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07/31/2013 ***H. David Gottlieb, DPM
Unmatched Residency Placements Currently Stand at 86
The biggest lesion I've learned from the hard
knocks I've gotten in life is that I have no
control over what happens to me. What I do have
control over is how I react to those events in my
life. How I react not only defines my character
and who I am but I have managed to change my
reaction to events over time to my ultimate
benefit.
Negative events used to drag me down mentally,
emotionally and physically. Now I look for a way
to make a positive change to the situation. It
may be small, but it makes a difference. The
unmatched graduates have every right to feel
hurt, abandoned, mistreated, and so on. They have
had a 'bad thing' happen to them that was largely
out of their control. It's understandable to be
depressed. But I believe that they are best
served by taking positive steps to change their
plight.
Out of curiosity, I did a quick check for
podiatric licensure requirements recently. I went
to the Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards
site http://www.fpmb.org/ . They maintain a
registry of licensure requirements throughout the
USA.
I found out that there are 6 states or
territories that do NOT require a residency for
licensure.
That means 6 states or territories that the
unmatched graduates can go to, get licensed, and
then work for someone, make contacts, make money,
gain experience, and so on for multiple positive
experiences in podiatry while they get ready to
apply for residency again. Or not. They may find
themselves in a situation and location [Hawaii
anyone?] that they like so much that they decide
to stay and open their own office. Or, they can
hunker down, feel sorry for themselves, mope
around, and not gain positive experiences over
the next year.
It's their choice. No one else's'.
Why none of the doomsayers haven't done this
research [or, for that matter, the people who
wail about how unfair life is for these kids] and
presented this possibility I don't know and I
don't care. But the information is there, they
can find it. They can decide for themselves if
they want to be positive in direction or negative.
H. David Gottlieb, DPM, Baltimore, MD,
[email protected]
07/31/2013 ***H. David Gottlieb, DPM
Unmatched Residency Placements Currently Stand at 86
The biggest lesion I've learned from the hard
knocks I've gotten in life is that I have no
control over what happens to me. What I do have
control over is how I react to those events in my
life. How I react not only defines my character
and who I am but I have managed to change my
reaction to events over time to my ultimate
benefit.
Negative events used to drag me down mentally,
emotionally and physically. Now I look for a way
to make a positive change to the situation. It
may be small, but it makes a difference. The
unmatched graduates have every right to feel
hurt, abandoned, mistreated, and so on. They have
had a 'bad thing' happen to them that was largely
out of their control. It's understandable to be
depressed. But I believe that they are best
served by taking positive steps to change their
plight.
Out of curiosity, I did a quick check for
podiatric licensure requirements recently. I went
to the Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards
site http://www.fpmb.org/ . They maintain a
registry of licensure requirements throughout the
USA.
I found out that there are 6 states or
territories that do NOT require a residency for
licensure.
That means 6 states or territories that the
unmatched graduates can go to, get licensed, and
then work for someone, make contacts, make money,
gain experience, and so on for multiple positive
experiences in podiatry while they get ready to
apply for residency again. Or not. They may find
themselves in a situation and location [Hawaii
anyone?] that they like so much that they decide
to stay and open their own office. Or, they can
hunker down, feel sorry for themselves, mope
around, and not gain positive experiences over
the next year.
It's their choice. No one else's'.
Why none of the doomsayers haven't done this
research [or, for that matter, the people who
wail about how unfair life is for these kids] and
presented this possibility I don't know and I
don't care. But the information is there, they
can find it. They can decide for themselves if
they want to be positive in direction or negative.
H. David Gottlieb, DPM, Baltimore, MD,
[email protected]
