Let's pretend I'm an interviewer

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mulberry said:
and you are the interviewees.

Why podiatry school and not medical school?

why are you interested in podiatry?
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if u are seriously interested in podiatry i suggest u shadow some pods. there is no way to answer those questions genuinely without having direct knowledge about the field. also it will be impossible for u to write a personal statement.... if its not...umm.. personal
 
podpod said:
if u are seriously interested in podiatry i suggest u shadow some pods. there is no way to answer those questions genuinely without having direct knowledge about the field. also it will be impossible for u to write a personal statement.... if its not...umm.. personal
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this has nothing to do with what i asked. also, this has nothing to do with my interest in podiatry. I am asking other people this question to see how they can answer this question. in fact, podiatry is not even my number one choice.

you don't say, oh, i'm doing podiatry because it intrigues me. or, i like feet.

my question, again, why podiatry and not medical school?
 
ThetaChiNAU said:
hours are very flexible, direct and sometimes immediate relief of pain or other issues, salary to provide for my future family, relaxed atmosphere or stressful whatever you want, sports medicine...to name a few reasons for me personally, many subspealities like geriatrics or diabetes or derm all rolled into one.
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spot on. good decision.
 
Personally, I would NEVER recommend that you walk into an interview and state that "hours are very flexible".

I believe that some interviewers would take that as an insult, almost as if you would consider the profession a part time job. Yes, I FULLY understand that's not what you meant, but you never know how something is going to be interpreted. I understand that you may be comparing the profession to a general surgeon who may have to keep crazy hours or be on call, etc.

However, this can also be true of many podiatric practices. For years when I was building my practice and it was getting busier, I often went in during all times of the day and night to accommodate my patients. Then, as my practice grew, I was offered emergency room call and was called in at all hours of the night and weekends. Add surgery to that and being involved with a residency program.......and your hours aren't always so "flexible".

Now that I'm in a group practice with about 15 doctors, we all take our own "call" so once again our hours aren't so "flexible".

I do like your answer stating that as DPM's we can be a surgeon, dermatologist, neurologist, etc., regarding the foot, but I would definitely leave out the "flexible" hours portion EVEN if you plan on keeping flexible hours in the future. You just don't know how the person on the other side of the table is going to perceive that statement.
 
PADPM said:
"hours are very flexible"
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I think its better to state that the podiatry is incentive rewarding where being your own boss allows you the flexibility to push yourself to your limits both physically and mentally. i agree with padpm that its better to state you have the ability to push urself than say u can be relaxed in the profession. i can see how an interviewer might mistake ur choice in words.

to OP: pod school is similar to med school educationally but u are rewarded with being a specialist after ur 4 years. however, you have to like working solely with the F&A.
 
podpod said:
I think its better to state that the podiatry is incentive rewarding where being your own boss allows you the flexibility to push yourself to your limits both physically and mentally. i agree with padpm that its better to state you have the ability to push urself than say u can be relaxed in the profession. i can see how an interviewer might mistake ur choice in words.

to OP: pod school is similar to med school educationally but u are rewarded with being a specialist after ur 4 years. however, you have to like working solely with the F&A.
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please explain.
 
mulberry said:
please explain.
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seriously?

I think you have bigger problems than trying to explain why podiatry.

and yes, I understand this is not constructive
 
tell that to theta. he's the boss
 
mulberry said:
you don't say, oh, i'm doing podiatry because it intrigues me. or, i like feet.
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as opposed to walking into a med school interview and saying "oh, I am doing medicine because it intrigues me. or, I like the whole body?"
 
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First off I just want to say that it really bothers me when people talk about podiatry having flexible hours/less hours blah blah blah. Is this something unique to podiatry? NO. Where do people get this idea from?? Any job can be flexible. Any private practice doc can work as little as they want. Even if you work for a hospital you can choose not to work full time. For example ER docs work around 12-15 shifts a month FULL TIME...thats 96-120hrs/month or 24-30hrs/week while making around $200k/year!! Wait what?! I thought MDs work 80+hrs/week and don't know the names of their kids!!🙄

I am not bashing you Theta but I think there are too many threads in the podiatry forums where people always list "flexible hours" or "more time with family" as pros for this profession. This is not unique to podiatry and I think it invites lazy people into the profession.
 
mulberry said:
Why podiatry school and not medical school?
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The question can be easily turned around:

Why do you want an MD/DO degree versus a DPM degree?

If you want a non-foot specialty, then it makes sense. I'm sure you can figure the answer out to your original question.
 
I don't think you even really have to pretend you'd rather do podiatry over medical school. If you applied to medical school and didn't get in, you can just say that podiatry combined the things you wanted out of your eventual medical career and that you really just want to study medicine in any capacity. That's pretty much what I said.
 
ThetaChiNAU said:
With all do respect, don't mince my words. You know what I meant and in case there, in fact, was any confusion my intention here was just one of the many reasons and I would NEVER say this in an interview, that's just poor taste. I was giving one of many reasons why I am going into this so please don't piece it apart. Thanks a bunch.
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I "assume" you mean with all "due" respect, but I didn't "mince" your words Theta. You are the one that mentioned flexible hours, not me. I simply recommended never bringing that fact up in an interview.

Now you state you would "NEVER" say this in an interview because "that's just poor taste".

What am I, a mind reader?????? In your post didn't YOU mention flexible hours? Did you state that although flexible hours was one factor it should NEVER be mentioned?

No, you simply stated that flexible hours was one of the factors that should be considered in an interview. So I simply stated that I believed that was a point that should NOT be mentioned for the reasons that I already mentioned.

So before you jump all over my well intended advice based on my years of experience (something you do not have), go back and read your post and understand what prompted my response.

If you don't intend to say something....don't bring it up in the first place. No one on this site can read your mind. On one hand you state it's a factor that you would consider if the question was asked in an interview and when I say I would advise against that answer, you go on to reply you would NEVER give that answer?????

And then you blast me for my response.

It's kind of funny. I actually take time out of my busy schedule with the intention of providing helpful advice so the students and residents on this site will NOT make common errors with the hope that my years of experience will be appreciated and respected.

But I'm beginning to reconsider whether my time on this site is basically a waste of time, since many with little to no experience believe they know it all.
 
:corny: everyone should just start typing random letters bc it seems that no one is getting their point across. i'll start:

dsfjsdsrwjgdfvlsndlvvnvonovnsdvsdn.... i hope that u dont mistake what i said for sdg9jcvpmrevsdvjewvklvkn

(and i thank you for ur time padpm, as u are not forced into helping us)
 
Theta, I think you need to grow up and stop while you're ahead. There was absolutely nothing wrong with how PADPM initially responded to your post.

The OP's question was "Why podiatry school and not medical school". The very first thing you posted was "flexible hours"... PADPM replied that he would:

Personally, I would NEVER recommend that you walk into an interview and state that "hours are very flexible".
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Then you got all defensive and began to insult him with your sarcastic remarks. I'm surprised that PADPM even bothered replying to your post because at this point I would imagine he already knows how childish you are.

Seriously, grow up, I am embarassed to think that you are probably around my same age and this is how you would reply to anyone just because you have the anonymity of the internet at your side.
 
ThetaChiNAU said:
hahaha YAR YE GOT ME AGAIN WITH ME GRAMMAR, sorry you take timeout of your busy schedule but, again, that's your choice-I have no doubt that in 2 months when im in school i wont have the time.

and once again let me thank you for reminding me and everyone else that I have no experience and you have years of experience which gives one the right to shut down someone for mentioning hours along with like 8 other points about podiatry...it doesnt take experience to comment on neat things you have observed about a profession-we both know that.


and "simply stated" i clarified in my response post that I DIDNT think you should mention hours in the interview-DUH, but again you will just get what you want from my post and intrepret things as you wish, because you have experience and because of that you read better than everyone and what you say people said is true no matter if they actually said/indtended to say what you are claiming.

and yes its a factor i would consider in my answer, YES, but considering something in your head is different than VOCALIZING it....come on.

all you want is to be grovelled upon for your years of experience and its starting to become evident that you dont really care for giving advice just being a meany. I try to find reasons to "give" your majesty the respect he is entitled to simply because you claim to be an experienced doctor from NYC which you probably are but if you are a jerk to anyone and everyone on this site or in real life then no one is going to care about being nice to you in return. DO UNTO OTHERS...think about it

And since you think this site is full of prepods and students that think they "KNOW IT ALL" because they responded to a post in the PREPOD forum about an INTERVIEW CONSIDERATION question...then yes, maybe your presence is, in fact, a waste of time.

If you decide to not rip people apart for anything they may say then you will see a kinder and more accepting attitude toward you instead of many people quoting you and pointing out you being just plain rude.
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Now honestly ... where i come from ... u have to show more respect to your elders than this ... on top of that he is a doctor... this isnt the way to respond to someone older and has a higher status in society than you... come on now.
 
"Theta",

You're amazing because you simply don't know when to quit. You state that you "clarified" your response regarding flexible hours, but that's ONLY after I stated that I felt flexible hours should never be mentioned in an interview.

It was YOU that flew off the handle after I mentioned my opinion, not vice versa. So you'd better re-evaluate who is the sarcastic one or to quote your extremely mature words.....who is the "meany".

Do yourself a favor and don't insult yourself by lecturing ME. Don't start telling me about how to treat others and how if I'm a "jerk" to others or to people in real life than no others will not be nice to me.

Don't forget something "Theta", I successfully ran a residency program for many years and have dealt with LOTS of residents and have a wall full of plagues thanking me for that experience. I've treated thousands and thousands of patients over the years and I'm part of a very successful large practice and don't need you to tell me how to deal with people.

I deal with patients, staff/employees, sales people, nurses, other physicians, hospital staff, etc., on a daily basis without incident.

I offered you advice regarding the interview process, you came back at me sarcastically basically saying you decided to state you really WOULDN'T have said that in the interview after all, despite your first post.

So I challenged your statement and questioned why you jumped all over my first post.

And now you have the stones and immaturity to start throwing stones again and LECTURING me. And no genius, I do NOT practice anywhere near New York City, but it's nice that you "assume" all New Yorkers are nasty. It's good to make generalizations like that.....it's what's called profiling.

So I'll make sure that I NEVER respond to one of your posts in the future, because you apparently don't need or want MY advice and with you I'll subscribe to the theory;

I won't give you my advice because wise men don't need it....

and fools won't listen.
 
ThetaChiNAU said:
here you go since you missed it clearly:





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Quote:
Originally Posted by PADPM
Personally, I would NEVER recommend that you walk into an interview and state that "hours are very flexible".



With all do respect, don't mince my words. You know what I meant and in case there, in fact, was any confusion my intention here was just one of the many reasons and I would NEVER say this in an interview, that's just poor taste. I was giving one of many reasons why I am going into this so please don't piece it apart. Thanks a bunch.
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I guess I didn't make myself that clear. "flexible hours" is a bad reason to choose podiatry over MD/DO.
 
podpod said:
:corny: everyone should just start typing random letters bc it seems that no one is getting their point across. i'll start:

dsfjsdsrwjgdfvlsndlvvnvonovnsdvsdn.... i hope that u dont mistake what i said for sdg9jcvpmrevsdvjewvklvkn
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Hah! That was pretty humorous.

It appears someone left a flaming brown bag on the pre-pod porch this week (and everyone stomped on it).
 
Theta,

I don't give a rat's ass if you "leave me alone". I can handle anything that a "pre-podiatry" student wants to write. That's not what my post was about, but apparently once again you don't understand.

I honestly feel sorry for you......you have no CLUE how much you have to learn.

Notice that I wrote in my last post that you don't know when to quit.....learn that soon or I guarantee you'll never make it in the career you're pursuing.
 
Might I suggest the two of you take this "discussion" to private messages? These public postings do nothing to help the OP, nor do they make podiatry look any more appealing to outsiders.

At the risk of pointing out the obvious, each of you is trying to "win the argument" while you both know that there is little to be gained in doing so. If you think the forum frequenters care who's right, then you'll be sorry to know that you are only detracting from both yourselves and the forums.

Please stop bickering.
 
DPMhopeful said:
First off I just want to say that it really bothers me when people talk about podiatry having flexible hours/less hours blah blah blah. Is this something unique to podiatry? NO. Where do people get this idea from?? Any job can be flexible. Any private practice doc can work as little as they want. Even if you work for a hospital you can choose not to work full time. For example ER docs work around 12-15 shifts a month FULL TIME...thats 96-120hrs/month or 24-30hrs/week while making around $200k/year!! Wait what?! I thought MDs work 80+hrs/week and don't know the names of their kids!!🙄
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It's true that flexible hours are not unique to Podiatry. It is much more difficult in some specialties to control hours though, such as in OB/GYN and General Surgery. I've never met one of those folks who didn't work virtually all the time. I think part of it is that when they are on-call, they really get put to work. It's like Residency in perpetuity.
 
Paisley Jane said:
I don't think you even really have to pretend you'd rather do podiatry over medical school. If you applied to medical school and didn't get in, you can just say that podiatry combined the things you wanted out of your eventual medical career and that you really just want to study medicine in any capacity. That's pretty much what I said.
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not too bad.
 
PADPM,
I don't know how you put up with the kids on this message board. The things posted here are disgusting, and when kids attempt to be hard asses on a board like this, I can only laugh. Theta, you try to be an internet bully but I'm sure you are a huge ***** in real life. I can only say what we are all thinking.
 
lyhrrus said:
The question can be easily turned around:

Why do you want an MD/DO degree versus a DPM degree?

If you want a non-foot specialty, then it makes sense. I'm sure you can figure the answer out to your original question.
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:laugh: are you serious! what about the Foot & Ankle orthos?

One cannot really analyze why people join pod school or med school to specialize in foot and ankle. a lot of premeds dont even know what podiatry is exactly. this could also affect their decision when choosing career path. i remember my counsellor not knowing anything abt podiatry and never advised me about it.
 
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air bud said:
seriously?

I think you have bigger problems than trying to explain why podiatry.

and yes, I understand this is not constructive
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thank you! 👍

Its so annoying when people come on forum and start giving situations like "lets pretend im helen of troy and you are achilies tendon .... '
 
mulberry said:
. I am asking other people this question to see how they can answer this question. in fact, podiatry is not even my number one choice.
?
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😕 why do you care ?
 
cool_vkb said:
:laugh: are you serious! what about the Foot & Ankle orthos?

One cannot really analyze why people join pod school or med school to specialize in foot and ankle. a lot of premeds dont even know what podiatry is exactly. this could also affect their decision when choosing career path. i remember my counsellor not knowing anything abt podiatry and never advised me about it.
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I imagine that the Foot & Ankle orthopods are much more of a surgical specialty rather than a foot care specialist. The nuance between the two is that we are the front-line providers of care for the foot in wounds, sprains, strains, tears, fractures and general foot health while the orthopods focus on cases that require surgical intervention. We are able to provide a range of conservative to agressive treatments for a multitude of foot issues while orthopods focus on structural deficiencies.

One of the biggest upsides to podiatry is wound care management. There are stories of orthopods who are on the borderline to call the vascular surgeon for an amputation due to post-surgical complications that podiatrists have been able to treat and restore. I'd say saving a foot is better than losing one, n'est-ce pas?
 
good ole theta, busy making friends as usual.

Jew, youre gonna have to report in on this clown for us. Im borderline jealous i dont get to experience him in real life. keep us updated in the months to come!
 
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