Reviews

"For anyone looking into the podiatry program at CSPM, please do whatever you can to avoid this school. The dean (stamps) only cares about profits, he works part time at kaiser, teaches a 1st year class, a 2nd year class, a 2nd year rotation, a 3rd year class, and a 3rd year rotation, all while allegedly “running” the podiatry program. You will he expected to attend mandatory courses taught by professors that don’t care. U will be responsible to learn everything on your own without any guidance or resources. The school will try to sell you on early clinical experience, which is the only advantage they can talk about, but they don’t tell you, you’ll also be required to take up to 6 classes during those rotations. The administrators are incompetent and will lose paperwork and prevent you from getting into your clerkships. All of the grading is completely subjective and you will not be given any chances for a rebuttal. The clinic experience will solely be nail trimming patients as fast as possible. There is no diversity of cases. You will leave the program with no clue on how to practice medicine, but you’ll be great at trimming nails. AVOID THIS PROGRAM and go literally anywhere else. Don’t believe me? Look at board scores/pass rates for part 1 and 2. This school is failing it’s students and charging more than any other podiatry school in the USRead Less"

"Definitely lots of work, but a fantastic program and worth it!"

"Instructors are very approachable and open to their students. You can tell they genuinely care about the students in the program."

"I am in the Podiatry Program at SMU. I absolutely love this school. The curriculum is very rigorous, but we have 100% of the faculty support. They are very understanding and are WILLING to work with you, which is very important. In addition, the school actually value your inputs. They constantly asked us for our feedback and make changes according to improve the school and the teaching environment for everyone."

"This is an excellent university and an excellent program. The school is small, which means intimate class sizes. But unfortunately that means that the administration is a bit lax. Don't be surprised if some things change last minute."