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R 192235Z MAY 00 ZYB MIN PSN 977135J32
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01131//
NAVADMIN 130/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N13//
 
SUBJ/FY-01 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS (MSC) INSERVICE
/PROCUREMENT/PROGRAM (IPP) SELECTION BOARD//
 
REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/24JUN94
 
REF/B/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/222125ZJUN99//
 
NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1131.2, MSC IPP APPLICATION PROCEDURES.
REF B IS NAVADMIN 226/99, WHICH UPDATES APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS BEGINNING WITH FY-01.//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES FY-01 IPP SELECTION BOARD, WHICH
WILL CONVENE 6 NOV 00 AND PROVIDES AMPLIFYING GUIDANCE FOR
SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS.  REFS A AND B DETAIL APPLICATION
PROCEDURES.  APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND
(PERS-811D), 5720 INTEGRITY DRIVE, MILLINGTON, TN 38055-8110 AND
MUST BE POSTMARKED NLT 1 AUG 00.  SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION MUST
BE POSTMARKED NLT 1 OCT 00 AND MUST BE FORWARDED VIA COMMANDING
OFFICER.
 
2.  NO AGE WAIVERS WILL BE GRANTED.  APPLICANTS FOR THE PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT (PA) PORTION CANNOT HAVE REACHED AGE 33 BY 30 SEP 01 TO
PERMIT COMPLETION OF TWO YEAR PA SCHOOL AND COMMISSIONING BY AGE 35.
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION (HCA) APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO ACCEPT A
COMMISSION PRIOR TO REACHING THEIR 35TH BIRTHDAY.
 
3.  FOR PA IPP APPLICANTS, A MINIMUM OF 60 SEMESTER HOURS OF
TRANSFERABLE COLLEGE CREDIT WITH A MINIMUM GPA OF 2.5 IS REQUIRED.
THIRTY OF THE 60 SEMESTER HOURS MUST BE IN RESIDENCE TRAINING OR
DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES AND MUST INCLUDE SIX SEMESTER HOURS OF
ENGLISH COMPOSITION (CLEP NOT ACCEPTED), THREE SEMESTER HOURS OF
PSYCHOLOGY, SIX SEMESTER HOURS OF CHEMISTRY, SIX SEMESTER HOURS OF
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, THREE SEMESTER HOURS OF ALGEBRA (CLEP NOT
ACCEPTED), AND SIX SEMESTER HOURS OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
 
4.  PER REF B, MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR HCA APPLICANTS IS A
QUALIFYING BACCALAUREATE DEGREE.  HCA APPLICANTS MUST HAVE, OR HAVE
EARNED, A QUALIFYING DEGREE BY MAY 01.  A COURSE COMPLETION
PLAN WITH EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE IS REQUIRED FOR HCA APPLICANTS
NOT POSSESSING A QUALIFYING DEGREE BY THE APPLICATION DEADLINE DATE.
QUALIFYING DEGREES ARE DEFINED BELOW:
    A.  BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINES TO INCLUDE:  ACCOUNTING,
BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND POLICY, FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS, MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
    B.  HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT AREAS INCLUDE:  HEALTH CARE
ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION OR MANAGEMENT,
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
    C.  HCA APPLICANTS WHO DESIRE CONSIDERATION FOR GRADUATE LEVEL
TRAINING (DUINS) SHOULD PROVIDE A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THEIR DESIRE
FOR DUINS AND SUBMIT A GRE OR GMAT TEST SCORE WITH THEIR
APPLICATION.  GRE/GMAT TEST RESULTS CANNOT BE OLDER THAN FIVE YEARS
AS OF THE DATE OF THE BOARD.  APPLICANTS MUST HAVE, AT A MINIMUM, A
CONDITIONAL LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO A FULL TIME (12 SEMESTER HOURS)
GRADUATE PROGRAM WITH A CONCENTRATION IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION.
DEGREES OFFERED THROUGH PART TIME PROGRAMS/INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT
ACCEPTABLE FOR DUINS PROGRAMS.  FULL TIME PROGRAMS SHOULD BE
ACCREDITED THROUGH ACCREDITING COMMISSION ON EDUCATION FOR HEALTH
SERVICE ADMINISTRATION (ACEHSA), AMERICAN ASSEMBLY OF COLLEGIATE
SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS (AACSB), OR COUNCIL ON EDUCATION OF PUBLIC
HEALTH (CEPH) MASTERS PROGRAM WITH HEALTH CARE CONCENTRATION.
    D.  QUALIFYING MASTERS DEGREES ARE THOSE WITH A SPECIFIC MAJOR
IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN HEALTHCARE OR MASTERS IN
PUBLIC HEALTH WITH A CONCENTRATION IN HEALTH MANAGEMENT/
ADMINISTRATION DISCIPLINES.  SELECTEES HOLDING THESE DEGREES MAY BE
COMMISSIONED AS A LTJG.
 
5.  ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF REFS A AND B REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE
FY-01 IPP BOARD.
 
6.  POC IS LCDR SAWYER, N131M3, AT (703) 693-2327/DSN 223.
 
7.  RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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