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
Article: Student Recruitment - The Future of Podiatry is in Your HandsThe Step Into Podiatry Website
Sign up to be a Mentor for Prospective Students via the APMA websiteThe Step Into Podiatry YouTube Video
Student Recruitment Tool KitFind a Mentor - Student Registration
Access Student Recruitment PowerPoint Presentations and HandoutsThe Podiatry Journey YouTube Channel
FPMA Footprints Magazine Articles:
Student Recruitment of Vital Importance to the Future of Podiatry
FPMA Student Recruitment Initiative: 2020 Update
Student Recruitment Is Something We All Need to Participate In		"Why Podiatry?" Flyer

APMA Website Students Section		 

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.