APMA News - March/April 2020 - 66

Development Update

Highlighting Today's Most Outstanding Student
Scholars: 10 Minutes with Grant Schindler
Each year, the APMA Educational Foundation
awards scholarships to exceptional third- and
fourth-year podiatric medical school students.
In this issue, we sat down with Grant Schindler,
Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Class of 2021, recipient of the Wisconsin
Legacy: In Honor of Drs. Kevin Kortsch, James
Boudreau, and Ian Furness scholarship. As an
undergraduate at the University of Sioux Falls,
Schindler majored in biology and minored in
chemistry.

Schindler: My hobbies include being outdoors-whether that is hiking, trail running, snowboarding, or traveling, to name a
few. I played football at the University of
Sioux Falls, so maintaining an active lifestyle
is important to me.

APMA News: What makes you stand out from
others?
Schindler: Coming from a Division II football
team in college, I have learned that being a
team member is ﬂuid-whether that means
taking a helping role and letting another team
member take over in certain situations or
APMA News: What made you decide to pursue
stepping up and becoming a leader at another
Grant Schindler
podiatric medicine?
moment. I think being a valuable team memSchindler: I always knew that I wanted to
ber and player along with having a dedicated,
work in the medical field but was unsure exactly what field.
hardworking mentality is something that makes me stand out
During college, I shadowed several different specialties ranging
from others.
from nursing, PA, NP, orthopedics, radiologists, and PT to find
out what I wanted to do. I first learned about podiatric medicine
APMA News: What qualities would you say make a great phywhen I was in high school, but it was not until my senior year in
sician?
college when I got a job working as a medical assistant for a
Schindler: The qualities I believe will make me a great phypodiatrist that I truly knew that this is what I wanted to do. The
sician are my attention to detail, my willingness to learn, berange of options that podiatry could offer me made me realize it
ing a team player/leader, and my dedication.
was what I wanted.
APMA News: Those skills must help you as a student.
APMA News: Where did you grow up?
Schindler: As a current third-year student at Temple, it is pretSchindler: Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
ty easy to stay motivated. Our clinic sees numerous patients
daily, so being able to go into patient rooms and use what I
APMA News: What are some challenges you've overcome or achave learned that day or week to help with patient evaluation
complishments you've achieved?
and treatment is really exciting and motivating to me.
Schindler: One challenge I had to overcome was moving to
Philadelphia. I grew up in a town of 15,000 and then went to
APMA News: What do you look forward to as a podiatric physicollege in a city of 150,000. Philadelphia, being over six million,
cian?
was overwhelming at first. However, I have learned to enjoy the
Schindler: As a future podiatric physician, I look forward to
city for all it has to offer.
being able to help patients daily. I am excited to use the knowledge I have gained to see patients return to their normal activAPMA News: What's the hardest part about being a student, and
ity. That is something I cannot wait to help them achieve after
what's the best?
they have a setback.
Schindler: I would say that the hardest part about being a student is being constantly challenged with the information that I
APMA News: Is anyone else in your family in the medical field?
have learned over my education. With that being said, that same
Schindler: My mother is a nurse. She just fi nished 22 years
challenge is something that I enjoy. I enjoy seeing how much I
working in the emergency room and has now decided to finhave learned and seeing myself progress as a student.
ish her career in the PACU. My oldest brother graduated from
Lourdes University as a CRNA in December 2019.
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APMA News: What are some things you like to do when you aren't studying or in school?
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