Number: |
Commercial 405-736-2213 |
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City,
State: |
Valdosta, Georgia |
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#
Pediatricians: |
2 |
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Length
of Tour: |
2 years |
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Frequency
is call? |
Medical Officer of the Day (MOD) approximately 5x/month. |
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Type
of call: |
Phone coverage of 11,000 F.P., IM, Flight Med, Women's
Health, and pediatric patients. Referral ER and "doc in box" clinic
at medical center downtown. No separate peds floor nor PICU/NICU. |
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Delivery
Service: |
No |
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Inpatient
Service: |
No |
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Outpatient
Service: |
20 - 30 (season dependent): 50-60 higher need patients -
handful of diabetics, multiple atopic individuals with moderate/severe asthma,
some syndromic children, and normal assortment of mildly disabled
individuals. acuity is generally light. |
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Deployment: |
Unlikely |
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Residents: |
No |
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Referral
Centers: |
Jacksonville 1.5 hours.
Tallahassee 1.5 hours. Atlanta
3 hour. Augusta 4 hours |
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Community: |
small town deep south. housing is cheap but BAH decreased
appropriately. nice communities with family-focused population. |
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Local
Attractions: |
recreation is limited for non-family activities; wild adventures
animal and amusement park is nearby and great for families, malls and
shopping is limited for true shoppers but is adequate for those of us who
don't do it well, and there are plenty of eating establishments. there is one
theatrical troupe in town that puts on performances quarterly (roughly). two
movie theatres but only one true coffee shop and one shop in a bookstore (no
starbucks!). valdosta state university in town. Tallahassee: not a bad town
but haven't truely explored yet.
jacksonville: same as above. st
simon island: georgia coast and nice beaches. quaint and pleasant for even a
day trip, better overnight. |
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The
Best Aspects…. |
med group personnel - supportive leadership (mdg
commander is a pediatrician) and decent comraderie. |
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The
Worst Aspects… |
limited for unmarried personnel (limited night life,
metro areas outside of spontaneous night trips, high mobility for line
officers so friendships intermittent at best)..flat surroundings..not
conducive for nature adventures. |
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Comments: |
we 'map-g'd' into dropping an active duty slot for a
second pediatrician and instead planned on contracting out the position. Uncertain as to status. |
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Phone
Number: |
229 257-7293 (DSN 460) |
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City,
State: |
Vandenberg AFB, CA |
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# Pediatricians: |
1 |
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Length
of Tour: |
2-3 years |
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Frequency
is call? |
Every 5th week |
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Type
of call: |
Pager |
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Delivery
Service: |
None |
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Inpatient
Service: |
None |
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Outpatient
Service: |
About 25 patients per day. Mainly children 4 years old and
younger. Older children are complicated (ADHD, ODD, Diabetes, Cystic
Fibrosis, etc). |
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Deployment: |
Minimal |
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Residents: |
No residents |
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Referral
Centers: |
Minimal resources in the immediate area (30 minutes away).
Some resources at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara (1 hour away). Main
tertiary centers are in Los Angeles (3 hours away). |
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Community: |
Anything good is about 30 minutes away. Housing is very expensive
($1450 per month for rent, $300,000+ for a descent home). Some outdoor
recreation. Entertainment is lacking besides movies. Good shopping is at
least an hour away (Santa Barbara). |
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Local
Attractions: |
Solvang, which is a small Danish community with good
shops and restaurants is about 30 minutes away. Santa Barbara is about 70
miles away. San Loius Obispo, a small college town, is about 50 miles away. |
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The
Best Aspects…. |
The weather is mild - 60's to 70's year long. No
inpatient services or ER. |
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The
Worst Aspects… |
The hours average 60+ per week, which is a lot,
considering there are no inpatient duties. The lack of another Pediatrician,
NP, or PA makes it difficult to take some time off, since nobody can cover
easily. PCO system isn't helpful, since we aren't manned for it. This
population could easily support another Pediatrician. |
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Comments: |
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Phone
Number: |
805-605-2146. |
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City,
State: |
Edwards
AFB, CA |
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#
Pediatricians: |
2 |
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Length
of Tour: |
4 yrs |
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Frequency
is call? |
1 wk every
2-3 months, phone only, giving advice only, rarely come into clinic. |
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Type
of call: |
By
pager/phone |
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Delivery
Service: |
None |
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Inpatient
Service: |
No |
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Outpatient
Service: |
20-25 patients,
ADHD, behavioral issues. A few with congenital heart disease and DM1. |
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Deployment: |
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Residents: |
No |
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Referral
Centers: |
Antelope
valley hospital is 45 minutes away, UCLA is 70 miles away. |
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Community: |
Many people
live on base which is the middle of the dessert. Base 30 miles from decent
shopping and entertainment. Outdoor recreation (ATV, motorcross, biking,
hiking)is popular but it is hot!!! during the summer. 360+ days of sunshine a
year. |