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Indeed, during training (med school or residency) CAF will only sponsor for Family Medicine. So you're 100% on your own for your surgical training. If, after training you still want to join the CAF, there may be a possibility - GenSurg and Ortho are both CAF specialties. But that depends on how...

Ex-mbr is currently "getting a lot better" after 6 yrs of treatment. And recurrence or treatment resistance is properly seen as higher risk (not sure if mbr here had 6 yrs of treatment non-stop, or 6 yrs total for a recurring issue). Thankfully the system does have a level of awareness of the...

Bottom surgery MtF generally gets ok results. FtM, much less so. Apart from the cost, metoidioplasty aesthetically can give a less than satisfactory result (you can look up pictures on several medical surgery sites that show their results - and those would be what the clinics posting consider...

Military population reflects the Canadian population in terms of overall fitness, obesity, and makes sense, strength of character. The first two are attested by tools like the HLIS surveys; with the exception of specific units (combat arms, who do regular unit PT etc) the CAF population is...

It should, IMO. A training contract essentially, before successful completion of which the member is not actually a CAF member, but on a sort of try-out. Would avoid the issue of untrained Pte recruit/Officer Cadet languishing and drawing a salary for 3 years after failing training, for whatever...

While I agree in principle, if the incident truly was a public suicide attempt and the absence charge stems from being in a psych ward following this attempt (and I'm being cognizant here that we only have the guy's uncle's story), that would look bad on the military. Like charging Able Seaman...

I know that some MOTP's were allowed to apply for specialty residencies within their 4 year oblig period, but that only happens if what's being applied for is highly prioritized for need. Now, I believe that there aren't many MMTP's/MOTP's in the pipeline past 1 or 2 yrs from now, so it might...

Well, the civies generally stay til 4 or 5 or whatever their schedule says. I've been hard-pressed to find people past 3, on Fridays past 2 or so, and this is on large army bases like Edmonton or Gagetown. Obviously not while ramping up for deployment. People go off on, cough, "individual PT"...

There is no weight or BMI requirement. If you're so overweight that it causes medical issues you might not pass the medical, but there are no standards based strictly on weight/BMI.

Yeah, for a specialist (any doc really) purely administrative paperwork is always last in priority, after medical issues. Some admin paperwork pays (patients often pay out of pocket for stuff like driver exam forms), so it gets done, but this letter sounds like admin paperwork done for free. It...

And if the medical reasons require something that might be impossible to get on deployment, such as a guaranteed gluten free diet for a Celiac sufferer, that's a PCAT and release (those who just prefer to eat GF but don't have "must" on their med docs are fine). The CAF doesn't have to provide...

Wavefront guided is preferred because if gives good results, but all LASIK is fine. The only one not fine is radial keratectomy, which isn't even done any more. Femtosecond is fine, LASIL PRK is fine, keratome is just another way to make the flap. The most important thing is not to go cheap...

The mbr says she hasn't been seen by an MO since leaving the RegF, so no one would have "cleared" her to go on the ex, or put her on official MEL's for that matter. It sounds like everything was through the civi med system since she CT's in 2011. If mbr was concerned, should have asked to see...

Recruiting center is actually not the best in your situation, which is somewhat unique. While still in med school you wouldn't qualify for MOTP, but since you've matched, and depending on its needs, CF might (*might*) fund you from this point on. GenSx was pretty high on the "things we need"...

Technically the member's primary health care provider who does the member's medical makes the recommendation. But there are levels of review, including a second signature, and the BSurg. It's generally not a quick process, there would be specialist (in the case of PTSD, mental health) input, and...

Very true, but the point of med school clinical rotations and residency isn't to see how the student functions under sleep deprivation conditions for the purpose of training/experience. The point is to teach medicine (the student must be in a state where they can actually retain this useful...

Yup, the system simply isn't set up for it. It would require auth for an OUTCAN educational posting (a few of those exist for postgrad studies in the CAF Health Services, but not undergrad med school - and those that exist are ones that can't be received inside Canada, as Canada doesn't offer...

I know for sure that there are mbrs serving with ADHD. Not sure about Asperger's, simply haven't come across it. What it tends to come down to in most cases is what limitations whatever it is imposes on you, not the diagnosis itself. I have no idea what you mean by "because paperwork" (can't do...

You'd be shocked what some civilian providers think our mbrs "need", sometimes. I'm quite familiar with the med side, not so much Dental, but I do know that Dental has developed a very strict process for some of the procedures it offers precisely for this reason. It's also the reason that only a...

Since adult teeth are usually in their place by the time a mbr joins the CAF, their reasoning might be that if the dental configuration causes the mbr issues, this was a pre-existing issue. The mbr put up with it before joining CAF. Not a dentist, just my guess. Unless there was recent...