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THE APMSA HOPES YOU HAD A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE
JULY 4TH 

Summer Campaign #OperateLikeAGirl Has Launched


To highlight the benefits of pursuing podiatry as a career, APMA has created #OperateLikeAGirl. This social media campaign, which will run throughout July, will feature one female podiatrist each week. Not only will this showcase the diverse field of podiatry, but also empower other young women to pursue podiatry as a career.


Sound like a campaign you would like to take part in? You can! Simply snap a selfie prior to surgery and tag us at @APMA. Use the hashtag #OperateLikeAGirl. We'll repost it! APMA is collaborating with the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) on this campaign.

The Spring edition of  First Step is now available on www.apmsa.org. Read  APMSA President, William Hurtt's thoughts on the recent APMA House of Delegates Meeting. Meet the new APMSA Delegates from the class of 2020. See what your APMSA liaisons have been doing for you and checkout the Partner Spotlight! 
Make First Step Your Next Good Read
First Step always includes information about events at your college and important issues affecting you.  First Step is written for students, by students. To contribute to the Fall edition of  First Step, please email Kimberly Vouzikas at  ktvouzikas@apmsa.org.  
2017 Residency Placement Status Update
Final Report
The AACPM provides periodic status reports on residency placements from Match Day through the end of June. This will be the final press release regarding residency placement data for the 2017 residency cycle. The following is residency placement data as of June 30, 2017:  

RESIDENCY APPLICANTS: Class of 2017

Placed in Residencies                                            549 (95.0%)

To Be Placed                                                            29 (5.0%)

TOTAL                                                                     578 (100.0%)


RESIDENCY POSITIONS:

CPME Approved Positions at June 30, 2017                  617

Positions not filling for this training year                            44

Total Active Positions Available for this year                   573


Prior Year Applicants:              Class of 2016               Class of 2015      Prior Years

Placed In Residencies               19 (63.3%)                   2 (40.0%)            3 (18.8%)

To Be Placed                              11 (36.7%)                   3 (60.0%)          13 (81.2%)

TOTAL                                        30 (100.0%)                 5 (100.0%)        16 (100%)


When taking overall placements into consideration, 573 (91.1 %) of the 629 residency applicants have found residency positions thus far this year. There are 56 (8.9%) applicants that have yet to find a residency position for the 2017-2018 training year. 
Working Toward Greater Public Service:
An Interview By APMSA Delegate And APMA PAC Liaison, Rami Basatneh With Rep.
Brad Wenstrup, 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 party line since the day he or she could tell the proverbial elephant apart from the proverbial donkey...  Learn more
To Help You With Your
Clerkship and Residency Selections   

The APMSA’s highly anticipated annual Residency Survey provides candid, first-hand information from current podiatric medical residents about their residency program to aid you with clerkship and residency selections. 

Stay tuned to APMSA e-News to find out when this valuable member benefit will be made available later this month to you on apmsa.org.
First KSUCPM Annual Student Alumni Weekend
The Ohio Podiatric Medical Students Association (OPMSA) and Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM) are excited to be hosting the first annual Student Alumni Weekend and invite you to join us for this momentous occasion Friday, August 18th to Sunday, August 20th. 

Weekend events will include a family friendly luau with pig roast, OPMSA’s 25th Annual Clinical Symposium, a procedure hosted by Lapiplasty for local residents and podiatrists, a bone saw workshop for students, KSUCPM’s Annual Hall of Fame Dinner with silent auction, and the announcement of KSUCPM’s student of the year. The fun filled weekend ends with     
the Annual OPMSA Golf Tournament.  

The proceeds from the weekend will go towards student scholarships to help those unable to afford medical school. Join APMSA in supporting the 1st Student Alumni Weekend by becoming a sponsor, purchasing a table/tickets, funding the mission (100% tax deductible donation to KSUCPM) or by purchasing an ad in the Event Program book. The APMSA is committed to helping student members and will sponsor a golf hole.

For more information, please visit click here or contact Stephanie Marquardt .
Experience the Residency Rumble...for Free! 
PRESENT e-Learning Systems, our longtime valued Partner is once again extending their generous offer to APMSA members to attend their upcoming Podiatric Residency Education Summit Conferences for FREE. This is a great opportunity for forward thinking students to attend THE central annual gathering of the podiatric residency education community, to meet residents, residency directors, and attendings at residency programs in a comfortable, collegial setting. 
You will get to walk around a packed Exhibit Hall with companies showing the latest surgical and wound care technology, and sit in on a Lecture Program carefully curated for podiatrists in residency training. It is a great opportunity for you to learn what is most important among all that you are learning in podiatry school. You can also observe the Residency Rumble that you’ve heard about. This academic game show that residents from 100 programs take part in each year is a wild and fun event, but actually consists of questions submitted by the American Board of Podiatric Medicine from past board exams and therefore does serve a great educational purpose for you.


Here’s what a attendee last year had to say:

 

"These are great educational and social experiences provided by PRESENT e-Learning Systems in their tradition of excellence in programming and education. Looking forward to ResEdSummit East 2017!" — David George, DPM, Greater New York City Area

There are 2 Residency Education Summits this year…choose the one closest to you:

INSTRUCTIONS: Take advantage of this exceptional offer now by clicking on REGISTER (at the top right corner of the websites above). Click NEW REGISTRATION, and on the Registration page, enter your EMAIL ADDRESS, APMSA code:  APMSAFREE and select STUDENT. Then follow the on-screen instructions to complete your complimentary registration. 

IMPORTANT: This APMSA member exclusive code is not to be shared with non-members or the code and the program will be permanently deactivated and discontinued.

The APMSA gratefully acknowledges our following Partners for their generous support of the APMSA student programs and services.
Corporations
Vionic Group, LLC        

Organizations

Podiatry Groups  
Doctors of Podiatric Medicine 
Dr. David Armstrong
Dr. Kirk W. Davis
Dr. Jerauld D. Ferritto
Dr. Matthew G. Garoufalis
Dr. Scott Hughes
Dr. Jay D. Lifshen
Dr. Hal Orenstein  
Dr. Laura J. Pickard
Dr. Charles F. Ross
Dr. Seth Rubenstein  
Dr. David Schweibish
Dr. Christopher S. Seuferling
Dr. Frank Spinosa
Dr. Stephanie Wu  
Dr. David Yeager    
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