I found this list and want to know if it is true?

[ayepeekay]

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I found this list on another site and am not sure if it is true or if podiatry is going to join the AMA some day.

Podiatry:
no uniform scope
AMA includes dentists part of delegates/committees--not podiatry.
DDS/DMD well known--DPM-what, huh? are you a PT?
non physician status (medicare calls chiros and optos "physicians" too)
DMPs cannot supervise NPs or PAs in any state.
Medicaid dropping podiatry
lack of consistency amongst podiatrists
lack of USMLEs
lack of ACGME
lack of ABSITE
lack of ABMS inclusion
no core clerkships
cannot log onto to physician medical sites
low tier undergrads
low GPAs (what are my chances, 2.9, with a 22 MCAT--appallingly low)
low MCATs
GMATs, and DATs accepted
Non competitive admissions
Empty seats
Few loan repayment opps compared to MDs
Lack of robust scientific research published in refereed real journals
Lack of NIH, foundation research
farcical, bloated salary estimates, job opps by the podiatry clubs--asking an insurance agent if you need insurance.
Sales, podiatry needs to sell, need to create a need versus meeting one

there is little inherent need for a job that is redundant and can be easily replaced by an DNP, NP, PA, RN, LPN, MD-FP/IM, MD-ortho, MD-derm, MD-vasc.

If all these are true why doesn't podiatry fix .

 

[mildoc2016]

scope of any specialty whether allopathic or podiatry is different in any state
DPM are regarded as physicians in SEVERAL states
DPMs in some state CAN supervise NP or PA'S
Podiatry has SEVERAL peer reviewed journals
MOST podiatry schools ONLY accept the MCAT, yes general admission stats are lower but the same could be said for any MD/DO school
Yes we have CORE clerkships, we rotate through most of the other specialties as students and residents
We have our own BOARD certification exams, oral surgical certification as written with case submission and resident intraining exams comparable to ABSITE AND USMLE. some schools even have their students take the USMLE

 

[heybrother]

Please don't waste your time responding to him. This is literally a word for word post off the "other" site. Just report his posts.

 

[ManUnderFire]

I found this list on another site and am not sure if it is true or if podiatry is going to join the AMA some day....

there is little inherent need for a job that is redundant and can be easily replaced by an DNP, NP, PA, RN, LPN, MD-FP/IM, MD-ortho, MD-derm, MD-vasc.

If all these are true why doesn't podiatry fix .

Exactly...podiatry is the field where all these specialities intersect.

But I'm thinking....:troll:

 

[PADPM]

This is the same clown who posts under a plethora of names. It's embarrassingly obvious, since some of the comments are verbatim from his other posts. And even his "name" is an attempt at sarcasm, but shows evidence of a failed podiatry background.

Ayepeekay=IPK=intractable plantar keratosis. A term pretty unique to podiatry.

 

[owlegrad]

Please don't waste your time responding to him. This is literally a word for word post off the "other" site. Just report his posts.

👍

 

[Ferocity]

This was a wonderful and enlightening read.

Mods, please sticky this thread.

 

[Podophile]

Why do people do this? Get expelled from podiatry or something?

I do think we need to continue rotating through with other specialties and educating them on what we do as well as demonstrating the ability to comprehend and appreciate what these other doctors are capable of doing. Our reputation nationwide is way behind our skill level, but every effort we give helps. I explained the pathophys of charcot to a plastic surgeon the other day, and in the meantime tried to pick his brain as much as possible about the procedure he was doing and his closure technique.

 

[dyk343]

I thought the username was kind of clever. I'll give him that.

 

[feet2017]

this guy has such a strong vendetta against podiatry. it is kind of amusing