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Eligibility to Apply for CF-Subsidized Medical Training
CFAO 9-62 is in the process of being updated. In the interim, eligibility criteria to apply for MMTP and MMTP(SI) are set by DMCARM/DGMC in consultation with DGHS. Some of the key basic eligibility criteria include the following:
- have completed a minimum of three years full-time university
- meet the minimum medical standard for Medical Officers; and
- have sufficient time remaining in their current terms of service to be able to complete the associated period of obligatory service following medical training.
While the eligibility criteria for MMTP largely remains the same from year to year, the eligibility criteria for MMTP(SI) may change from year-to-year in order to best meet the needs and priorities of the CF. For example, during periods when the CF is critically short of Medical Officers, the intention would be to broaden the eligibility rules for applicants so as to increase the total number of MMTP starts in any one year. These broadened eligibility criteria might include, for example, opening up the program to applicants with less CF experience, or from MOSIDs which have previously not been eligible to apply for MMTP, or even to those still on obligatory service, such as recent ROTP graduates. It should be noted that for those still on OS who are sponsored through MMTP, the two periods of OS will be added and the new OS period will not begin until the individual has fully completed their medical training and comes to duty as a Medical Officer.
However, even during those periods when the eligibility criteria are broadened, the CF MMTP Selection Board, chaired by DMCARM, will still merit list the applicants on the basis of the anticipated value to the CF the applicant would bring as a Medical Officer. Criteria that have been used in the past for this merit listing process include:
- PER's;
- Course Reports;
- letter of recommendation from Commanding Officer;
- successful and diverse experiences in the CF, such as taskings and deployments;
- demonstrated academic potential;
- second language skills; and
- biographical letter
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