mos.directory

Air Force AFSC · Medical

44BX Preventive Medicine

Current service use not established

This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.

Browse Air Force

Overview

Preventive Medicine specialists help individuals, communities, and specific populations reduce their risk of disease, disability, and death. They use medical, social, cultural, and behavioral sciences to provide care and determine health policies that benefit patients and community health.

Core Skills

  • Living and working environment hazard assessment
  • Public health program development and administration

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Preventive Medicine Physicians

Developing preventive medicine programs and evaluating environmental health hazards transfers directly to civilian prevention programs addressing occupational and community health risks.

How to prepare: Compare your existing medical education, residency training, licenses, and specialty credentials with the intended state medical board's and employer's requirements. All states require physician licensure, but requirements vary by state.

What the civilian work involves
  • Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.
  • Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks.
  • Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. DAFOCD, 30 Apr 26: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PHYSICIAN (44BX)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "PREVENTIVE MEDICINE PHYSICIAN"; normalized cached text lines 7257-7278; family-level section (44B4, 44B3, 44B1)

    Supports: Living and working environment hazard assessment, Public health program development and administration, Preventive Medicine Physicians (O*NET 29-1229.05)

  2. O*NET: Preventive Medicine Physicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Preventive Medicine Physicians (O*NET 29-1229.05)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Physicians and Surgeons

    [3] What They Do; Duties; How to Become One, Training and Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Preventive Medicine Physicians (O*NET 29-1229.05)

Defense contractor jobs for 44BX

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

Report an error on this page