How many Clerkship programs are you allowed to choose at your program?

[pod student 2020]

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I was curious because the topic came up the other day...so I decided to start looking around online at the 9 schools to see how many clerkship programs (http://www.aacpm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018Handbook.pdf) each school allows students to pick and participate in during their 4th year and so far found the following numbers: (if anyone has any info, please share)

BUSPM: Barry: May-December (8 months), 6 mandatory, one month dedicated to Barry clinic, one month of vacation. You can forfeit the vacation month for an additional clerkship month. MAX 7

Samuel Merritt: ?

Des Moines: ?

Kent: Minimum minimum 5, up to 7 (Curriculum & Rotations | Kent State University )

Arizona: ?

NYCPM: 4 (New York College of Podiatric Medicine)

Scholl: 3-5 (Curriculum for the Dr William M Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine)

Temple: ?

Western: ?

 

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I was curious because the topic came up the other day...so I decided to start looking around online at the 9 schools to see how many clerkship programs (http://www.aacpm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018Handbook.pdf) each school allows students to pick and participate in during their 4th year and so far found the following numbers: (if anyone has any info, please share)

BUSPM: 5 (Degree Plan : About the Program : School of Podiatric Medicine : Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida)

Samuel Merritt: ?

Des Moines: ?

Kent: Minimum minimum 5, up to 7 (Curriculum & Rotations | Kent State University )

Arizona: ?

NYCPM: 4 (New York College of Podiatric Medicine)

Scholl: 3-5 (Curriculum for the Dr William M Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine)

Temple: ?

Western: ?

I think most are now 7

 

[dorsiflexor]

Scholl is 7-8. With at least 6 before January of interviews.

 

[PodiatryDave]

Midwestern gets 7 clerkship months with an optional 8th.

2 of these are done between March-May at the end of the third year.

The other 5 are done pre-January interviews.

We also have 5 months of CORE at one location (usually 4 months after January and one the previous year OR 2 months before January and 3 after-- we get one vacation month in there any month we choose)

 

[Dr.PatchAdams]

WesternU here! We get 7 extern months prior to CASPR/CRIP interviews in January. 8 months including your core month.
So basically we can extern from April->October.