Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine - Achilles Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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n to surgery, and time to impress everyone for residencies. We learned the ropes of booking a standard PCPM case. Bring the patient to Insurance, bring the pink form to the OR, book the case with the OR, get x-rays, get blood work on the patients, get the consent form signed, and then calmly wait for the patient to cancel the case. We learned a lot at the new eight o’clock conferences. We even learned how often some clinicians forgot they scheduled it. The Chief of Surgery set stringent rules which he made sure to never let us forget. Along with the Chief was a host of newcomers. Dr. Martin taught us surgical precision and concern for the patient. Dr. Mandracchia showed us a flair and did his best to keep us cool in the OR. He even dared to try to bring some interesting cases upstairs to teach us gasp! Dr. Jolly got mad and left PCPM because they wouldn’t let him do triples upstairs. And no description of the surgery department is complete without the two lovely ladies who run the OR. They make things pleasant in that pressured arena. r he rest of clinic was taken up by taking and reading x-rays. Physical Therapy (Does anyone know who Dr. Rabin is?), Anesthesia rotation, Orthotics Lab with Dr. Lebovith (Did I ever tell you the story of ... ?), and Gait Study with Univac Dr. Jacoby, who gives a new slant on angle and base of gait. For all of you who couldn’t make them, here is a brief description of classes. Naturally, nobody ever realized you were absent since we decided not to sign the attendance sheet, or did we? There was Physical Therapy and 957 Variations of hydrotherapy. Remember, douche is a form of hydrotherapy. In PVD. our resident expert told us that atherosclerosis sounds like choo-choo’-choo while Raynaud’s sounds like choo'-choo-choo. All aboard! Dermatology may not have told us how to treat atopic dermatitis or tinea pedis, but it was a sure-Fire remedy for insomnia. Our psychiatry course taught us how to deal with depressed metatarsals and split personalities. Dr. Jay showed us the importance of keeping one hand on a diaper while examining an infant.

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iagnosis came with its cast of thousands. If one wanted to maintain patient-clinician continuity, the patient would have to wait till next year. The fourth year students did teach us all the important things; Now we know how to go for breaks, dodge patients, and avoid clinicians with charts. We all learned the I.emont 1-10 pain scale. We can elicit pain even from the most asymptomatic 90 year old lady. And, “when in doubt, inject it out”. I thought we’d have to go to odd-even steroid rationing. While taking histories, patients told us about their bouts with Screamin’ Mary Jesus, fireballs of the F.uharist, the Arthuritis. and the Gouch. And after all our in depth questions about their eyes, ears, noses, throats, stomachs, and rectums, they all asked. “Doctor, why can’t you just cut my nails?” Orthopedics was obviously a close-knit unit. Dr. Pressman set world records by flinging a BMO the length of the clinic floor. Dr. Jay showed us how easy it was to deal with kids . except on Tuesdays. The department chairman went natural with his hair. He figured that if nobody recognized him, he wouldn’t have to hear cases. But, the driving force of Ortho was the threat of traffic tickets or late and loitering offenses. Stay out of the halls, keep your drawers neat, and fill your bottles. We didn’t like it, but we went with it anyway. We learned BMO’s, UMO’s, and saw some UFO’s — the Unscientific Futile Orthotic — for patients you don’t want to see again. And with Ortho’s five week back-up, you won’t ever have to see them again.

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ur neurology professor did his best to make us forget we ever had a neuroanatomy course. Why is it always our class that the teachers discover had copies of old tests? And, surgery gave us a variety of lecturers. First trimester we took Intro to C'ontompossis. Then came Metatarsal Surgery which was four weeks of material strung out for a whole trimester. Then we got precise guidelines for bunion surgery. Finally, we heard some superb lectures in Rearfoot, or, how to rearrange every tendon in the body. What we really came away with from Rearfoot is that Connecticut must have lenient rules. Usually a professor will define the course in the first lecture. However, we were really introduced to Trauma at the final. Okay, who failed the first time? Who failed the second time? Any overlap? It was really very simple — Take the square root of the number of questions right minus the number of questions wrong. Multiply by the cube root of the first three numbers of your Social Security number. Add your birthdate and subract your bank account. You see, simple. We musn't forget the course that taught us the SCRTC 2,3,4 H2,3,4, the under and over full ram’s head activated latex bunion shield, and “W hy my son calls me Dr. Daddy . Remember, attendance is worth 50%, so if you're reading this now, you’ve almost passed. We were taught that in an emergency room you always boom the what do ya call it; or, do you what do ya call it and then boom. To round out our academics we were inundated with malpractice law. One very important concept we learned is that to cover yourself and thoroughly protect yourself from a law suit all you must do is not open a practice. See, it’s all so easy. msmmmmmmm —x N.w C« . FRA rUIM ViNE Thru to NWOO ST ATE HJfi AlSSEWpSB Cfi ? EARLY BIRD 50 i SPECfAL VP TO f HOUR .: : 7 r xT EA.ADDl HR.0! FftACT . .1.00 MAX. ALL DAV w 2 HRS..' 300 ALL RAT£S t GL MX PARKING PLACES,. WCoer. FRANrUlNOANE T1 PARK • AND LOCK IlSTORIC PH1LA. Camper Parking FLATMATE