Leaving Podiatry School

[air bud]

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let me clarify by different I mean more difficult. Maybe DO affiliated schools are harder because they curve the class with the med students??

at DMU there is no curve. Our averages are typcally 3-5 points lower than the DO's. I think this is because of a few weaker students really kill the average since there are 55 or so DPMs vs. 220 DO's

 

[ucd]

Thanks for the response Air bud. It's interesting that you're graded with the med students also. I wonder when it comes to residency, whether program directors will look at how you ranked amongst just your pod classmates or with DO students as well...hmmm. Either way, thanks for the response!

 

[podpal]

The first year covered Anatomy, Biochem, Physio, Histology, Immunology and Neuroscience. It was challenging in the sense that so much information was covered and forced down your throat, especially the anatomy labs, although I had most of the other classes in my undergraduate curriculum. The second year covered general medicine, pharmacology, pathology, biomechanics, and podiatric medicine/surgery, which I never had any exposure in undergrad so yes it was also challenging. I really doubt that any undergrad programs include those courses in the second year but you may prove me wrong.

Ummm, I'm going to try my best to be positive here. Some of the undergrad students in pod school had what I would consider weak science backgrounds, with minimum required coursework. In my undergrad classes, for example, we had general chemistry, organic chem, biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, physical chemistry, Calc 1 & 2 and applied math & developed equations, extensive & applied physiology, anatomy, biology, extensive microbiology and immunology far more in depth than we learned in pod school, and pharmacology. Our level of education at the undergrad level prepared us for total clinical application in hospital settings. In my undergrad we even had simulated patients requiring in depth workups. We had clinical rotations that involved live patients with complex medical issues. We knew body systems in depth and worked with attendings and medical teams as part of the teams. In undergrad we had to present patient cases to groups of professors, students, and attendings. We had to attend grand rounds & M&Ms & other meetings so that we knew how to treat patients. This was what we learned IN UNDERGRAD.

The new pod school coursework presented was mostly lower extremity and foot, biomechanics, and neuro. While extensive neuro topics were covered in undergrad, pod school offered us the opportunity to actually delve into this subject more. Pod school was a pure delight, academically. For me, biomechanics was fantastic!

I guess we all have different opinons, and mine remains one that the basic science classes weren't terribly challenging, but interesting and useful. The podiatry specific classes were outstanding; I still have my notebooks from school. This is a fantastic field. I encourage all current students to work hard, get through the material and pass the tests. When there is spare time, and you don't completely understand a concept, go back and research it more so that you understand. You'll all catch on and become great docs!👍

 

[air bud]

I had Intro to Marketing, Intro to Finance, Intro to Law, Intro to Management....Fixed Income Securities, Futures and Options and General Insurance. 8 years ago too. Pod school is somewhat challenging for me in spite of that though.

 

[that1guyfromFL]

I guess we all have different opinons, and mine remains one that the basic science classes weren't terribly challenging, but interesting and useful.

Somehow you don't seem to realize that you had an extremely unusual undergrad education experience.

 

[215353]

podpal what podiatric medical school did you attend? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[air bud]

studywithfury, I think you and others on here should still be treating Podpal with more respect than you currently are.

 

[Podmeister]

Ummm, I'm going to try my best to be positive here. Some of the undergrad students in pod school had what I would consider weak science backgrounds, with minimum required coursework. In my undergrad classes, for example, we had general chemistry, organic chem, biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, physical chemistry, Calc 1 & 2 and applied math & developed equations, extensive & applied physiology, anatomy, biology, extensive microbiology and immunology far more in depth than we learned in pod school, and pharmacology. Our level of education at the undergrad level prepared us for total clinical application in hospital settings. In my undergrad we even had simulated patients requiring in depth workups. We had clinical rotations that involved live patients with complex medical issues. We knew body systems in depth and worked with attendings and medical teams as part of the teams. In undergrad we had to present patient cases to groups of professors, students, and attendings. We had to attend grand rounds & M&Ms & other meetings so that we knew how to treat patients. This was what we learned IN UNDERGRAD.

Sounds like you were in a nursing program so that explains a lot. I was a simple clueless Bio major with zero zip clinical exposure and my only familiarity with M&Ms were yellow, red, green, blue, brown and orange ones.😀

 

[215353]

studywithfury, I think you and others on here should still be treating Podpal with more respect than you currently are.

Dude I am asking a serious question. Podpal claims she received a superior undergraduate education compared to her podiatric medical school education. I want to know where he/she went podiatry school. Plain and simple.

 

[air bud]

my bad. got you confused with somebody else. sorry.

 

[Sig Savant]

I think it is safe to assume that podiatry school is getting harder as time passes.