PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE (2.0 credit hours)
Faculty: Dr. Robert Yoho (Dean), Dr. Mindy Feilmeier, Dr. John Bennett, Dr. Kevin Smith, Dr. James Mahoney, Dr. Kathy Frush & Guest Lecturers
Ingredients:
Lectures by CPMS faculty
Clinical case discussions
Supplementary journal articles
This course consists of:
2 section exams
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) completion
Inter-professional Education (IPE) Day
Recipe for Success (from the kitchen of Christine Cho):
Take all of our advice with a grain of salt! When we were in your shoes, we inherited some tips from the second years – study guides and insider information on specific professors, high-yield lecture material, and additional resources to consider. While it’s useful to have all this information at your fingertips, it’s important to note that each year professors retire and material is often re-organized based on student course evaluation feedback. Of all the classes that you will take in your first year, P&P of Pod Med will be the first class that you’ll encounter (after Biochemistry and Gross Anatomy) that changes significantly between different years of DPM students. Not all of the study guides will match up completely with the objectives you may be asked to know for each exam. We had two exams last year: one covering basic organizations and principles of podiatry, one covering basic lower limb anatomy and case studies that the professors had presented. The year prior, the course consisted of multiple quizzes on each case and three exams. During the case study presentations, professors may casually reference an article that they had authored themselves. READ THOSE, with special focus on the methods and conclusions of each paper. It’s also important to note that the syllabus indicates CITI training and IPE Day as testable material – this typically applies to the second exam and caught many of us in the Class of 2017 by surprise.
Pay close attention to objectives for the first exam, as this is advice consistently echoed by the second, third, and fourth year students, and make sure to attend lectures -- this course is taught almost exclusively by CPMS faculty. The first class session will often consist of Dean Yoho pointing to each student and asking them to introduce themselves to the entire class; of all the faculty members, he is most likely to know if you’re missing a session. This is your first chance to get your feet wet in podiatric medicine, so I’d highly recommend that you treat it as a valuable opportunity to get to know the faculty and your classmates early on! Good luck with first year and welcome to medical school!
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