Continuing Dental Education during active duty

[Chewy12]

Does anyone have answers to the following questions concerning continuing education while serving in the armed forces after dental school (specifically the Air Force)?

• Does the military pay for your courses?
• Do they let you attend any and all dental education courses you would like to?
• Does time off required for courses come out of your 30 days, or do they give you extra time off for CE?

Thanks for any help!

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[umkcdds]

in my experiences (may vary between services and commands):

unless you are in a residency, the military most likely will not pay for CE.

depending on what is going on, you can usually take the time to go to CE, but i wouldn't say, "any and all." the further out you request it, the better.

you can usually go to a course on PTDY (permissive temporary duty). you aren't charged leave, but you have to pay expenses yourself. there is usually a limit as to how much of this you would be allowed to take (just depends on your command), before you would have to start taking leave for courses.