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I was writing a lengthy reply to the fellowship thread which got locked before it got posted. Thanks mods!
If you don't understand these then I doubt you've read 2 years worth of posts as you claim.
LCR refers to Lee C Rogers. Aka diabeticfootdoctor. Outgoing prez of ABPM, one-time candidate for US congress, Feli's arch nemesis. He holds many opinions with which we strenuously disagree. At the same time, he's generally upbeat and pro-podiatry, and keeps these forums interesting, so we need him more than he needs us.
TFP is typical f-ing podiatrist. Someone practicing since the germ-theory of disease was accepted. Someone who works nursing homes and affixes felt pads to patients' feet to offload their hammertoes and bunions, then sells them for $2 a strip. Along with lotions and potions and cure-alls. Someone who builds their podiatric fortune nickle and dime by nickle and dime.
Which brings me to lobster podiatry, an expression I've coined. I don't know how they're marketing podiatry to pre-health students now, but many of us started p-school in the late 00's. It was a very optimistic time, we created the uniform PMSR residency so all of us were supposed to get surgical training. Plus vision 2015 was supposed to have us on parity with the allo/osteopaths. By my reckoning, it was a massive bait and switch.
The reality of podiatry is that your referrals come not because of your expertise, but because it's pathology no one else wants to treat. You feed on what sinks to the bottom. Like a lobster. And then it hits you, lobsters have been around 260 million years making them one of the most successful species in the history of evolution. So that's how podiatry will survive, not retrograde nails, but toenails.
Bottom feeders are an important part of every ecosystem, but we still look down on them (no pun intended). I guess it's human nature to seek challenges and aspire for a successful career. This is where fellowships come in (see I'm bringing us back on topic Weirdy), you don't want to be a lobster, you strive to rise to the higher strata of the medical ocean, to be...
I don’t know what LCR means…or TFP or lobster for that matter. If anyone wants to fill me in….
If you don't understand these then I doubt you've read 2 years worth of posts as you claim.
LCR refers to Lee C Rogers. Aka diabeticfootdoctor. Outgoing prez of ABPM, one-time candidate for US congress, Feli's arch nemesis. He holds many opinions with which we strenuously disagree. At the same time, he's generally upbeat and pro-podiatry, and keeps these forums interesting, so we need him more than he needs us.
TFP is typical f-ing podiatrist. Someone practicing since the germ-theory of disease was accepted. Someone who works nursing homes and affixes felt pads to patients' feet to offload their hammertoes and bunions, then sells them for $2 a strip. Along with lotions and potions and cure-alls. Someone who builds their podiatric fortune nickle and dime by nickle and dime.
Which brings me to lobster podiatry, an expression I've coined. I don't know how they're marketing podiatry to pre-health students now, but many of us started p-school in the late 00's. It was a very optimistic time, we created the uniform PMSR residency so all of us were supposed to get surgical training. Plus vision 2015 was supposed to have us on parity with the allo/osteopaths. By my reckoning, it was a massive bait and switch.
The reality of podiatry is that your referrals come not because of your expertise, but because it's pathology no one else wants to treat. You feed on what sinks to the bottom. Like a lobster. And then it hits you, lobsters have been around 260 million years making them one of the most successful species in the history of evolution. So that's how podiatry will survive, not retrograde nails, but toenails.
Bottom feeders are an important part of every ecosystem, but we still look down on them (no pun intended). I guess it's human nature to seek challenges and aspire for a successful career. This is where fellowships come in (see I'm bringing us back on topic Weirdy), you don't want to be a lobster, you strive to rise to the higher strata of the medical ocean, to be...