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

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sweats with the hood. It made you want to slick a Chiquila banana label on his chest. Cindy Resnick comes down from one of the isolation chambers in the library only to return again after the exam. The tests arc handed out by Su ic who is overtaxed as she tries to determine which row should be pink and which should be green. The right exit door blasts open and Nick Maro. wearing a big long coat and carrying a hugh gym bag. comes hurriedly into the room. Mark Sands pounds the desk in his tribal ritual and then takes his pencil from his right ear. Now we can begin. With I 5 minutes remaining in the exam, you can hear Gary Mosey in the hall yelling to Skip Kowalchick. liveryone's head turns to the back of the room. Then, back to the test to review all the choices for the third time and to change some of the correct answers to the wrong ones. FOURTH YEAR Wc were split into 3 groups for this last year together. Some were doing the “Extern Shuffle This new dance step was to look over the heads of surgeons in order to observe surgery. Others were doing clerkships for either educational or political reasons. The last group was back at the good of Foot and Ankle Institute, as it had been renamed It was hard for any of us to concentrate on what we were doing with the Residency Interviews looming over our heads. The more fortunate heard from programs early. Most sweated it out with C.ASPR. Some were left with the question: “Now what? Upon returning to clinic from our rotations, everything seemed so different. The knowledge wc had obtained over the last 4 years seemed to be consolidating and starling to make sense. Our old apprehensivencss to the patients transformed into confidence and competence. Wc would look at a 3rd year student and ask “Did it really take me that long to do a II P? The answer was of course “NO”, it took us longer. But somewhere between the 3rd and 4th year, wc made the quantum leap from Podiatry Student to Doctor of Podialric Medicine...... Congratulations, (.'lass of 1988! Be proud of your accomplishments, but remember, this is only the beginning. Eric Egclman and l)avc Pcrclstcin 16

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