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61H Family Medicine

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Overview

A Family Medicine officer provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care in areas such as general medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatry, preventive medicine, and orthopedics. The officer supports surgical specialties through triage, stabilization, surgical assistance, and preoperative and postoperative care.

Core Skills

  • Triage and stabilization for surgical care
  • Surgical assistance and perioperative patient care
  • Obstetric, gynecologic, and psychiatric patient care

Civilian Career Paths

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Family Medicine Physicians

Comprehensive military inpatient and outpatient care spanning general medicine, pediatrics, preventive medicine, and women's health directly overlaps civilian family medicine practice.

How to prepare: Review your medical education, residency, examination records, and current license with the target state's medical board, then confirm the prospective employer's credentialing process. Civilian practice requires state physician licensure, with requirements varying by state.

What the civilian work involves
  • Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
  • Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
  • Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Epic Systems
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • MEDITECH software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 61H Family Medicine

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 61H (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Triage and stabilization for surgical care, Surgical assistance and perioperative patient care, Obstetric, gynecologic, and psychiatric patient care, Family Medicine Physicians (O*NET 29-1215.00)

  2. O*NET: Family Medicine Physicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Family Medicine Physicians (O*NET 29-1215.00)

  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: Family Medicine Physicians (O*NET 29-1215.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 61H

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

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