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What To Expect From The Next Four Years Of Podiatric Medical School

09/07/2018

So you have made the resolute choice of pursuing a podiatric medical education and now you are wondering what the next four years will be like. The answer varies from one medical school to another but there is a general skeleton that each of...

So you have made the resolute...

09/07/2018

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Why Podiatry Really Is The Best-Kept Secret In Medicine

03/24/2017

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

While discovering podiatry, I was completing a master’s program alongside medical students at an osteopathic school. Our clinical instructor noticed my interest in sports medicine during a lower extremity workshop. He recommended that I...

While discovering podiatry, I...

03/24/2017

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How The Internet of Medical Things Can Impact Podiatric Medicine

05/30/2018

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

In 1965, Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, observed that the number of transistors on integrated circuits per square inch doubled every year since their invention in 1947.1,2 Based on that observation, he formulated Moore’s Law, which...

In 1965, Gordon Moore, the...

05/30/2018

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Promoting Access To Mental Health Services And Self-Care For Podiatry Students

03/19/2018

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03/19/2018

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The Economic Case For More Steps And Better Podiatric Health

01/17/2018

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

For over 180 years, the notion that railroads stimulate economic growth has prevailed. Today, politicians on the right and left offer their unequivocal support for infrastructure funding during their campaigns, and rightfully so. The...

For over 180 years, the notion...

01/17/2018

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Maximizing Your Second Student Year To Prepare For Clinic

11/08/2017

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

Less than a year ago, during my last semester of the second year, I was taking a course called Fundamentals of Podiatric Practice II. The course was a great primer for soon-to-be third-year student doctors preparing to enter the clinical...

Less than a year ago, during my...

11/08/2017

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Why It Is Important To Be Involved In Extracurricular Activities In Medical School

09/14/2017

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

Like all of my third-year colleagues across the nine podiatric medical colleges, I submitted my externship applications last week. As part of the process, you are required to submit your grade point average over the past two years as well as...

Like all of my third-year...

09/14/2017

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How To Prepare For APMLE Part 1 Boards

08/17/2017

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

The American Podiatric Medical Licensing Examination (APMLE) Part I can feel like it is lingering over your head for the first two years of podiatric medical school with the few months prior to the exam being the most intense of all. Although...

The American Podiatric Medical...

08/17/2017

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Dear Incoming Podiatric Medical Student

07/19/2017

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

In a few days, you will embark on a lifelong journey, cloaked in the guise of a four-year excursion in podiatry school. Everything you have heard about this adventure will not do justice to what you will soon discover on your own. This is not...

In a few days, you will embark...

07/19/2017

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Working Toward Greater Public Service: An Interview With Rep. Brad Wenstrup, DPM

06/29/2017

Rami Basatneh , DPM;

When people think of the average member of Congress, they paint an individual whose calculus has been geared throughout his or her life for the ultimate pursuit of a career in Washington. They think of an individual who has been walking the...

When people think of the average...

06/29/2017

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