Jasonby Alumni (no login)Jason, I am too very happy with podiatry. I have a great relationship with hospitals where I serve as a board member in the ambulatory surgery center and general medicine. I tell the truth. I am not going to shy away from the dark mass that follows podiatry around. There are no jobs for grads who can barely survive with over $100,000 in debts, the insurance panels are locked out, if you are accepted onto an insurance panel certain procedures are not covered where as an ortho would be. Hospitals limit the types of procedures (usually rearfoot) and govern admission privelages for DPMs. I dont argue with you that the DPM is the best choice for foot care however as you will learn there is more to podiatry than you have covered. I say to the potential podiatrists - choose a field that you will be able to survive in. I dont call me posts negative, they are infact reality. There are those of us who have done well but there are those who will suffer and after years of school and hundreds of thousands of dollars it is more worth anyones time to become a mainstream doctor - a DDS, MD, or DO. Good luck. from IP address 207.200.116.204 Goto Forum Home |
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