Originally Posted by jwible

So when do you apply for Med School? If money is an issue, and I think it is for every med student, you could look at doing the commissioned military thing. They pay for med school as long as you graduate and then you pay them back with a few years as a military doc. A friend did that and lived for about 5 years in Italy, then in Norfolk for another 3. Now he's in a major practice. Not a bad gig at all. You get a hell of a deal for costs, and you are a commissioned officer.

Not really the epidemiology side of things, but the military does a lot of research into how to prevent or use bad germy thingys.

Personally, I think the military option would be a great resume bullet.