DPMs Hospital and Surgical Privileges (ABPM)

[DexterMorganSK]

I wanted to post the recently published article about Hospital/Surgical privileges for DPMs. It is a position statement from ABPM, one of the two specialty boards for our profession (other being ABFAS).

While we are just students, it's never too early to know such things. Give it a read!

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[GreenHousePub]

I wanna get that RCPS, how are all those guys getting this??

 

[DexterMorganSK]

I wanna get that RCPS, how are all those guys getting this??

all those guys? lol

I think out of the say 18K practicing pods right now, only 20 of them were able to get that honor.
Hopefully more in the future!

 

[JewOnThis]

You want to hear something? Some of these fellowship trained guys can’t pass abfas. One of the “top” programs has an attending who does “big” cases who is only ABPM certified.

 

[DexterMorganSK]

You want to hear something? Some of these fellowship trained guys can’t pass abfas. One of the “top” programs has an attending who does “big” cases who is only ABPM certified.

I'm sure that's true. All thanks to how this profession (residencies) was before 2011, imo.

But with the new changes to the ABFAS exam (effective Aug 2020), there should an increase in the overall pass rate and more pods getting surgery privileges. Imo, those that pass it should be the only ones doing surgery and being on any type of board.

 

[JewOnThis]

The whole abfas thing is a scam. We all know it, especially the ones who have sat through all their BS. If the hospital staff wants you to NOT do surgery, they will find a way. Heck, I just had a convo with a CEO of a nearby hospital. He told me podiatry just isn’t profitable to the hospital, that’s why he never considered employing one. He rather have orthos do cases and FNPs do wounds.