Organizer Profile
American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM)

American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM)

Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) is a nationally recognized education association that serves as a resource to students, residents, and practitioners by providing direct access to academic institutions; highlighting opportunities for clerkships and residencies; and linking students to mentors that guide their career development.

Mission
The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine's (AACPM) mission is to serve as the leader in facilitating and promoting excellence in podiatric medical education leading to the delivery of the highest quality lower extremity healthcare to the public. AACPM's membership consists of nine colleges and more than 200 hospitals and institutions that offer postdoctoral training in podiatric medicine. The Association serves as a national forum for the exchange of ideas, issues formation, and concerns relating to podiatric medical education.

Vision
AACPM’s vision is to ensure, through collaboration and other appropriate means, that academic podiatric medicine is a vibrant community of schools and residency programs and other entities staffed with administrators, teachers, and researchers capable of educating and training a podiatric workforce relevant to the needs of the public, generating new biomedical knowledge and providing academically based health services.