DPM Mentors/Student Recruitment

There is a serious need to get the word out to young people about the podiatric profession. The issue of low podiatric student enrollment needs to be addressed and who would be a better group to "get the word out" about becoming a podiatrist than actual podiatrists?


Student Recruitment Event

Dave Fletcher (left), BUSPM Admissions Director,
and FPMA member Nicholas Coretti, DPM (right)
participated in a recruitment event at Miami-Dade Community
College on June 23, 2025

 
   


Listed below are links to information concerning student recruitment. Please get involved in this very worthwhile activity!

 
Information/Resources for PodiatristsInformation/Resources for Students
NEW: Podiatrists Move the World Campaign Tool KitPodiatrists Move the World Website
APMA Article: Student Recruitment - The Future of Podiatry is in Your HandsA Day in the Life of a Podiatrist Video
Sign up to be a Mentor for Prospective Students via the APMA websiteThe Step Into Podiatry Website
Step Into Podiatry Student Recruitment Tool KitThe Step Into Podiatry YouTube Video
Access Student Recruitment PowerPoint Presentations and HandoutsFind a Mentor - Student Registration
FPMA Footprints Magazine Articles:
FPMA Student Recruitment Initiative Heats Up - Spring, 2025
Student Recruitment Is Something We All Need to Participate In - Fall, 2024
FPMA Student Recruitment Initiative: 2020 Update - Summer, 2020
Student Recruitment of Vital Importance to the Future of Podiatry - Summer, 2019		"Why Podiatry?" Flyer
APMA Website Students Section
The Podiatry Journey YouTube Channel		 

FPMA Welcomes the BUSPM Class of 2028

 

FPMA, represented by President-Elect David Schweibish, DPM, welcomed new Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine (BUSPM) students during new student orientation on August 23, 2024. Dr. Schweibish spoke and showed a PowerPoint presentation about FPMA membership to the new students. FPMA also provided students with a complimentary lunch.

Picture of five people at Barry University

(L to R) Megan Yeung, FPMSA Secretary,
Cassandra Saint-Louis, FPMSA President-Elect,
David Schweibish, DPM, FPMA President-Elect,
Maria Torrelbea, FPMSA Treasurer,
and Malachi Brown, FPMSA President

       
Physician giving a presentation

FPMA President-Elect, David Schweibish, DPM,
providing a presentation to the BUSPM Class of 2028

       
Students giving a presentation

FPMSA President Malachi Brown
and President-Elect Cassandra Saint-Louis
provide information to new BUSPM students

APMA Trustee Jane Andersen, DPM, takes a personal stake in the effort to recruit more students to podiatric medicine and surgery. Dr. Andersen regularly lectures to undergraduates at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and offers a suture workshop in collaboration with the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine. Watch to learn more about her efforts and how you could replicate them.