response to osteodog

hey "dog"

I always like a good well thought out posting. What I see as the major problem with Podiatry today is the APMA. See some of my other posts which should be up around the same time as this one (as a side note, I think the moderators should get posts up sooner) In the highly populated areas there are many more podiatrist than are necessary, but they all seem to congregate in areas like LA, Florida, Ohio, Michigan, New York, etc. I don't practice in areas like this (although I did for a while)

My research led me to areas which were more underserved and growing. There are approximately 2 million people in the general area where I live with less than 30 podiatrists. That is why I get derm referrals, orthopedic referrals, hospital referrals etc. Yes, I do see a rather large number of nursing facility residents as well. I do this by choice and not for the money. Believe it or not I generally enjoy these people. Something for which I could never be faulted. Unfortunately my time is becoming far too precious with other commitments, and I may have to reluctantly give a lot of the work up.

"dog".....you know that there are far more new law schools cropping up every day, but truthfully how many new medical schools? FMG's are more prevalent than ever, and US schools are populated with foreigners since they don't fill their quotas with US citizens. You said that yourself. Why is that? I think we all know.

BTW...yes I did have a sweetheart deal when I entered podiatry school, but things changed in my second year, and the deal was not to be. What I have done was done by myself, with personality, skills, and a lot of hard work. Not necessarily in that order. I am sorry your "residency' was not up to par, and unfortunately most are not, but if you really wanted training, you would have found a way to get it on your own, and made the necessary sacrifices as did many of us.

Podiatry faces battles everyday, once again see my other posts on what I think about the APMA. In my opinion, as I have stated before, we have supreme court worthy issues here, and do little more than cry out for parity and an MD degree.

Any civil rights lawyers read this board? Maybe you would like to make a name for yourself arguing a case before the supreme court. I know of one in my hometown with a pretty good reputation, perhaps I will give him a call in the forthcoming weeks. I think I will be long dead and buried before the APMA would try. APMA.....what's wrong with giving something a shot? There is no shame in losing. Look at every successful individual or corporation. What do they all have in common?.......just more failures than the average person, and take more risks. WAKE UP