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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
College of
Podiatric Medicine
In 2006, one of my long-term colleagues and I joined forces and
embarked on a journey to produce an unparalleled method of
educating podiatric physicians through mainstream medical
education. Along with the rigorous curriculum taken alongside
their osteopathic colleagues, CPM students receive their
podiatric education in a concentrated, two-year course called
Principles and Practices of Podiatric Medicine.
None of it happens without faculty willing to step outside of the
box and do things in a new way. Focused recruiting helped us
build a faculty of the most talented minds in our profession.
They serve as mentors, educators, researchers and clinicians.
We are small in workforce but large in character and vision.
WesternU CPM faculty have given generously of their time,
experience, and even money. (They personally help purchase
white coats for Convocation, and pay for students to attend
professional conferences.) They serve far beyond a “normal”
Lawrence Harkless, DPM workday for the sake of the college, especially the students.
Their toil and labor has helped produce 21st century physicians
and surgeons who, after residency training, will have the
privilege of practicing the art and science of podiatric medicine
and surgery at a higher level than anyone who came before
them.
We are a little more than one year away from graduating the
fourth and final class of our pioneer cohort. I hope those
graduates will look back fondly at WesternU CPM. I believe they
will one day recognize the caring dedication of those who taught
them, and that that care extended far beyond the classroom or
clinic. Perhaps they will realize, as they establish successful
practices, that WesternU was where it all started, with a faculty
set on creating a new way of educating the modern Doctor of
Podiatric Medicine.
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College of
Podiatric Medicine
In 2006, one of my long-term colleagues and I joined forces and
embarked on a journey to produce an unparalleled method of
educating podiatric physicians through mainstream medical
education. Along with the rigorous curriculum taken alongside
their osteopathic colleagues, CPM students receive their
podiatric education in a concentrated, two-year course called
Principles and Practices of Podiatric Medicine.
None of it happens without faculty willing to step outside of the
box and do things in a new way. Focused recruiting helped us
build a faculty of the most talented minds in our profession.
They serve as mentors, educators, researchers and clinicians.
We are small in workforce but large in character and vision.
WesternU CPM faculty have given generously of their time,
experience, and even money. (They personally help purchase
white coats for Convocation, and pay for students to attend
professional conferences.) They serve far beyond a “normal”
Lawrence Harkless, DPM workday for the sake of the college, especially the students.
Their toil and labor has helped produce 21st century physicians
and surgeons who, after residency training, will have the
privilege of practicing the art and science of podiatric medicine
and surgery at a higher level than anyone who came before
them.
We are a little more than one year away from graduating the
fourth and final class of our pioneer cohort. I hope those
graduates will look back fondly at WesternU CPM. I believe they
will one day recognize the caring dedication of those who taught
them, and that that care extended far beyond the classroom or
clinic. Perhaps they will realize, as they establish successful
practices, that WesternU was where it all started, with a faculty
set on creating a new way of educating the modern Doctor of
Podiatric Medicine.
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