Program Overview

Program Overview

The Podiatric Medicine DPM program at Temple University is a comprehensive educational experience that prepares students for a career in podiatric medicine.

Program Requirements

General Program Requirements

The program requires a total of 196.15 credit hours to complete.

Required Courses

The following courses are required for the program:

• Year 1:
  • PBMS P100: Histology (6.25 credit hours)
  • PBMS P102: General Anatomy (7 credit hours)
  • PBMS P103: Lower Extremity Anatomy (7.7 credit hours)
  • PBMS P104: Physiology II (2.5 credit hours)
  • PBMS P105: Neuroanatomy (2 credit hours)
  • PBMS P109: Biomechanics (2 credit hours)
  • PBMS P110: Biochemistry (6 credit hours)
  • PBMS P111: Physiology (5 credit hours)
  • PBMS P120: Microbiology (6.8 credit hours)
  • PDMD P130: Fundamentals of Podiatric Practice I (3.5 credit hours)
• Year 2:
  • PBMS P210: Pharmacology (5.25 credit hours)
  • PBMS P221: Pathology (9 credit hours)
  • PBMS P222: Pathophysiology (3 credit hours)
  • PDMD P200: Fundamentals of Podiatric Practice II (2.7 credit hours)
  • PDMD P215: Internal Medicine (3 credit hours)
  • PDMD P230: Fundamentals of Dermatology (2.2 credit hours)
  • PDMD P236: Foot and Ankle Radiology (2.6 credit hours)
  • PDMD P237: Vascular Disease (2 credit hours)
  • PDMD P239: Infectious Disease (1 credit hour)
  • PDMD P336: Neurology (1.6 credit hours)
  • PDOR P240: Pathomechanics (2 credit hours)
  • PDOR P241: Casting (1 credit hour)
  • PDOR P243: Clinic Foot Orthopedics (1.8 credit hours)
  • PDOR P248: Sports Medicine (4 credit hours)
  • PDSR P250: Principles of Podiatric Surgery I (2.8 credit hours)
  • PDSR P252: Principles of Podiatric Surgery II (2.5 credit hours)
  • PDSR P253: O R Protocol (1 credit hour)
  • PDSR P257: Podiatric Surgical Skills (2.4 credit hours)
• Year 3:
  • PCED P381: Intro Clerkship Clinical Podiatry I (13.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P384: Clerkship Clinical Podiatry I (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P385: Clerkship Clinical Podiatry II (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P386: Clerkship Clinical Podiatry III (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCHA P360: Community Health (2 credit hours)
  • PCHA P361: Law & Podiatric Medicine (1.8 credit hours)
  • PCHA P362: Professional Administration and Development (2 credit hours)
  • PDOR P340: General Orthopedics (2 credit hours)
  • PDOR P342: Pediatric Foot Orthopedics (1.8 credit hours)
  • PDOR P346: Traumatology (1.75 credit hours)
  • PDSR P352: Principles of First Ray Surgery (2.6 credit hours)
  • PDSR P353: Reconstructive Surgery Foot & Leg (2.6 credit hours)
  • Select one from the following (4.5 credit hours):
    • PCED P387: Medical Elective
    • PDMD P334: Clerkship Internal Medicine
  • Select one from the following (4.5 credit hours):
    • PDMD P331: Clerkship Clinical Neurology
    • PDMD P332: Clerkship Peripheral Vascular Disease
    • PDMD P334: Clerkship Internal Medicine (may be taken twice for credit)
    • PDMD P338: Clerkship Infectious Disease
    • PDOR P341: Clerkship General Orthopedics
• Year 4:
  • PCED P431: Clerkship Clinical Podiatry IV (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P432: Clerkship Clinical Podiatry V (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P440: Community Clerkship (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P441: External Podiatric Clerkship I (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P442: External Podiatric Clerkship II (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P443: External Podiatric Clerkship III (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P444: External Podiatric Clerkship IV (4.5 credit hours)
  • PCED P446: External Podiatric Clerkship V (4.5 credit hours)
  • Select one from the following (4.5 credit hours):
    • PCED P443: External Podiatric Clerkship III
    • PCED P447: External Podiatric Clerkship VI
  • Select one from the following (4.5 credit hours):
    • PCED P410: Clerkship in General Orthopedics (cannot be taken in addition to PDOR P341)
    • PDMD P421: Clerkship Clinical Neurology (cannot be taken in addition to PDMD P331)
    • PDMD P421: Clerkship Clinical Neurology (may be taken after PDMD P334 and/or PCED P387, and must be selected if PDMD P334 or PCED P387 has not already been completed)
    • PDMD P428: Clerkship Infectious Disease (cannot be taken in addition to PDMD P338)
    • PDMD P445: Clerkship in Peripheral Vascular Disease (cannot be taken in addition to PDMD P332)