Is it within the license of a DPM to practice general medicine? If a woman goes to a DPM complaining of a blatter infection, is it within the scope of practice for the DPM to write an Rx for antibiotics?

Is a DPM trained in his/her medical schools to diagnose and treat for this sort of medicine?

Thanks.

Is it within the license of a DPM to practice general medicine? If a woman goes to a DPM complaining of a blatter infection, is it within the scope of practice for the DPM to write an Rx for antibiotics?

Is a DPM trained in his/her medical schools to diagnose and treat for this sort of medicine?

Thanks.

The DPM is not licensed to treat conditions other than those involving the foot and ankle and structures pertaining to it as defined by the state.

The DPM is not licensed to treat conditions other than those involving the foot and ankle and structures pertaining to it as defined by the state.

Not completely true.

If a woman comes to you for an implant surgery (total or hemi-joint), and in your normal pre-operative work-up you perform a UA, because you know that a joint implant is contraindicated in someone with a UTI. Your results reveal she has a UTI. It is within your scope to treat her for this pre-operatively.

Many other examples where general medicine directly applies to the foot, that is within your scope.

You have to use common sense.

LCR

Not completely true.

If a woman comes to you for an implant surgery (total or hemi-joint), and in your normal pre-operative work-up you perform a UA, because you know that a joint implant is contraindicated in someone with a UTI. Your results reveal she has a UTI. It is within your scope to treat her for this pre-operatively.

Many other examples where general medicine directly applies to the foot, that is within your scope.

You have to use common sense.

LCR

Thanks for the clarification. I did not know that.