Future supply and demand of podiatric physicians

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http://www.apma.org/MainMenu/News/Surveys/2007/2007PodiatricMedicineWorkforceReport.aspx

 

[cherrydoc]

Thanks for sharing...very interesting 🙂

 

[heybrother]

Check out the supplementary tables at the end of the report to see the number of pods per state, the mean hourly wage, and the top 300 codes.

 

[MaxillofacialMN]

It's a nice report. Figures 8 and 9 and the conclusions they drew from them aren't statistically sound, but otherwise it was a good read.

 

[ORDPM]

Looking at these figures made me curious, where would you guys prefer to practice?

 

[MaxillofacialMN]

Please explain.

They extrapolated information based on the best fit line, but the chi squared tests clearly showed little to no correlation with R^2 values that are extremely small. Just look at the graphs without the best fit line or colors, and you'll realize that what they are suggesting isn't really all that accurate.

 

[MaxillofacialMN]

"Figure 8 includes a polynomial regression line that shows a relation between admissions and enrollment different that would be expected under “normal” circumstances."

The R^2 is .0778. That means that 92.22% of the data is not explained by that correlation... doesn't sound too convincing to me.

 

[Ferocity]

"Figure 8 includes a polynomial regression line that shows a relation between admissions and enrollment different that would be expected under "normal" circumstances."

The R^2 is .0778. That means that 92.22% of the data is not explained by that correlation... doesn't sound too convincing to me.

Check and mate.

 

[shenanigans327]

"Figure 8 includes a polynomial regression line that shows a relation between admissions and enrollment different that would be expected under “normal” circumstances."

The R^2 is .0778. That means that 92.22% of the data is not explained by that correlation... doesn't sound too convincing to me.

Somebody didn't sleep through Statistics...😀

 

[Traum]

Not statistically robust as eluded to by a few erudite podiatric medical students.

Given that it's performed/funded by the APMA, one has to question the veracity of the results and the motives involved going into a recession 2007 study, for consumption into 2008 which of course, is a severe recession; this document then provided the "proof" to elicit students to schools even though the stats are not sound nor accurate.

Figures lie, liars figure.

 

[flyhi]

"Figure 8 includes a polynomial regression line that shows a relation between admissions and enrollment different that would be expected under “normal” circumstances."

The R^2 is .0778. That means that 92.22% of the data is not explained by that correlation... doesn't sound too convincing to me.

What they said.

 

[flyhi]

Looking at these figures made me curious, where would you guys prefer to practice?

In the South, preferably on the coast and in a favorable state. SC would be my first choice, but doesn't seem too great for pods, so maybe NC, GA or FL. Southern VA is always an option as well.

 

[MaxillofacialMN]

Not statistically robust as eluded to by a few erudite podiatric medical students.

Given that it's performed/funded by the APMA, one has to question the veracity of the results and the motives involved going into a recession 2007 study, for consumption into 2008 which of course, is a severe recession; this document then provided the "proof" to elicit students to schools even though the stats are not sound nor accurate.

Figures lie, liars figure.

I mean, just because they stipulated some incorrect data from charts, the data on the charts is probably accurate (if the chart data was falsified, they would have done a better job of trending it accordingly). The data still suggests that there is a huge need for podiatrists, podiatrists make a lot of money, and its fairly easy to get into podiatry school.

They just had a crazy notion that between two sets of years enrollment numbers were different, and that the admission rate was trending based on that number. So those figures are w/e, but the rest of the report (like i said above) is actually a pretty good read.

 

[podlover]

Very interesting read 😀