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. FPMA has set a goal of getting 10% of our member podiatrists signed up as DPM Mentors (we thank those of you who have signed up already!). Please get involved in this very worthwhile program!
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.