Ongoing Development
The Royal Air Force is a strong advocate of continuous professional development and as a Medical Officer, you will have extensive opportunities throughout your career. This includes, both for primary and secondary care clinicians, the opportunity to undertake the Diploma in Aviation Medicine course. The Diploma in Occupational Medicine can also be undertaken and, if successful at national benchmarking, higher training can be undertaken to reach Consultant level in this specialty.
Other training opportunities include medical education, sports and exercise medicine and public health, depending on your career aspirations and the needs of the RAF. As a fully-qualified independent practitioner, either in primary or secondary care, you will undergo various types of further military and adventure training to test your skills in more challenging ways.
All Medical Officers receive Command and Staff Training with some undertaking additional training to prepare them for senior medical management appointments.
Transferable skills
As a Medical Officer in the RAF, you will have similar professional promotion and development opportunities to your civilian counterparts together with the chance to work in challenging locations around the world and gain a unique medical and personal experience.
The development of your leadership skills and broader military experience will enhance your prospects when you eventually leave the RAF.
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