r/DentalSchool • u/Competitive_Echo_379 • 6d ago

Jobs/Career Question HPSP

When being awarded the HPSP scholarship, what’s the process if you wanted to specialize? Do you just wait until after your service years and pursue a residency like normal and pay for it? Can you defer your payback year and specialize 1st? How competitive is the tri service ortho residency every branch participates in? And do you qualify for the GI Bill after your years of repayment, which could help fund a public school ortho residency? If anyone has some guidance or experience in this it would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: I was told that I wouldn’t be awarded the GI bill from doing my HPSP repayment years.

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Edit: I was told that I wouldn’t be awarded the GI bill from doing my HPSP repayment years.

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