I have met several dentists who told me that they would have probably applied to podiatry school if they had known more about the profession. I understand that almost 15,000 applicants take the dental aptitude test every year. I also understand that less than 50% of the applicants to dental school actually gain admission.
Maybe the profession could consider accepting the dental aptitude test (DAT) results for admission to podiatric medical school. Just by having podiatric medical schools as an option to send scores to would put podiatric medical schools in contact with students who could eventually become podiatric medical school students.
David Herbert has a great idea about the DAT. He is thinking out of the box. Congratulations, you just solved podiatry’s problem finding qualified applicants.
