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The point of arguing that we should not complain because most podiatry students and current attendings were not smart enough to get into MD/DO is so weak.MD/DO school requires more front end sacrifice if you can’t get in, it takes more time money and risk of wasted years on the application with further debt, and then if you get in you still have to compete, it’s not guaranteed the specialty you want. That’s front end sacrifice. Podiatry is easier to get in and guaranteed some type of surgical training, sure quality of training is varied but a serious MD/DO competitor would likely be top of the class for podiatry. The back end sacrifice is initial lower starting salary under 200k for most, but as experience builds so does opportunity, and most can end up over 250k.
If that is the case then why does podiatry school cost as much as most MD/DO schools? If we are inferior and dumber then it should be cheaper. But it is not. It costs just as much but the ROI is way worse. The job market is way worse. So your argument makes no sense.
Make podiatry school cheaper, graduate less podiatry residents, create some real world demand. Don't flood the market with surgically trained podiatrists who society does not need. Stop giving private equity podiatry supergroups new graduates to exploit and continue to feed and build the pyramid scheme that is becoming private practice podiatry.
Then we can justify your argument that podiatry was a backdoor way to become a "doctor" and "surgeon" and we should just "accept it".