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Do you all you pod guys refer to podiatry school as "medical school"?

I don't mean to offend but I only ask because I met someone a while back who said that he was in "med school" and this week I found out that he's in podiatry school. It seems a bit deceptive to me because of the huge discrepancy in admission standards.
 
It's podiatric medical school.
 
No. It is podiatry school. Not podiatric medical scchool. PODIATRY school. I will have more to add on this later, I have some thoughts to share reflecting back on my first year. But it is podiatry school. I think an interesting study would be to take a poll at the beginning of the year. State for the record if you call it podiatry school, podiatric medical school, or medical school. Then, complete your first year and lets compare grades. I think some pretty clear lines would be drawn, and lets just say those who say "medical school" would be at one end of the spectrum, and those that say "pod school" would be at the other end. You can figure out the rest.
 
air bud said:
No. It is podiatry school. Not podiatric medical scchool. PODIATRY school. I will have more to add on this later, I have some thoughts to share reflecting back on my first year. But it is podiatry school. I think an interesting study would be to take a poll at the beginning of the year. State for the record if you call it podiatry school, podiatric medical school, or medical school. Then, complete your first year and lets compare grades. I think some pretty clear lines would be drawn, and lets just say those who say "medical school" would be at one end of the spectrum, and those that say "pod school" would be at the other end. You can figure out the rest.
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What is your deal with this topic? Every time this comes up you give us the same rant. Podiatry school...podiatric medical school...who gives a ****!
 
I refer to school as everything. Depends on the person I am talking to and what mood I'm in. I never say Medical school to deceive someone into thinking that I am going to become a "real" doctor. I would never put myself up on their level of intelligence. It really doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter if people think down on Podiatry or whatever. I'm content and so should you. It might matter to some people, but let them be worried about these petty things. Don't waste your time worrying about stuff that doesn't matter. Remember, "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."
 
studywithfury said:
What is your deal with this topic? Every time this comes up you give us the same rant. Podiatry school...podiatric medical school...who gives a ****!
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Wait til you get there, then you will know what I mean.
 
i think it honestly matters who you are talking about.

if you are talking to an uneducated patient then sometimes saying "i went to podiatry school" may cause some alarm. they might think "wtf is podiatry school i thought you were a doctor!"

you could use podiatry school when talking to other health care professionals, because they know what it is.


but really...say whatever you want.. its not about prestige..

airbud, i think i kind of feel the way you do.
i am a bit concerned with the fact that admission scores/gpas are soooo low. hopefully not all the people in the class are med school rejects with embarrassing gpas/mcat scores. i dont want to sound rude.. its just a concern of mine.
 
And so it begins. Again.

air bud said:
No. It is podiatry school. Not podiatric medical scchool. PODIATRY school. I will have more to add on this later, I have some thoughts to share reflecting back on my first year. But it is podiatry school. I think an interesting study would be to take a poll at the beginning of the year. State for the record if you call it podiatry school, podiatric medical school, or medical school. Then, complete your first year and lets compare grades. I think some pretty clear lines would be drawn, and lets just say those who say "medical school" would be at one end of the spectrum, and those that say "pod school" would be at the other end. You can figure out the rest.
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A friend and I had this same convo last year and noticed the same pattern, we even had a name for it. But there is a difference in what Paulywog said below (saying it based on situation or even mood for that matter) and the type of people you are talking about. I keep in touch with a very successful podiatrist who graduated several years back and he always says 'medical school' and explained with good reason. However, there are others that get on facebook and make picture albums titled "medical school fun!~" and constantly put up statuses talking about how "medical school is tough!". It is very annoying. There was even one person who ended their emails with "Dr [last name]" and they were only a second year! Needless to say this person is not in the program anymore.

Paulywog said:
I refer to school as everything. Depends on the person I am talking to and what mood I'm in. I never say Medical school to deceive someone into thinking that I am going to become a "real" doctor. I would never put myself up on their level of intelligence. It really doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter if people think down on Podiatry or whatever. I'm content and so should you. It might matter to some people, but let them be worried about these petty things. Don't waste your time worrying about stuff that doesn't matter. Remember, "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."
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I agree, except with the 4th sentence? C'mon now.
 
Googlymello said:
i think it honestly matters who you are talking about.

if you are talking to an uneducated patient then sometimes saying "i went to podiatry school" may cause some alarm. they might think "wtf is podiatry school i thought you were a doctor!"

you could use podiatry school when talking to other health care professionals, because they know what it is.


but really...say whatever you want.. its not about prestige..

airbud, i think i kind of feel the way you do.
i am a bit concerned with the fact that admission scores/gpas are soooo low. hopefully not all the people in the class are med school rejects with embarrassing gpas/mcat scores. i dont want to sound rude.. its just a concern of mine.
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it is an absolutely valid concern. As the year has gone on and I have seen more people drop out (yes, it even happens at DMU, I think we are at 5 or 6 out of 59 original), I feel more strongly about this. Dont get me wrong, I love DMU, and I am getting everything out of my schooling that I had hoped to get.
And another study I would love to see--Age and type of school you attend. anybody want to guess the results?
 
so then i guess the people who shouldnt have been accepted in the first place dont end up making it out of the first year?

i just think that by accepting low scores, it lowers the standards of podiatric medicine.

if someone can get in with a 2.9 .. im kind of worried..i mean really.. a 2.9 (there are some exceptions where people did bad their first year and stepped it up and got serious..thats fine) but honestly..how hard it is it to make As and Bs? and the mcat.. my baseline score (my very first time taking it w/o studying as practice) was higher than what most of the accepted scores are.

but that is good for other people in the class.. the ones that came in with higher scores are likely more competitive and will be ranked higher and end up in the better residencies..

still..i cant stand being around ignorant people. but lets just hope all these low scores were a result of too much beer pong and video games 😀
 
Googlymello said:
so then i guess the people who shouldnt have been accepted in the first place dont end up making it out of the first year?

i just think that by accepting low scores, it lowers the standards of podiatric medicine.

if someone can get in with a 2.9 .. im kind of worried..i mean really.. a 2.9 (there are some exceptions where people did bad their first year and stepped it up and got serious..thats fine) but honestly..how hard it is it to make As and Bs? and the mcat.. my baseline score (my very first time taking it w/o studying as practice) was higher than what most of the accepted scores are.

but that is good for other people in the class.. the ones that came in with higher scores are likely more competitive and will be ranked higher and end up in the better residencies..

still..i cant stand being around ignorant people. but lets just hope all these low scores were a result of too much beer pong and video games 😀
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I agree that accepting students who shouldn't be accepted in the first place is bad for the overall reputation of podiatric medicine. It's done because schools want the $$$. School's are businesses just like anything else. Is this a valid excuse for some school's admission standards? No def not but that's life.

In theory your comments make sense since they are logical but they don't always work out. Medical school is an entirely different animal then undergrad. How do I know? I did a two year masters program where the first year was upper level graduate science courses and then the second year I took first year medical school courses with the M1 students at Drexel - Drexel IMS program: http://www.drexelmed.edu/Home/Acade...nterdepartmentalMedicalScienceIMSProgram.aspx

Just because you were awarded a half-tuition scholarship coming into your first year doesn't mean you will be top dog by the end of your 4th year. Everybody handles the large amount of material differently. Some strong students coming in will continue to flourish and some will not. Some weak students coming in will finally put it together and do well and some will just straight up flunk out.

Lastly, get off your high horse
 
I agree that it depends on who you are talking too, but I see no problem in using the term podiatric medical school since you ARE differentiating between allopathic, osteopathic, and/or naturopathic medical school. For those of you who have very limited shadowing/clinical experience, most of your patients and MANY of the medical employees you work with have no idea of the educational background/training of a DPM with the exception of other doctors themselves (MD, DO, DPM) or unless there is a podiatry teaching program/residency in the hospital. Even the people who work for podiatrists don't always know the educational requirements. So, it is safe to say that never overestimate what the general populace knows.

I myself use the term podiatry school, but if the person I'm talking to has that glazed over look in their eyes like they don't know what I'm talking about then it is easy to explain the concept of podiatry school: podiatrists have their own medical schools that they attend that is specific to our education. We don't produce DO's or MD's, but sometimes our programs are integrated with theirs.

Lastly, I don't know why there is such vehement discord about the term 'podiatric medical school'. Call me crazy, but I do think that the term alone provides us with a partial foundation to achieve the goals of Vision 2015 (in attempting to achieve parity). We know we're not allopathic or osteopathic physicians; we're specialists and hopefully proud of that fact.
 
I'm not on a high horse. I am just legitimately concerned about admission standards.

I also stated that there are exceptions when it comes to poor gpas, etc. Things happen.. its called life.

But from A LOT of the people I have talked to in person and from some of the posts I have seen on this website, it just seems like people arent taking things seriously and see podiatry school as that last chance to be a doctor.

I have a lot of respect for the people who didnt have it all together their first year of college, but then kicked it into gear their last three years. It proves they want it. Now is that the case for most of the low gpa's people come on here asking about? my guess is maybe some, but definitely not all.
How many of those people had their "bad" grades confined to one semester or one year? Or is it that every semester they are doing 15 hours, making one A, 2 b's, and a C. Face it, there is nothing too impressive about the latter.


Take myself for example...

In my first year of college, i was not very motivated. I made A's and a B or two, but i took only 9-12 hours a semester. Then I realized I wanted to do something in science and in the medical field (not quite sure if it would be research, md, dpm, or pharm, or whatever). So i kicked it into gear. I started taking 17+ credit hours every semester.. all while working 20 hours a week and commuting 100 miles a day. Up until this past fall, my gpa was in the 3.7 range, i was set to graduate in the spring and life was grand. However, life happened and my world came tumbling down and my gpa, health and personal life took a major hit. Now i am taking an extra semester to recover from that and retake two classes.

Now if that happened in some shape or form to every applicant, it would be understandable why standards are so low.

All i want to see is the numbers go up and respect to increase for the field and those who are studying it. I dont want undergrad's coming on websites like these and seeing "can i get in with these numbers" threads and think "ok, well i guess i dont have to bust my ***" I'm not trying to start arguments or piss people off, I am just voicing my concerns.. thats all.
 
Guys, you know it is interesting how everyone always brings up the GPA/MCAT conundrum when we talk about how to improve the quality of applicants. However, we always seem to forget there just aren't that many applicants for podiatry schools. For the 2009-2010 application cycle, there were less than 1000 applicants (this is all per the AACPM website) for what, between 450-600 seats, at the 9 colleges? This isn't just about money and filling up seats. It's about how beggars can't be choosers. The schools have to take the best applicants from the applicant pool. If the applicant pool isn't that big then well, guess what, we aren't going to end up getting the 3.9 GPA/3.8 sci GPA/ 35 MCAT students. Guess where they are? That's why allopathic med school is so competitive. There are 38,000-41,000 applicants yearly for approx. 17,000-18,000 seats. That means even with the best grades, LOR's, EC's, etc. you have about a 40% of getting in.

Secondly, this talk of GPA/MCAT leaves out some other issues in the applicant pool that need to be addressed. Mainly, the desire to actually go into podiatry. We still have a lot of people who are either using this as a backdoor option into another field or they're doing it as Googlymello said, "..see podiatry school as that last chance to be a doctor." Has anyone seen Bobby Mercer lately (the regulars will know who I'm talking about)? No? Well, he's posting in the Vet forums inquiring about Vet school.

I'm not trying to pick on Bobby, but it brings up the point that there are still a lot of people with ulterior motives choosing this field and that hurts us as well. Do a search on SDN you'll find podiatric residents and others who "thought they wanted to go into podiatry, but now want to do something else". My best bet is they never wanted to go into podiatry.


I do realize that this is a difficult problem to combat, but I honestly think there needs to be more of an emphasis on shadowing. I know some people will say shadowing isn't that important, but I truly think it is. When you shadow an MD/DO you do it to get the experience: what does a doctor do? Now, if you are fortunate to get into med school, you'll have the opportunity to choose a specialty later based on a myriad of criteria. With podiatry, you are limited anatomically right off the bat. So, is this something you really want to do? Will you be happy in 20 years still working on the foot and ankle?

The GPA thing just doesn't bother me as much as someone who isn't honest about their intentions in the field. I would much rather go to school with people who have low 2.9 GPA's, but who are honest in their choice about podiatry rather than so uber-type-A personality with a high GPA/MCAT but whom lacks the enthusiasm and passion that I myself have about the field.
 
nicely said.

maybe you are right.. i hope that a lot of applicants are passionate about going into the field of podiatry.

i asked an attending on this site some questions and he said my best bet was to shadow one dpm that subspecializes in one area for a week or two, then shadow another in another area, and another and so on.

That is the best way to see it all and really figure out if its what you want to do.

do you think that if schools became more picky, it would grab the attention of more applicants?

does anyone know how well the majority of matriculated students do in their course work/boards?
 
Deeper1 said:
The GPA thing just doesn't bother me as much as someone who isn't honest about their intentions in the field. I would much rather go to school with people who have low 2.9 GPA's, but who are honest in their choice about podiatry rather than so uber-type-A personality with a high GPA/MCAT but whom lacks the enthusiasm and passion that I myself have about the field.
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I absolutely agree with this statement. But at the same time, you cant deny that a 2.9 student likely just doesnt have what it takes, no matter how much they are interested in it. I would take my chances with a 3.5 student over a 2.9 most days of the week.

back to the OP, i believe they did say that they still have some time to go in school. There is a lot of maturing that goes on (ideally) the last year or two of college, so hopefully there is still time to begin forming habits that will make them successful in any field they choose.
 
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Googlymello said:
do you think that if schools became more picky, it would grab the attention of more applicants?

does anyone know how well the majority of matriculated students do in their course work/boards?
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I doubt if schools became more picky that this would increase people's interest in podiatry. There are still A LOT of factors that holding the profession back.

The lack of a universal scope throughout the United States is the biggest problem the profession faces. Without this, pods in some states are doing things that other pods legally can't. Add this to the fact that there are several generations of pods currently practicing with either 0 to 3 years of residency training. Because of this the public does not have a clear understanding of what a podiatrist does or can do. People's current perception of podiatry is still "nails, calluses, and orthotics". These things are still very much a part of the profession but podiatry has obviously evolved into something so much more. This current perception dissuades a lot of potential students from considering it other then the fact that a lot of pre-meds don't want to be limited right off the bat in their medical education.

Has podiatry made significant strides throughout its history? HELL YES! Is the profession a very promising and rewarding one? HELL YES!

The new generation of pods need to continue to push for more surgical rights in states where Orthos are keeping them from gaining access to the ankle!
 
Paulywog said:
I never say Medical school to deceive someone into thinking that I am going to become a "real" doctor. I would never put myself up on their level of intelligence.
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What does going to podiatry school vs. DO or MD school have anything to do with intelligence. That's simply an ignorant statement. Someones choice of profession has nothing to do with how smart they are. Believe me, when I started my first year of DO school, I met plenty of people who were complete *****s and I've also met a bunch of people interested in pod school that are extremely intelligent.

Also, I think this whole argument is absolutely ridiculous. How is podiatry school not medical school? Admission standards have nothing to do with whether the school is a med school or not. Many DO schools have low admission standards, as do some MD schools that favor in-state applicants or racial preferences. Caribbean schools also admit lots of people with low stats. In the end we all practice in a field of medicine. We all go to school for the same amount of time, and we all study essentially the same curriculum. So, what's the issue with calling it podiatric medical school?

I don't think its dishonest to tell someone that you are attending medical school. You people who feel the need to set some elitist hierarchy for your professions will find yourself disappointed with any field of medicine you go in to.

I've seen many ridiculous arguments on here, but this one tops them all.
 
sideways said:
Oh yeah dude, that's a real nail in the coffin.
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AACPM = American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine... which is the central application service for all pod schools.

California school of podiatric medicine

Temple university school of podiatric medicine

New york college of podiatric medicine

Barry university school of podiatric medicine

etc, etc
 
air bud said:
it is an absolutely valid concern. As the year has gone on and I have seen more people drop out (yes, it even happens at DMU, I think we are at 5 or 6 out of 59 original), I feel more strongly about this. Dont get me wrong, I love DMU, and I am getting everything out of my schooling that I had hoped to get.
And another study I would love to see--Age and type of school you attend. anybody want to guess the results?
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I guess I don't see your point. I'm rotating on peds ortho right now and we've got some MD students shadowing us. One was telling me that their class started at 240 and is now ~210. Attrition happens in any advanced degree program. Even though there definitely are markers that help predict success, it is ultimately pretty tough to do.
 
jonwill said:
I guess I don't see your point. I'm rotating on peds ortho right now and we've got some MD students shadowing us. One was telling me that their class started at 240 and is now ~210. Attrition happens in any advanced degree program. Even though there definitely are markers that help predict success, it is ultimately pretty tough to do.
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Offshore medical school?
 
This is largely an argument that comes up amongst pre-pods/pre-meds or pod vs med students. I guess my personal opinion is that it doesn't matter one way or the other. Podiatric medical school, med school, pod school, whatever. I think it is pretty much semantics and in the end makes no real difference at all.

I'll be out practicing in a little over a month. I'll be a member of medical staff in two large health systems. I'll have surgical privileges (including rearfoot/ankle trauma and reconstruction), full admit privileges, and will even be on the ER call schedules.

In the end, we all end up doing what we were trained to do.
 
jonwill said:
This is largely an argument that comes up amongst pre-pods/pre-meds or pod vs med students. I guess my personal opinion is that it doesn't matter one way or the other. Podiatric medical school, med school, pod school, whatever. I think it is pretty much semantics and in the end makes no real difference at all.

I'll be out practicing in a little over a month. I'll be a member of medical staff in two large health systems. I'll have surgical privileges (including rearfoot/ankle trauma and reconstruction), full admit privileges, and will even be on the ER call schedules.

In the end, we all end up doing what we were trained to do.
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Agreed.
 
jonwill said:
This is largely an argument that comes up amongst pre-pods/pre-meds or pod vs med students. I guess my personal opinion is that it doesn't matter one way or the other. Podiatric medical school, med school, pod school, whatever. I think it is pretty much semantics and in the end makes no real difference at all.

I'll be out practicing in a little over a month. I'll be a member of medical staff in two large health systems. I'll have surgical privileges (including rearfoot/ankle trauma and reconstruction), full admit privileges, and will even be on the ER call schedules.

In the end, we all end up doing what we were trained to do.
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👍 well said.
 
listen, I think some of my feelings/comments are not coming out the right way.
What I am trying to say in this whole podiatry/podiatric medicine....thing is that IN MY EXPERIENCE so far at DMU, saying "I am in med school" is more often than not a SYMPTOM of some other issues.
That is all. Since it seems people know my stance on this, I guess I will try and refrain from this topic in future threads.
 
Paulywog said:
I would never put myself up on their level of intelligence.
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Not the state of mind I'd have if I were being trained to perform surgery on someone, but alas, the unintelligent ones don't make it anyway.
 
Deeper1 said:
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Secondly, this talk of GPA/MCAT leaves out some other issues in the applicant pool that need to be addressed. Mainly, the desire to actually go into podiatry. W.
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I'd like to know, honestly, how many students you know of that only applied to podiatry school? A vast majority of my class applied to either medical or dental before pod. If you looked at application stats I'd bet they'd reflect that as well.

Not to discredit those who knew they wanted to go into podiatry, I'm sure they are there, too, but not nearly as many.
 
I used to always say podiatry school or pod school. I can't remember ever saying podiatric medical school. I like the shortest way of saying something and adding a word to what type of school goes against this theory. As well, I never wanted to miss represent what type of school I went to or what I was studying to be. I had family members that would call it med school and I would correct them that it was in fact podiatry school.

Now when I talk to people who know that I am a podiatrist and that I most certainly went to podiatry school, I sometimes say med school because it is shorter and easier to say.

Like Jonwill says when you get out you will do what you were trained to do just like every other medical specialty.

And, one other little piece of advice, if you do not know how to treat something, there is nothing wrong with refering to the person that does. You do not have to know everything, or know how to treat everything. This is probably the biggest lesson that I learned from our MD collegues.
 
I know I said I wasnt going to weigh in on this one anymore, but....sue me. To anybody who says "oh, I just say medical school when it is somebody who doesnt know what I am talking about," or "it is just easier to say medical school." Don't people on here complain about people not knowing what a podiatrist does?? Sounds like a great opportunity to educate, right? Holy crap, I am onto something...

Mrs. Ethel Smith: "Hello little Johnny Smith, what are you doing these days?"

Pod Student John Smith: "Hi Mrs. Smith, well I am in podiatry school in Des Moines right now."

Mrs. Ethel Smith: "Podiatry school, what is that?"

Pod Student John Smith: "Well Mrs. Smith, it is blah blah blah (not the Ke$ha song)."

Mrs. Ethel Smith: "Oh, that is really interesting, I never knew there was a seperate school for podiatry, and I was always a little confused as to what a podiatrist did. I remember when I used to babysit for you when you were younger, you had such a small, cute wee-wee."

Pod Student John Smith: "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle."
 
Pod Student John Smith: "Mrs. Ethel Smith, my wee-wee has changed alot since then."

Wow what a creepy conversation. Thanks man. Reminds of the old guy from family guy who is in love with Chris.
 
air bud said:
I know I said I wasnt going to weigh in on this one anymore, but....sue me. To anybody who says "oh, I just say medical school when it is somebody who doesnt know what I am talking about," or "it is just easier to say medical school." Don't people on here complain about people not knowing what a podiatrist does?? Sounds like a great opportunity to educate, right? Holy crap, I am onto something...

Mrs. Ethel Smith: "Hello little Johnny Smith, what are you doing these days?"

Pod Student John Smith: "Hi Mrs. Smith, well I am in podiatry school in Des Moines right now."

Mrs. Ethel Smith: "Podiatry school, what is that?"

Pod Student John Smith: "Well Mrs. Smith, it is blah blah blah (not the Ke$ha song)."

Mrs. Ethel Smith: "Oh, that is really interesting, I never knew there was a seperate school for podiatry, and I was always a little confused as to what a podiatrist did. I remember when I used to babysit for you when you were younger, you had such a small, cute wee-wee."

Pod Student John Smith: "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle."
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Mrs. Ethel Smith: "I know now, thank you for explaining that John. I wonder if medical school taught you a lot about the female anatomy?" *putting John's hand on her upper thigh*

*Wham's "Careless Whisper" starts playing*

*music abrubtly stops and Air Bud appears out of nowhere in a cape*

Air Bud: It's podiatry school!!!!!

Mrs. Ethel Smith: "Oh yes, sorry, podiatry school... we just talked about that... what is that again? Something about taking care of kids right?"
 
So If I'm in a bar with my DO friends, sometimes its easier for us just to say we're in med school, then having a long drawn out conversation.
 
476515678234896 said:
Do you all you pod guys refer to podiatry school as "medical school"?

I don't mean to offend but I only ask because I met someone a while back who said that he was in "med school" and this week I found out that he's in podiatry school. It seems a bit deceptive to me because of the huge discrepancy in admission standards.
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Isn't this similar to the argument that only MD's should be adressed as DOCTORS? And we all know how rediculous that is.

Allopathic schools have higher admission standards simply because there are too many people who wants to go to med school. When the demand for something is high, of course it'll be harder to get. I bet if the same amount of people apply to Podiatric schools the admission standards will be very similar to that of allopathic schools.

Besides, "admission standards" is not the sole factor of the legitimacy of the program. Podiatric schools may seem to be easy to get in, but it is not easy to finish at all.

I think people say they are in "medical school" because they are lazy to do the whole explanation about what podiatry is. But I would strongly encourage all podiatric students to take the time and explain to others who ask you that question. Afterall, if we are too lazy to tell people about what our profession is all about, who else would do it for us?
 
I go to med school. Medicine has to do with healing, I will eventually heal, thus I study medicine. Thus my school is a school of medical education, or a med school. If people didn't have an inferiority complex, I don't think this argument would ever surface. Its people that don't feel confident in their career that bring this all up. If anyone ever asks me a follow up question about my med school, then I go into podiatry. Most people talking to you don't care what you have to say anyways, so why waste my breath.

Think about this: I spent some time recently in an office of a well known podiatrist. Guess what his white coat said? "Dr. Smith". He didn't post his credentials all over his coat, not "Foot and Ankle Surgeon", not "DPM", just Dr. To the public, he's a doctor.

Heres some gasoline for the fire: ...from the Office of Professions of the New York State Education Department stating that podiatrists in New York may not have materials, such as pamphlets, in their offices that refer to podiatrists as physicians. This includes materials you may have received from APMA for the Today's Podiatrist campaign. APMA has provided alternate materials for New York podiatrists.
 
Sig Savant said:
I go to med school. Medicine has to do with healing, I will eventually heal, thus I study medicine. Thus my school is a school of medical education, or a med school. If people didn't have an inferiority complex, I don't think this argument would ever surface. Its people that don't feel confident in their career that bring this all up.
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I think the podiatry curric. is similar enough to allopathic/osteopathic schools to be called med school.

I originally thought you made a great point, but then I realized a lot of other professions go to school to learn how to heal. Optometrists, dentists, physical therapists, PA's, advanced practice nurses, and chiropractors all eventually heal people. Never heard any of them saying med school. Kind of weird. Oh wait, did hear a chiropractor at my gym mention it once.

p.s.- through the past 2 years of working in a hospital I noticed that almost every pod I encountered wrote Dr. XYZ on their coat. Who knows... i'm either onto a trend or they all might just be from the same practice/group around the hospital?
 
BassCaster said:
I think the podiatry curric. is similar enough to allopathic/osteopathic schools to be called med school.
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always been curious about the curriculums you guys have, and how similar they are to us. If anyone would care to share a link, I'd appreciate it.

I go to Ohio State's MD program. I'm looking for a curriculum link, and will post it if I can find something. If not, I know Wright State and Cincinnati have almost identical ones.
 
phospho said:
always been curious about the curriculums you guys have, and how similar they are to us. If anyone would care to share a link, I'd appreciate it.

I go to Ohio State's MD program. I'm looking for a curriculum link, and will post it if I can find something. If not, I know Wright State and Cincinnati have almost identical ones.
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Scholl:
http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/DNN/Portals/18/documents/registrar/catalogs/2008/Scholl_09-10.pdf pg. 28

EDIT: Just checked out the 3rd/4th year schedule. Looks like Scholl will have 7 - 11 Podiatry Clerkships before CRIPs!

DMU:
http://www.dmu.edu/cpms/pm/curriculum/
 
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Bass, I initially thought I made a good point too until I thought about it and came to the same realization as you. Looks like my argument was flawed. By the way, how many classes does Scholl take with the DO students?
 
janV88 said:
Scholl:
http://www.rosalindfranklin.edu/DNN/Portals/18/documents/registrar/catalogs/2008/Scholl_09-10.pdf pg. 28

EDIT: Just checked out the 3rd/4th year schedule. Looks like Scholl will have 7 - 11 Podiatry Clerkships before CRIPs!

DMU:
http://www.dmu.edu/cpms/pm/curriculum/
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jeez, talk about intense... I couldn't find a curriculum page online for ohio state, but here's Wright State's MD curriculum, which is essentially identical to OSU's MD program. You can click on each course and see what exactly it is (for example, biochem and genetics are one course, anatomy, and embryo are another course, etc...)

http://www.med.wright.edu/students/guide/curriculum.html

thanks for the info!
 
phospho said:
always been curious about the curriculums you guys have, and how similar they are to us. If anyone would care to share a link, I'd appreciate it.

I go to Ohio State's MD program. I'm looking for a curriculum link, and will post it if I can find something. If not, I know Wright State and Cincinnati have almost identical ones.
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The DO program and the DPM program at Western University are the exact same for the first 2 years except for one class; they have OMM and we have PMP. We are in the same classes for all the basic sciences. We pay almost half of the tuition that the DO students pay though 🙂

I know rotations will be similar between the two programs, but not totally. Don't have any links though, sorry.
 
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