Medical School Acceptanceby (no login)I'll give you a DPM perspective on this: I'll quote you a paragraph from one of my earlier posts. "People choose their professions based on their life experiences and what gives them a sense of purpose and pleasure. I am reminded how lucky I am everyday to be gifted with loads of talent and skill to help people everyday with their respective foot problems. I sleep great every night knowing I've helped 30 to 40 people that day and brought a better quality of life to that person. When I went to podiatry school, I knew students who left medical school, had 70 on their MCAT and could go to any medical school in the country. I knew one individual who turned down a scholarship to medical school so he could attend podiatry school. Why didn't they go to medical school and chose podiatry school instead? Only they will know. And don't be misguided, Podiatrists treat the whole patient, not just the foot. But how do you ask? We deal with emergency situations, hospital admissions, diabetic foot infections, traumatic injuries everyday. Every good residency program in the country has a podiatry residency in its shadow. Family practioners and even orthopedic surgeons learn from podiatry every day. So, it doesn't really matter what initials you have after your name. The initials only signifies your professional philosophy, not your professional integrity." To me, there is no significance to which profession you choose, only WHY you choose it. Being a medical school 'reject' has its place, no matter how you look at it. Don't look as 'podiatry school as a last resort', look at it as a 'liberation' from the confines of ignorance. Whatever road takes you, do you best and 'be the best'. At the moment, there are more residency programs available to DPM residents than ever before. As residency programs improve and place themselves in more teaching hospitals, the younger MD's and DO's will leave those programs without the prejudice and ignorance that has plagued the MD establishement. The world will be a better place. Good luck in your life choices!  Al Kline DPM Al@Kline.net http://www.podassociates.net from IP address 24.175.161.120 Goto Forum Home |
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