Agreeby Anonymous (no login)Jeff I will agree that we have been our own enemies in regards to PR. This is one area I have always disagreed with the majority of the APMA leadership. I am a member and have served as a state officer and have always questioned the emphasis on care that will eventually be noncovered or handled by others. I remember being on the PR committee for a northern state and the best they could come up with was a poster contest in nursing homes. I wanted a Did you know campaign so that people would start to know who and what we are. I still fight that battle but as the profession changes and we have gained hospital access and scope people are finally seeing what we do. One of our problems is when we fight among ourselves and the limited scope DPM refers patients to orthopedists for rearfoot and ankle care or when the full scope trys do care they are not good at or bored with(foot care and orthotics). Until we all can do anything that walks in or we begin to refer like the dentists this will not change. This profession is in a slump for applicants but as the incomes rises as all receive 2/3 year residencies and the graduate pool changes the employer to employee ratio we will se an increase. Now I hope when this occurs, we are better prepared to handle the graduates and make sure they all still receive good residency training. We will never see a return to the applicant pools of the 80s. Foreign medical schools now with student loan options and residency placement has drained all of the second choice professions. Malpractice, negative effects of managed care,increased competiton all have affected this and other professions. This downturn I think has been a good thing atleast regarding employment and training. Now if we can get the schools from being so tuition driven the poor applicant may not get the chance to bring us down. My opinion from IP address 152.163.253.1 Goto Forum Home |
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| Hospital PR | anonymous on May 16, 6:16 PM |
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