Ive attended both AZPOD and DMU interviews and its a hard choice. The big selling point for AZPOD for me was the open door policy of the teachers. If there is a specific thing you are murky on, or need some helpful advice about whats tested on, the profs are there for you. DMU did not share the same sentiment.
Also, I like the idea of a small class size at AZPOD. Plus it wasn't -4 degrees in Arizona when I interviewed.
One thing I liked about DMU was the complete 3rd year rotations were all in house (DMU foot and ankle clinic).
One of the subtle things I noticed is that DMU is extremely big on what I call "Physician Parity", where you are treated in entirety as a medical student, like the DOs. AZPOD had that to an extent, but it seemed like there was more of an emphasis on the teaching of DOs. PODs were given 2 dips on the simulation labs to DOs. Perhaps a student can explain this, maybe I came on the wrong day or something.
One last thing, and this is entirely subjective, but I felt like the students at AZPOD were much more comfortable in their skin being pods and their role in the health care field as opposed to the DMU students. DMU students seemed to me trying to justify their education and their choice in podiatry, and as I found out, most of them applied to MD/DO schools and failed. This is both good and bad, as we need strong fighters to push for complete physician rights, but appeared a bit insecure. This wasn't overly the case, as it was just a subtle hint/flavor that most wanted to be DO students in the first place.
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