NYCPM vs TEMPLE (who's lying?)

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So both schools claim to have the largest clinics, and the biggest podiatric libraries. One of them is lying, so who is it?

 

[DrRock44]

I interviewed back to back days, temples library is a little bigger, clinics seemed about the same but both way busier than DMU and KSUCPM

 

[SuperFeisty]

I interviewed back to back days, temples library is a little bigger, clinics seemed about the same but both way busier than DMU and KSUCPM

You saw KSUCPM's school clinic? Have you been to the one downtown?

 

[jahnke07]

You saw KSUCPM's school clinic? Have you been to the one downtown?

I witnessed first hand the downtown clinic. 👍👍 KSUCPM downtown clinic was crazy busy when I was there a year ago. I participated in their winter pre-health internship program and I was at the clinic downtown 3x. There were a lot of elder patients and it was nice to watch the 3rd and 4th year students interacting as student doctors. Temple and NYCPM are located in larger cities. It would be a shame if downtown Cleveland had to serve the same amount of patients as those schools based in larger populations, however I am confident that KSUCPM can provide its students with great clinical exposure.

 

[DrRock44]

You saw KSUCPM's school clinic? Have you been to the one downtown?

I did the summer program I spent a whole day there(downtown, old building). It is possible that it was a slow day. They rotate 3rd years/4th years on different days. It was all 4th years when I was there and there were a lot of students just sitting around studying. When I was at NYCPM and Temple, everyone seemed pretty occupied...

 

[MaxillofacialMN]

So both schools claim to have the largest clinics, and the biggest podiatric libraries. One of them is lying, so who is it?

I was about to scream "BLASPHEMY" until I saw the word "Podiatric" in front of library. Temples library could fit into one of the study rooms inside of DMUs library... Lol

Who uses books anyways? I use libraries to study in, but are we really going to dig through old tomes looking for some ancient proverbial podiatry advice? We live in the age of the internet! Temples library is a crypt, in my opinion. Super old, out dated technology, and dingy. Also, very small.

 

[rushrhees]

I was about to scream "BLASPHEMY" until I saw the word "Podiatric" in front of library. Temples library could fit into one of the study rooms inside of DMUs library... Lol

Who uses books anyways? I use libraries to study in, but are we really going to dig through old tomes looking for some ancient proverbial podiatry advice? We live in the age of the internet! Temples library is a crypt, in my opinion. Super old, out dated technology, and dingy. Also, very small.

Was at Temple Monday and could not agree more. I see the library more as somewhere to study and the librarians as almost research assistants in the sense that "hey I need this book/article could you get it for me" In everyones library some of those books are so old that I wonder how valid is some of the information to this days.

 

[AttackNME]

if you were to do research and had to pull up articles from really old texts, you'll be hard pressed to find them scanned and available online. That is where I have found temples library to come the in very handy. They store ancient articles that were classics in our profession. in the literature published today, old articles are still referenced because they hold such a value in building our fundamental knowledge. if you decide to read an article, pay attention to the references and the year of which those articles were published.

 

[ManUnderFire]

if you were to do research and had to pull up articles from really old texts, you'll be hard pressed to find them scanned and available online. That is where I have found temples library to come the in very handy. They store ancient articles that were classics in our profession. in the literature published today, old articles are still referenced because they hold such a value in building our fundamental knowledge. if you decide to read an article, pay attention to the references and the year of which those articles were published.

+1.

Also, NYCPM has a tiny-winy library in terms of square-footage. They argued they have the largest library in the country in terms of collections AND access to articles combined BECAUSE we have affiliations to NYU, Columbia, and SUNY which is kinda cheap, I know 😀 but whatev.

The Foot Center of NY clinic was crazy busy when I interviewed. I couldn't see Kent's on my interview day and unfortunately Scholl's was whisper quiet. Who has the most patients? Who cares as long as you see your fair share. Some students are comfortable seeing a particular case only once before mastering the treatment protocol....I prefer to see things as much as possible.

 

[DrRock44]

I will say this, I saw more variety in 1 hr in the NYCPM clinic (I was there on a ped pod day!) than I saw in a whole day at Kent.

 

[ManUnderFire]

I will say this, I saw more variety in 1 hr in the NYCPM clinic (I was there on a ped pod day!) than I saw in a whole day at Kent.

and yet you chose Temple? Blasphemy! Lol, just kidding. So why TUSPM in the end? Just curious.

 

[DrRock44]

Well I really liked NYCPM and DMU too. But I'm from eastern PA and plan on settling down there. My wife's job requires state licensure, so it made sense for her to go to the state where we plan on living long term. I was also offered $11,000 annual merit scholarship (obviously contingent on performance yada yada yada..) and the others offered me nothing.

I did not like the idea of living in New York because it is more expensive than philly and we plan on having kids while I am in school so I like the idea of easily accessible suburb living. I felt the schools both had similar strengths. The several pods I have shadowed all seem to agree that clinical exposure is what prepares you for internships and residency, so made that my number one factor.

I also loved DMU and KSUCPM, I just felt that these two and ultimately Temple, where the best fit for Me

 

[Robert De Niro]

Well I really liked NYCPM and DMU too. But I'm from eastern PA and plan on settling down there. My wife's job requires state licensure, so it made sense for her to go to the state where we plan on living long term. I was also offered $11,000 annual merit scholarship (obviously contingent on performance yada yada yada..) and the others offered me nothing.

I did not like the idea of living in New York because it is more expensive than philly and we plan on having kids while I am in school so I like the idea of easily accessible suburb living. I felt the schools both had similar strengths. The several pods I have shadowed all seem to agree that clinical exposure is what prepares you for internships and residency, so made that my number one factor.

I also loved DMU and KSUCPM, I just felt that these two and ultimately Temple, where the best fit for Me

My wife is liscensed to teach in OH, so I understand completely where you are coming from. I would have liked to look into temple and dmu, but kent is the best fit for us.

 

[ManUnderFire]

Well I really liked NYCPM and DMU too. But I'm from eastern PA and plan on settling down there. My wife's job requires state licensure, so it made sense for her to go to the state where we plan on living long term. I was also offered $11,000 annual merit scholarship (obviously contingent on performance yada yada yada..) and the others offered me nothing.

I did not like the idea of living in New York because it is more expensive than philly and we plan on having kids while I am in school so I like the idea of easily accessible suburb living. I felt the schools both had similar strengths. The several pods I have shadowed all seem to agree that clinical exposure is what prepares you for internships and residency, so made that my number one factor.

I also loved DMU and KSUCPM, I just felt that these two and ultimately Temple, where the best fit for Me

Hmmm...parallel universes it seems along with Robert de Niro. My fiancee can get accredited (english teacher) in NY much more easily than any other state; that, coupled with the clinical exposure at NYCPM was what ultimately locked-down my decision. I would've loved to go to Scholl...but it just wasn't in the cards. TUSPM was my 2nd choice going into this, but I got no love from them 😕

 

[BlueRhino]

I was told at Temple that Temple's clinic sees about 50,000 patients a year while NYCPM's clinic sees about 40,000. I never saw NYCPM's clinic but Temple's clinic was certainly busy the day I visited.

A big draw for Temple is the size of the clinic and variety of patients you see. However, I've been told from upperclassmen that you learn much more during externships than clinic time so I wouldn't make a school's clinic that big of a priority in any pre-pod's decision making.

 

[EK18]

During my interview at Kent State they told me that they had the 2nd largest foot and ankle clinic and NYCPM had the biggest.

 

[DrRock44]

A big draw for Temple is the size of the clinic and variety of patients you see. However, I've been told from upperclassmen that you learn much more during externships than clinic time so I wouldn't make a school's clinic that big of a priority in any pre-pod's decision making.

I think that opinion would depend largely on where they went to school. If they went to a school with a slow clinic with little variety, they would see muchmore stuff on rotations/externships

During my interview at Kent State they told me that they had the 2nd largest foot and ankle clinic and NYCPM had the biggest.

I don't know what they mean by LARGEST but Temple's clinic is way bigger than NYCPM's plus it has the PT clinic too. Temple seemed a little busier than NYCPM the day I was there. I have not been to the new KSUCPM downtown clinic but the day I was at the old one, it was pretty slow and mostly just CNC

 

[PrePodPolice]

Yeah, I seriously doubt temple has the third largest clinic.