If you can only pick one....

[Feli]

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What would you pick? If you had to list occupation for your badge or application or form or whatever?

You can pick on accuracy, what you think sounds best, what you think gets you noticed most, what it says on your badge, what it says on your website, whatever.

I was just thinking of this today as I read the "Occupation _____________" part of my intake forms, when a few of my patients were other local docs... and another DPM. The MDs both put "physician," and I will plead the 5th on what the DPM put.

I think we all know what APMA and some of the podiatry orgs want to push, and we know a lot of the podiatry schools' students like to say "med school" and "medical student," but what do we actually say or identify? 🙂

 

[MicroPod]

I heard classmates and even some attendings tell patients they went to med school. You don’t hear dentists or optometrists saying they went to med school. You are a podiatrist, own it.

 

[DYK343]

Western school of podiatric medicine
Temple university podiatric medicine
California school podiatric medicine
New York college podiatric medicine
Midwestern university podiatric medicine
Barry U college podiatric medicine
Scholl college podaitric medicine
DMU college podiatric medicine (and surgery)
KSU college podiatric medicine
Lake Eerie college podiatric medicine



.......pretty sure we went/go to podiatric medical school. Meaning were podiatrists. Unless you go to DMU then youre also a surgeon.

 

[Flip-flop-flerpity]

I know what I am. The public has no idea.

 

[Hybrocure]

Had no intention of being an MD or DO. Podiatry wasn’t my fallback. I went into it from the get go so I’m a podiatrist. Straight from college to podiatry for me.

Also fun fact: in reality your patients have so many doctors they don’t even know your name until an MA tells them who they’re about to see until 2 minutes before you walk in even with your name plastered everywhere in the office, on the intake forms, and with a referral.

 

[MoostashPod]

I introduce myself as "Hi my name is 'name' and (sometimes) I'm a podiatrist. Nice to meet you!" No mention of doctor, no podiatric physician/surgeon, none of that glamour BS. I'm a podiatrist (foot and ankle specialist) and patients know who I am. That's why they came to see me. Keep it simple.

 

[Winograd1717]

just put whatever your state/government classifies you as

 

[air bud]

Feli just wants clicks

 

[eyeeye_captain]

Feli just wants clicks

I read this as “Feli just wants chicks”

 

[Feli]

just put whatever your state/government classifies you as

Pretty much... but that is NOT what happens on LinkedIn and a lot of other places 🙂

I read this as “Feli just wants chicks”

Yeah, I would say that's reason 1 or 1a why we all wanted to become doctors?

 

[EthylMethylMan]

From the outside looking in, it always seemed fair to me to call you guys physicians. If someone’s getting surgical training, it’s hard for me to not consider that person a physician.

(Yeah, I’m aware the training quality is highly variable.)

 

[Adam Smasher]

I'm a podiatrist, and I'll never not be one. Like a scarlet letter P on my chest.

I remember 10 years ago ACFAS was telling us to introduce ourselves as foot and ankle surgeons. I tried it for a very short while. Here's how that went:
Me: I'm Dr Smasher, the foot and ankle surgeon
Pt: you're an orthopedic surgeon?
Me: no I'm a foot and ankle surgeon
Pt: you're a podiatrist?
Me: no I'm a foot and ankle surgeon

 

[Homo sapien]

Podiatrist. It's specific. No vague I'm a physician or none of that braggodocious I'm a foot and ankle surgeon.

I'm a goddamn podiatrist. The end. Anyone who has a problem with me saying that can ligma

 

[Homo sapien]

From the outside looking in, it always seemed fair to me to call you guys physicians. If someone’s getting surgical training, it’s hard for me to not consider that person a physician.

(Yeah, I’m aware the training quality is highly variable.)

I agree, but it'd further specify to podiatry physician