OPMSA Meet-and-Greet: Fernando Cruz, Director of Clinical Affairs Elect

This handsome devil to the left is Fernando Cruz. If you have spent any time around the recreation room at the school you may know him better by his ping-ping pseudonym "The Hummingbird." Fernando is the OPMSA Director of Clinical Affairs Elect. Along with just being a simply stellar guy, these are some of the things he does for you: Coordinates, represents and meets with the Class Clinic Representatives. Acts as the liaison between...

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OPMSA Meet-and-Greet: The Good, The Not-So-Bad, & The Ugly

With all organizations and clubs around the school it sometimes gets a little bit confusing figuring out who is who and who does what. In effort to throw you a bone, we wanted to give you the low-down on your OPMSA Board members and let you get to know us a bit. Periodically we'll highlight one of our board members and let them give you the 'one-two' of who they are and what they do. Believe it or not, we are here for you and want to get to know...

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Dressing for success (in clinic)

If you're a 3rd or 4th year student, you might feel somewhat left in the dark about where you can get your scrubs and white coats for clinic. If you've gained the '1st Year 40' like many of us did, there is a good chance that your white coat doesn't button any more (it's okay, mine didn't either). Likewise, at the beginning of 3rd year no one is standing around with a sign telling you what color of green will keep you from getting sent home from...

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OPMSA Journal Club

OPMSA has decided to put together a weekly student-lead journal club. For those of you who are getting ready to go on externships, this can save you from embarrassing verbal diarrhea in front of an attending. For the rest of you, you will get incredible exposure to the tricks of our trade. No matter where you are in your path to being a podiatric physician, the more you know, the better doctor you'll be! Here's the idea: At the beginning of...

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Welcome to the new OPMSA blog!

Now that we are Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, it is time for OPMSA to get a face-lift! We hope that by providing an easy to access blog, you can better access the information you need. You will soon be able to find an up-to-date calendar of events, current editions of our Footprints newsletter and regularly updated news to keep you in-the-know with everything at the CPM. If you think of ways we can improve the blog or make...

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