Class of 2019

[dorsiflexor]

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Hey everyone! I hope that first year has treated everyone well. I wanted to get this thread started to treat it similarly to the class of 2018 thread that can be seen here.

I'm a first year at Scholl. We just wrapped up classes last week and most of us are on a 3 week break before starting biomechanics. There are 12 students that are participating in the summer research program through CLEAR that are doing biomechanics now then will have the rest of the summer off to complete their research.

Overall, I would say that I had a very positive experience at Scholl. I liked the way most of the classes were set up and I thought every class was taught extremely well. I felt that the integration with the other programs here at RFUMS worked well and we all seemed to get along (while there are those few select people from each program we all wish we could get rid of). I do appreciate that we can tell other professions what we do as podiatrists because quite a few of them have never heard of it before coming here.

I don't like the way our summer is set up. Personally, I think its a waste of time for us to only have 1 class then have a crammed 2nd year. I think that they should change the schedule to give everyone the entire summer off. Not sure how it works at other schools but that is something that I would change.

There is plenty to be involved in on campus for those that are interested. I'm personally involved in a few clubs on campus like the ACFAS and ASPS, volunteering at the student run free community clinic, and I have also been fortunate to be able to work on a couple small research projects.

I hope that we can all use this to keep in touch with one another and just to see how things are going.

 

[CATSandKILOS]

Congrats on making through first year! My class at temple just finished up this past Wednesday. Luckily we have 2 months off before classes start back up on August 1st.

 

[HappyHobPod]

Then once you hit residency you will see how outmatched you are compared to other interns from different services for your elective rotations. Then you will look back on your podiatry school education and realize how much you did NOT learn. That's been my experience in residency thus far.

What have you found that you've been able to do since you have been in residency that has helped you succeed in spite of this?

 

[dorsiflexor]

As an alumni of Scholl I agree that the first year is extremely well organized and well taught. I was very disappointed with the second year curriculum though. It was crammed and poorly taught. Most of the clinical experiences we had to do were a complete waste of my time. I couldn't wait to get out of there by 3rd year to start doing externships and elective medicine/surgery/ER rotations.

There have been a lot of changes since I left with a lot of new professors coming on board, replacing some of the older DPMs who had no real surgical experience or taught the same antiquated information ever year and were collecting a paycheck. So maybe that will make your 2nd year experience a lot more pleasant and more informative than it was for me.

Lastly, you might be getting a great podiatry education through Scholl but you will NOT be prepared for your medicine/ER/general surgery rotations when you do those during your 3rd/4th years of school. Then once you hit residency you will see how outmatched you are compared to other interns from different services for your elective rotations. Then you will look back on your podiatry school education and realize how much you did NOT learn.

That's been my experience in residency thus far. MAYBE you could get by if you end up doing your residency training a Veterans affairs hospital as these programs and their off service rotations are not that strong. But if you train out of level 1 trauma center or do your off-service rotations at a high volume hospital you will see just how much you don't know. Just keeping it real because somebody has to bring us all back to planet earth once in awhile on these boards.

My advice to you is to learn your medicine. Learn as much as you can and your residency experience will be that much easier, especially if you match a residency program which requires you to do a lot of off service rotations.

Damn AB. Laying it down.

Would you say this is true for all programs or are you calling Scholl out specifically?

 

[air bud]

DMU. number 7 in my class. 100% true.