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Technical Standards

Medical education requires that the accumulation of scientific knowledge be accompanied by the simultaneous acquisition of skills and professional attitudes and behavior. Technical standards presented below are requisite for admission, continued enrollment, and graduation from Barry University’s School of Podiatric Medicine. 

Requirements

  • 1

    Observation

    The candidate for the DPM degree must be able to observe demonstrations and participate in experiments in the pre-clinical sciences.

  • 2

    Communication

    The candidate for the DPM degree should be able to speak, to hear, and to observe patients in order to elicit information; to describe changes in mood, activity, and posture; and to perceive nonverbal communications.

  • 3

    Motor Coordination or Function

    The candidate for the DPM degree should have sufficient motor function to elicit information from patients by palpation, auscultation, percussion, and other diagnostic maneuvers. The candidate should be able to order basic laboratory tests (urinalysis, CBC, etc.), carry out diagnostic procedures (phlebotomy, arthrocentesis, etc.), and read EKGs and radiographs.

     

  • 4

    Intellectual-Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative Abilities

    Problem-solving, the critical skill demanded of physicians, requires intellectual-conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities that include measurement, calculation, reasoning, analysis, and synthesis. 

  • 5

    Behavioral and Social Attributes

    The candidate for the DPM degree must possess emotional health required for full use of their intellectual abilities, exercise of good judgment, prompt completion of all responsibilities attendant to the diagnosis and care of patients, and development of mature, sensitive and effective therapeutic relationships with patients. 

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