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So, I was getting a pedicure today (and yes, guys do get pedicures because I for one want to take care of my feet since I'm going to be doing it for others) and I started talking to the man sitting next to me. He was an older gentleman (68 to be exact). He asked me what I did. I told him that I was going to podiatry school. He said, "Oh that's neat. I can remember when I went to the podiatrist as a young man, but back then they were called chiropodists." I said, "Yes, things have changed quite a bit since those days."
He asked me what I was interested in doing, and I told him surgery. He said, "Oh, I didn't know that podiatrists could do surgery, I thought that they just worked on toe nails and caluses."
STOP!!!
This is a prime example of why we need to better educate the public about our profession. Now, I know that the man was older and could not be up-to-date on current events, but come on, the guy thought that we still did what chiropodists did 50 years ago! It is imperative that we get the word out to the public just how far we have come as physicians and the services that we now offer the public, such as surgery.
Please draft legislation at the upcoming meeting for a strategy to confront this problem. As the American Dental Association did years ago, let us now raise the bar for podiatry with educational programs, especially those geared toward our youth.
He asked me what I was interested in doing, and I told him surgery. He said, "Oh, I didn't know that podiatrists could do surgery, I thought that they just worked on toe nails and caluses."
STOP!!!
This is a prime example of why we need to better educate the public about our profession. Now, I know that the man was older and could not be up-to-date on current events, but come on, the guy thought that we still did what chiropodists did 50 years ago! It is imperative that we get the word out to the public just how far we have come as physicians and the services that we now offer the public, such as surgery.
Please draft legislation at the upcoming meeting for a strategy to confront this problem. As the American Dental Association did years ago, let us now raise the bar for podiatry with educational programs, especially those geared toward our youth.