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Upon successful completion
of four years of graduate professional education, podiatric medical
graduates participate in post-graduate education and training
opportunities. Post-graduate training provides an orderly progression
form student doctor to competent, independent clinician. Residency
programs expose the podiatric medical graduate to structured learning
environments and experiences in general medical patient management along
with training in the diagnosis and care of podiatric pathology. Similar
to other medical specialties, this training process occurs in teaching
hospitals or academic health centers throughout the country. There are
two types of podiatric residency programs generally requiring two to
four years of training.
Approval by the
Council on Podiatric Medical Education
(CPME) of the American Podiatric
Medical Association (APMA) is the recognition accorded a podiatric
residency program that meets the educational standards established by
the profession. The primary purpose of approval is to promote and assure
high quality education and continuous improvement in educational
programs.
As additional resources, the relevant documents of the
Council of Podiatric Medical Education as follows:
For further
information or questions about these documents, contact us at the Office
of Graduate Services, AACPM.
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