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?
Listed below are links to information concerning student recruitment. Please get involved in this very worthwhile activity!
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.
(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
FPMA President-Elect, David Schweibish, DPM,
providing a presentation to the BUSPM Class of 2028
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.