research

[Red Head]

i never hear much about research, is there much for pod?

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[Dr_Feelgood]

i never hear much about research, is there much for pod?

Tons. I had a poster that just took first place at the APMA scientific conference. We are trying to get the project published. Scholl has the CLEAR lab which is a large research lab. Temple has Harvey Lemont who is a well published podiatrist. California has done a lot of research in the past. DMU has recently had a big push in the research area (back to back APMA 1st place posters).

So to make a long story short, yes research is important in podiatry.

 

[Red Head]

Tons. I had a poster that just took first place at the APMA scientific conference. We are trying to get the project published. Scholl has the CLEAR lab which is a large research lab. Temple has Harvey Lemont who is a well published podiatrist. California has done a lot of research in the past. DMU has recently had a big push in the research area (back to back APMA 1st place posters).

So to make a long story short, yes research is important in podiatry.

gratz on the first place, I was thinking doing some research or at least giving it a try

 

[Dr_Feelgood]

gratz on the first place, I was thinking doing some research or at least giving it a try

It is definitely rewarding in many ways. It helps your CV and the background research makes you a "expert" on certain areas. One nice thing at DMU is you can do basic science research or podiatric research. They have scholarships for working on a project through the summer between the 1st and 2nd year.

I'm sure there are similar programs at all of the schools.

 

[Red Head]

that sounds good, i think ill look into

what was your research on? if you dont mind me asking

 

[Dr_Feelgood]

Lower limb anatomy project on the presence of the extensor capsularis
BMD in DM population and Charcot patients*
Vitamin D levels in DM population and Charcot patients (this is what was at APMA)
Onychomycosis and Vicks VapoRub*
Arthroscopy of the 1st MPTJ*

Works in progress, the BMD project is done and just needs to be written. The other two projects have been handed down to underclassmen. I had other projects but some of them just don't develop into anything.

 

[Red Head]

some of that was a little Greek to me , heh, but sounds interesting.

I did a semester of undergrad research but all I was doing inorganic chem... making novel crystal structures (wasn't too interested in the topic, but at least I got an experience)

o did you have 1st/2nd year pods working under you? how did you get interested into it or why did you want to do this?

 

[Dr_Feelgood]

some of that was a little Greek to me , heh, but sounds interesting.

I did a semester of undergrad research but all I was doing inorganic chem... making novel crystal structures (wasn't too interested in the topic, but at least I got an experience)

o did you have 1st/2nd year pods working under you? how did you get interested into it or why did you want to do this?

I have a few 3rd year students that I am working with, and I'm sure that they will take on a few 2nd year students. Generally, 1st year students are too busy with DMU's class schedule to think about research until the year is over.

I had never done research before and frankly I was not interested in research until my second year in school. Here's my story:

CPMS was working on research but it was only known within the school and region. I really wanted to increase awareness of the research that was going on at CPMS. I came up with an idea for a CPMS Research Day and poster competition. After talking to the dean, he placed me on a few committees that were dedicated to the topic. I then started the CPMS Research club as part of our Foot and Ankle Surgeons club (SCACFAS), which I was president of. So, after doing all of this work to increase research awareness I became interested in research. It was a very round-about way of becoming involved.

Currently, I enjoy research and I really like to do come up with different projects and do the back-research. I feel that it is a great way to study and you are giving back the "pool" of knowledge.