how hard is it to transfer podiatry schools?

[podyahurr]

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i am a first year pod student. it has nothing to do with the school and my grades are fine but for personal reasons i want to switch schools. how difficult is this to do?

 

[j0ez0r]

i would just call the school you want to transfer to and ask what their procedure is.....but id really hash this over a few times before coming down to a decision about moving schools wherever you are.

 

[MrFeeties]

We had a student transfer into my class (SCPM 2011) from OCPM. He had to take some competency exams last summer, but now he's in Chicago!

 

[PodunkUDPM]

We had a student transfer into my class (SCPM 2011) from OCPM. He had to take some competency exams last summer, but now he's in Chicago!

All he had to take was a micro exam is the word on the street.

 

[Downer]

i really hate my podiatry school and would possibly like to transfer before i try to do this i would like some honest feedback about DMU, Scholl, and AZPOD in regards to how well things run or don't run at these schools. I currently go to temple and it seems like a joke, things here are very sloppy and there is a large lack of communication in administration to make many long stories short. Any advice would be nice...i know of someone from temple who transferred to azpod last year so i guess it's doable to go from temple to another school. thanks

 

[215512]

But I thought Temple was the "Harvard of Podiatry" haha just kiddin

 

[Downer]

That myth is busted! When I interviewed at other schools one of the doctors I talked to went here when it was PCPM and he said they have strong academics it's a great school...maybe it was the harvard of podiatry before it became temple in the late 1990s and all the administration changed over. A lot of people were replaced i heard and only a few absorbed into the temple system.

 

[PodunkUDPM]

That myth is busted! When I interviewed at other schools one of the doctors I talked to went here when it was PCPM and he said they have strong academics it's a great school...maybe it was the harvard of podiatry before it became temple in the late 1990s and all the administration changed over. A lot of people were replaced i heard and only a few absorbed into the temple system.

That's weird. Everyone here says schools affiliated with major universities are THE BEST. Why would Temple get worse when it went from stand alone to affiliated?

 

[air bud]

i would think there is a difference between being associated with an undergrad institution (barry, temple) vs. a graduate health sciences institution (DMU, Scholl/RFU, AzPod/Midwestern). There is a lot more bureaucracy involved with larger institutions.

 

[PodunkUDPM]

i would think there is a difference between being associated with an undergrad institution (barry, temple) vs. a graduate health sciences institution (DMU, Scholl/RFU, AzPod/Midwestern). There is a lot more bureaucracy involved with larger institutions.

are you unaware of Temple's grad schools? I believe the have a Med school, Dental school, etc...

 

[MaseratiGT]

Not all, but some of the professors here at Temple rotate through a majority of the professional schools (med, dental, us, PT). However, we don't sit with classes from the other schools, and some lectures in physio and biochem are different, though taught by the same instructor. They try to cater to what is relevant for our respective boards.

I think the class that is the most similar for all the schools is general anatomy. Most of the time, we all got the same lecture. Med students share their anatomy lab and cadavers with PT students. So we do get some material spread over all of us, but our classes are independent of one another.

 

[PodunkUDPM]

Yea, that definitely does not qualify as being associated with a medical school.

 

[MaseratiGT]

Yea, that definitely does not qualify as being associated with a medical school.

i would think there is a difference between being associated with an undergrad institution (barry, temple) vs. a graduate health sciences institution (DMU, Scholl/RFU, AzPod/Midwestern). There is a lot more bureaucracy involved with larger institutions.

Eh, it's all semantics. We are not just "affiliated" with Temple Med, but we are a part of Temple's health system umbrella. I would agree with you, UDPM that it isn't like actually sitting in classes with other schools. But, it really effects us our clinic years when patients come to the clinic because we are a Temple institution. Temple's system is definitely a major graduate health science institution. We really don't have anything to do with undergrad, but I feel like I'm connected to the health science campus. However, air bud, you are correct about the bureaucracy that comes with large universities. It's a give and take.

 

[PodunkUDPM]

That is a little odd. Is there ever talk of fully integrating or anything around campus?

 

[MaseratiGT]

That is a little odd. Is there ever talk of fully integrating or anything around campus?

There had been talk of moving us up to the health science campus, but I think we will probably stay here in Chinatown, from what I have heard recently. The school is starting to renovate some stuff around here in our academic building, so I think we'll be here for a while. The diabetic center is on the health science campus, and the 3rd years just started using the SIM lab with the other students.

I think that being fully integrated would be awesome. I think we should all be taking courses with DOs and MDs. The schools that are doing it now help to argue for parity. But, there is a lot of resource here.

 

[air bud]

are you unaware of Temple's grad schools? I believe the have a Med school, Dental school, etc...

I meant undergrad in addition to the graduate programs. more schools/programs=more people fighting for attention/money. thats all.

 

[dyk343]

i really hate my podiatry school and would possibly like to transfer before i try to do this i would like some honest feedback about DMU, Scholl, and AZPOD in regards to how well things run or don't run at these schools. I currently go to temple and it seems like a joke, things here are very sloppy and there is a large lack of communication in administration to make many long stories short. Any advice would be nice...i know of someone from temple who transferred to azpod last year so i guess it's doable to go from temple to another school. thanks

This is concerning for me as Temple may be one of my first choices (without interviewing at all the schools this could change of course). I shadowed a Temple grad and he praised the school. I shadowed another pod and she said she thought temple was a really good podiatry school as well. what is exactly wrong with it? Are alot of people unhappy with temple (aka your classmates)? Thanks

 

[malleolusman]

This is concerning for me as Temple may be one of my first choices (without interviewing at all the schools this could change of course). I shadowed a Temple grad and he praised the school. I shadowed another pod and she said she thought temple was a really good podiatry school as well. what is exactly wrong with it? Are alot of people unhappy with temple (aka your classmates)? Thanks

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[MaseratiGT]

This is concerning for me as Temple may be one of my first choices (without interviewing at all the schools this could change of course). I shadowed a Temple grad and he praised the school. I shadowed another pod and she said she thought temple was a really good podiatry school as well. what is exactly wrong with it? Are alot of people unhappy with temple (aka your classmates)? Thanks

Your experiences here at Temple will be different from all of your classmates. I feel bad for the student on this thread who is not having the best time here. I am throughly enjoying my time here, but it doesn't mean everyone does. You have to guestimate what you think your experiences will be from interactions when you visit the school. I knew instantly where I fit in best, but it's not an exact science. You'll meet both ends of the spectrum from EVERY school.

Like another student said, there is a lot of bureaucracy and red tape at large institutions. Although it can be frustrating, I try to not let it get to me, because I know that students are dealing with it everywhere.

 

[lightfoot]

I go to DMU, and I believe that you can transfer out of it, you just can't transfer into it. I'm curious about the answer to your question, because I love DMU, but for personal reasons I was wondering if it was possible to transfer elsewhere. I won't do it, but I'm still curious....

 

[wanatransfer]

I'd like to transfer as a second year to nycpm. Is that possible? How hard is it?
Has anyone done it?
I was a mediocre student at my other pod school. But that's because I was unhappy there. I am excited about the people at nycpm and am self-driven to learn by myself, which is what I believe you need to hack it at nycpm.

Comments anyone?!

 

[PoddyMan]

I can understand their frustration, and the reality is, some classes just aren't taught that well (like Biomechanics), but the flip side is, the reality of our profession demands a lot of self-learning. It is what it is: either you can be disgruntled, or you can teach yourself. . . something you will have to get used to later on in life. It's a give and take. I won't get into specifics, but there are other medical graduate programs at Temple that have similar problems.

Unfortunately, those schools and their faculty aren't taking the time and energy needed to improve the learning experience, despite years of disgruntled students. Students are paying lots of money for poor learning experiences and a piece of paper (degree)! Since the students end up teaching themselves anyway, someone should start a "correspondence program", all online training and charge half the tuition.

 

[PharoPod]

I see TUSPM with a great academic curriculum and being a part of a good hospital system provides the best clinical exposure. Regardless, I have few friends attending other podiatry schools and believe me no one is 100% happy. Every place has its cons and pos.,

Again, no place would make you 100% satisfied

 

[PoddyMan]

I see TUSPM with a great academic curriculum and being a part of a good hospital system provides the best clinical exposure. Regardless, I have few friends attending other podiatry schools and believe me no one is 100% happy. Every place has its cons and pos.,

Again, no place would make you 100% satisfied

What makes it a "great academic program"? Are they really "part of a good hospital system"? Is the clinical exposure actually part of the hospital system?

 

[PharoPod]

I understand your concern about the poor learining exprience. I also agree with you that the students end up teaching themselves in most of cases. However, this is a serious matter not only in podiatry schools, but it is nationwide if not worldwide. I recall a quote for George Bernard Shaw saying "A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education".

However, I see the difference between one place and another is that one would provide a good envirnment for a brain that wants to get the best of the learning exprience.

In my opinion TUSPM provides this environment. I had interest in NYCPM and TUSPM and I end up chosing TUSPM comparing both curriculum and spending some time researching. TUSMP curriculum covers some crucial and side areas concerning basic sciences in extensively. During the clinical years I also belive that students in TUSPM get more hands on training.

Just an opinion and others might disagree with it!!

 

[PoddyMan]

I understand your concern about the poor learining exprience. I also agree with you that the students end up teaching themselves in most of cases. However, this is a serious matter not only in podiatry schools, but it is nationwide if not worldwide.

I agree, this is a serious matter. I am concerned that some podiatric medical schools do not seem to be addressing this. European medical schools are ahead of the game in this area. US medical schools are slowly but surely catching up. Podiatric medical education lags behind. If podiatric medical education is to equal allopathic/osteopathic education (Vision 2015), they need to start working toward those goals.