One drawback to ortho is having to deal with guys like this. We catch a lot of crap for being a bunch of meatheads jocks, etc. But then again even a meathead can diagnose a DOUCHEBAG with an inferiority complex.
For claiming to be so intelligent, blah blah blah you sure do make some stupid comments. You need to remember that orthopods are trained to deal with ALL musculoskeletal injury from the finger tips to the toes, including the spine. That is why my residency is 5 years and yours is 3years. Not to mention that most orthopods do a fellowship which is a whole year of extra training in the subspecialty of our choice. Just because we choose to undergo another year of subspecialty training in hand, total joint replacement, sports, trauma, spine, or what have you doesn't mean we have forgotten the very basic principles taught us in residency and in our experiences beyond residency. In my future practice will I ever venture into an OR for definitive fixation of a Hawkins 4 Talar neck fracture? No, but I sure as hell can take it for reduction and external fixation until my F/A or Trauma specialist partners can address definitive fixation. You need to known what the hell you are talking about before you go making outrageously stupid claims/accusations. You make stupid remarks like these without thinking them through and then claim to be "on the same team?" No...we're not on the same team. Bottom line, know your abilities and known your limits. Know your scope and do your best within your scope to help patients.
Scoot's forecast of future events:
KIDSFEET will retaliate with some stupid comment about how Orthopaedic F/A fellowships are all taught my Podiatrists and have no F/A orthopod atendings... blah blah blah. He'll quote some AMA literature, but fail to actually provide proof that the article exists. However, before that he'll use his Admin/Mod status to enforce some sort of disciplinary action on my account and claim that it's due to use of inappropriate language so I can't call him out on his BS after his next post.
Cheers,
SD