ABPS /ACFAS, Nothing more than another run of the mill Board certification!!by Anonymous (no login)I am currently a resident who is in a PPMR/PSR12. I was shocked to hear the standards for ABPS/ACFAS Board certification. The current system is flawed and unfair. Here is why! You cannot sit for ACFAS certification if you have only a PPMR/PSR12. Even if during your surgical year you log twice the rear foot numbers (50 minimum for 3 year residencies). When I posed this exact question to the board, there response was that although you have exceed the three year number of C cases required in one year. They cannot verify the training. What does this mean? That the 100+ Rearfoot reconstructive surgery C cases were nothing, held no training value and where just for the hell of it & fun time? Again this is another example of the elitist within the profession who eat there young. It is very intersting that they set this policy, but grandfather themselves and there lack of training as being up to par. When in fact, the quality of training a Podiatrist underwent 20-30 years ago is far less than that of a Podiatrist currently or recently trained. My program is currently transitioning to a PM&S 36 and I have been offered the third year. After speaking to many of my attendings, I have concluded that the cost to benefit ratio of doing a third year is not there! They also say that there are many other boards that can certify you and credit and give value to the numbers encountered in training. Of the four hospitals I cover. Not one, requires you to have ACFAS Certification in order to do rearfoot/ankle reconstruction surgery. These issues are the EXACT reason why the ACFAS represents the minority and at this point is NOT recognized outside of Podiatry as anything other than another board! from IP address 207.200.116.71 Goto Forum Home |
| Response Title | Author and Date |
| Why did you wait? | Rob on Aug 26, 9:24 AM |
| ABPS ACFAS certification | a Happy Podiatrist on Aug 26, 9:41 AM |
| Real Estate | Barry on Aug 29, 2:27 PM |
| Board certification what a crock | RR, DPM on Sep 25, 5:26 PM |
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