Curriculum The four-year podiatric medical curriculum provides career preparation through classroom, laboratory and clinical experiences. Basic health sciences are taught as an integrated curriculum reflecting the interrelationship of body systems. The third year features a problem-based curriculum in which small groups of students are assigned to faculty members. Working as a group, students solve carefully selected actual and simulated clinical problems. Students interact with other members of the health care team, such as primary care physicians, specialists and students in other health care programs.
Emphasis is on podiatric medicine as an integral part of total health care.
Most of the institutions offering clinical training also offer postdoctoral residency programs. While selection for residencies is competitive, CPMS students have the advantage of extensive fourth-year clinical experiences. Many students receive residencies where they completed their clinical training. The College conducts postdoctoral residency programs in primary care podiatric medicine, podiatric surgery and podiatric orthopedics. The College offers a program of study in Health Care Administration that leads to a Master of Health Care Administration degree.