I think all of the schools have a research methods intro class to teach students basic statistics, levels of evidence, etc. I sure hope the schools all teach that material because that knowledge is essential to journal reading later on.
You might want to keep you aprehension for research to yourself while visiting and interviewing for programs. Research is an essential part of EBM and how we prove and spread the word about which treatments work and which do not. Without research, everyone's education would just be largely outdated within 10yrs and they'd be doing their patients a disservice by not being aware of current treatment algorithms and modalities. You don't have to do the research, and you definitely won't be willing/able to do that much work if you are stating here that you don't even want to take one class on the topic. However, you should at least do yourself a favor by learning how to read and interpret literature to stay current on the standards of care to keep your patients healthy - and your license from being suspended.
You're not alone... plenty of pod students and even attendings don't want to do research. It is a lot of reading, and a lot of work overall. Still, pod already has a relative research deficiency in comparison to many other specialties. A lot of DPMs who are on faculty at the schools or residency programs took those positions out of interest in teaching and advancing the profession. They're usually making a relative financial sacrafice to teach, so "hi, I don't want anything to do with research" won't exactly start you off on the right foot in interviews.
