Reinventing and Reviving a post that was taken out of hand

[MD2b20004]

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I was reading through this forum and realized how a poster seemed to have a curious question, and I am not a DPM but my best friend's brother is so I know alot about the field. I think the poster asked a real question out of curiosity, and I think whoever wants to answer it not to compare DOs to MDs to bla bla who cares, all professions have pros and cons and at the end we are going to work our a$$es off for our kids to spend the money we made because it would be about too late after paying our loans to enjoy our money, so I am going to repost his original post, and no immature answers, take the poster as a serious poster. This may help future students confused future healthcare providers about what field to go into, and it can also help future DPM students to learn more about podiatry.

The original post:

I know everyone's going to think I'm trying to start a conflagration, but I'm very curious about this. Try and remain civil and don't get too personal.

I'm a DPM (graduated from the old SF school in 1998) and I'm now a 3rd year DO student. I can say without hesitation or embarassment that I never wanted to go to pod school, but I always wanted to be a MD or DO. In my mind, a true physician was someone who could, theoretically, treat a person for any malady without legal or intellectual restriction. To me, this is an MD or DO and not a podiatrist.

I failed to get into either of those types of schools, but got accepted to every single DPM school. The whole time I was in pod school I wondered if I had made the right decision. I resigned myself to the reality that I was already investing money into it and it was unlikely that I could get into DO or MD school the next year or the year after that. Overseas med school was a remote possibility, but it seemed really uncertain.

Frankly, I never once met a person in my class who wanted to be podiatrist instead of an MD or DO. I met MANY students who were waiting for MD or DO responses during our 1st year and a good number of people left in the 2nd year to go to MD or DO school. And, honestly, everyone that I still stay in contact with has said that they would rather have their MD or DO based on some of the struggles they've encountered.

This brings me to my question. I've read several posts where the poster claims to have gotten into MD or DO school, but decided to go to pod school instead. This is mystifying to me. If it's because you wanted to be a foot specialist, you could be an orthopod, make a whole lot more money and have a whole lot more job opportunities and still focus on the foot. It would be easier to get on insurance plans (since there are limitations to how many DPM's can sign on), you would be infinitely more trained in surgery and you could branch off and do any other part of the body you wanted to. The differences are profound. What else is there about podiatry that is more appealing than allopathic or osteopathic medicine??

Just to calm some of you down, I will state that pods are the pre-eminent experts in the foot and ankle and they are a valuable and necessary part of our healthcare system.

 

[AZPOD Rocks]

Hey, man! Go read that post... it only has a million responses. There's no reason to post a new one. I suggest you remove this post. You are obviously just trying to be controversial once again.

 

[IlizaRob]

This question has been asked many times in the past, all of them in a less threatening way than the one you quoted. Do a search and you will find what you are looking for. Here is a link to get you started. You could also just go ask your best friend's brother.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=272800&highlight=choose+podiatry

 

[jonwill]

I choose podiatric medicine because I wanted to be a foot & ankle surgeon. They are the best in medicine. If I had wanted to do some other specialty, I obviously would have gone MD/DO.

 

[gsrimport]

What a pointless thread 👎

 

[mrfeet]

I was reading through this forum and realized how a poster seemed to have a curious question, and I am not a DPM but my best friend's brother is so I know alot about the field. I think the poster asked a real question out of curiosity, and I think whoever wants to answer it not to compare DOs to MDs to bla bla who cares, all professions have pros and cons and at the end we are going to work our a$$es off for our kids to spend the money we mad because it would be about to late after paying our loans to enjoy our money, so I am going to repost his original post, and no immature answers, take the poster as a serious poster. This may help future students confused about what field to go into, or future students to learn more about podiatry.

The original post:

I know everyone's going to think I'm trying to start a conflagration, but I'm very curious about this. Try and remain civil and don't get too personal.

I'm a DPM (graduated from the old SF school in 1998) and I'm now a 3rd year DO student. I can say without hesitation or embarassment that I never wanted to go to pod school, but I always wanted to be a MD or DO. In my mind, a true physician was someone who could, theoretically, treat a person for any malady without legal or intellectual restriction. To me, this is an MD or DO and not a podiatrist.

I failed to get into either of those types of schools, but got accepted to every single DPM school. The whole time I was in pod school I wondered if I had made the right decision. I resigned myself to the reality that I was already investing money into it and it was unlikely that I could get into DO or MD school the next year or the year after that. Overseas med school was a remote possibility, but it seemed really uncertain.

Frankly, I never once met a person in my class who wanted to be podiatrist instead of an MD or DO. I met MANY students who were waiting for MD or DO responses during our 1st year and a good number of people left in the 2nd year to go to MD or DO school. And, honestly, everyone that I still stay in contact with has said that they would rather have their MD or DO based on some of the struggles they've encountered.

This brings me to my question. I've read several posts where the poster claims to have gotten into MD or DO school, but decided to go to pod school instead. This is mystifying to me. If it's because you wanted to be a foot specialist, you could be an orthopod, make a whole lot more money and have a whole lot more job opportunities and still focus on the foot. It would be easier to get on insurance plans (since there are limitations to how many DPM's can sign on), you would be infinitely more trained in surgery and you could branch off and do any other part of the body you wanted to. The differences are profound. What else is there about podiatry that is more appealing than allopathic or osteopathic medicine??

Just to calm some of you down, I will state that pods are the pre-eminent experts in the foot and ankle and they are a valuable and necessary part of our healthcare system.

Can you say: "Beating a dead horse?"

 

[MD2b20004]

I choose podiatric medicine because I wanted to be a foot & ankle surgeon. They are the best in medicine. If I had wanted to do some other specialty, I obviously would have gone MD/DO.

What an honest and straightforeward mature response, I guess that is what the original poster was wondering, and thanks for being mature enough to address it. I am not trying to beat on a dead horse, but no posts should be taking out of control where it becomes a ego fight, alot of future health care providers look up to us and this forum for future decisions on what career to choose, and it will help them to see what certain individuals honestly picked a specific career rather than see a bunch of ultra-ego people attacking each other which is quite embarrassing giving we are all going to be future doctors and the future of healthcare regardless of what field we chose to go into. I got best friends from all walks of the healthcare field, and I have the opportunity to see how they like there fields and why they went into them and YES my friends are blunt, so I have alot of MD friends that would say my father forced me into it, or because of status, and alot of dental friends that say i hate my job but i love the hours and the money, etc... This does not make them bad providers but honest people. Alot of people go into fields for others reasons other than LOVING THE FIELD TO DEATH, ultimately you wish that everyone goes into their field for the right reason, but the majority do not and that does not mean they are bad people or going to make less or more, etc... Its just different strokes for different folks, and instead of the thread by the original poster getting beat to death about whose better MDs/DOs/DPMs, maybe it would of been better if DPM students came out and said I am a proud DPM student and this is why i went into the field instead of overanalyzing his intentions. I hope everyone writes threads for the purpose of knowledge for themselves and for others to learn from, not a competition fight of who is GOD!!!
Thanks.

 

[Dr. Foot]

I think these type of disscussion is totally a waste of time and nonsense because no matter how much we tried to explain how the profession of podiatry is rewarding and at the same level of importance as other professions, they will still never get it. They will never understand that each profession needs the other to be complete.

Quick advice: Life is full of other things that are much more important than sitting down for 1/2 hour disscusing why podiatry & not DO/MD - trust me our profession is growing and growing faster than you might think and sorry it won't be your thread that will make other people turn their back on it.
Have life buddy.....

 

[IlizaRob]

What an honest and straightforeward mature response, I guess that is what the original poster was wondering, and thanks for being mature enough to address it. I am not trying to beat on a dead horse, but no posts should be taking out of control where it becomes a ego fight, alot of future health care providers look up to us and this forum for future decisions on what career to choose, and it will help them to see what certain individuals honestly picked a specific career rather than see a bunch of ultra-ego people attacking each other which is quite embarrassing giving we are all going to be future doctors and the future of healthcare regardless of what field we chose to go into. I got best friends from all walks of the healthcare field, and I have the opportunity to see how they like there fields and why they went into them and YES my friends are blunt, so I have alot of MD friends that would say my father forced me into it, or because of status, and alot of dental friends that say i hate my job but i love the hours and the money, etc... This does not make them bad providers but honest people. Alot of people go into fields for others reasons other than LOVING THE FIELD TO DEATH, ultimately you wish that everyone goes into their field for the right reason, but the majority do not and that does not mean they are bad people or going to make less or more, etc... Its just different strokes for different folks, and instead of the thread by the original poster getting beat to death about whose better MDs/DOs/DPMs, maybe it would of been better if DPM students came out and said I am a proud DPM student and this is why i went into the field instead of overanalyzing his intentions. I hope everyone writes threads for the purpose of knowledge for themselves and for others to learn from, not a competition fight of who is GOD!!!
Thanks.

Its nothing personal. Ive just answered that question honestly at least 10 different times. More often than not, if you want to know something just do a search and you will find it.

 

[MD2b20004]

Its nothing personal. Ive just answered that question honestly at least 10 different times. More often than not, if you want to know something just do a search and you will find it.

I do not want to know anything, if you read my initial post closely it presented why I reinvented the post and that I am familiar what DPMs do.
And if you want to know my further intention you can read the response to the ONLY person who answered the question the initial poster wanted to know.

Thanks.

 

[doclm]

I do want to know anything, if you read my initial post closely it presented why I reinvented the post and that I am familiar what DPMs do.
And if you want to know my further intention you can read the response to the ONLY person who answered the question the initial poster wanted to know.

Thanks.

What do you want to know about the profession? I am open to answering any questions that I might have knowledge about. I am sure if I cannot answer you, others will be able to.

Are you wondering why people choose to go into Podiatry? Or do you want to know something specific such as how rewarding it can be, how you can have more time for a family versus another medical profession, $$$ benefits as well, or the diversity of medical care a DPM can offer to their patients?

Is Podiatry something you are considering for yourself or are you just curious about different professions in the field of medicine?

 

[IlizaRob]

I do want to know anything, if you read my initial post closely it presented why I reinvented the post and that I am familiar what DPMs do.
And if you want to know my further intention you can read the response to the ONLY person who answered the question the initial poster wanted to know.

Thanks.

Fair enough. I chose podiatry for the following reasons. After looking in to many different medical specialties, podiatry being one of them, I came to the conclusion that I did not want to be an FP or IM by any means. Simply managing chronic conditions did not appeal to me. I would like to tackle a problem that walks in the door and fix it. Plus, the idea of being a specialist in one area of medicine seemed to call my name. Although I thought ortho and cardiology would be fun, the time committment and the fact that there was no gaurantee pursuaded me elsewhere. Podiatry was perfect. I have friends in it who love it. The hours can be good (depending on what you do) so you can have a life outside of work, and the its only 7 years post grad as oppsed to 9 or 10. So far I love it and find it fascinating. I could not have been happier with my decision. I hope that helps.

 

[do-ca]

Why do you keep posting this garbage?

Stay in your little DO world and let us have fun being DPMs.

There are many reasons why people like me become DPMs, when I could have gone to DO school.

1) I don't have to be running around like a crazy person and have my kids- which I don't have yet but will- asking where's mom.

2) I like surgery and good luck getting a surgical residency as a DO unless you graduate at the top 1/3 of your class which is a slim chance if you even had to reapply.

3) Everything has been so easy to do when trying to get into this type of school, from scholarships to admissions people.

Have fun being a DO. Maybe you had a bum class that was in it for the werong reason. But, whatever, best of luck.

 

[MD2b20004]

Why do you keep posting this garbage?

Stay in your little DO world and let us have fun being DPMs.

There are many reasons why people like me become DPMs, when I could have gone to DO school.

1) I don't have to be running around like a crazy person and have my kids- which I don't have yet but will- asking where's mom.

2) I like surgery and good luck getting a surgical residency as a DO unless you graduate at the top 1/3 of your class which is a slim chance if you even had to reapply.

3) Everything has been so easy to do when trying to get into this type of school, from scholarships to admissions people.

Have fun being a DO. Maybe you had a bum class that was in it for the werong reason. But, whatever, best of luck.

I am addressing two posts at the same time, the most recent poster who was mature enough to answer what I wanted to know, and this post.

First I am not a DO. Like I said if you had the time and read my initial post you would of discovered I am not trying to bash any field, all healthcare fields are great and we are all going to end up doing great things for our future patients.

To the other poster, if you read my initial post, as I repeated I do not want to know anything about the field, I am familiar with it for I have friends in the field (one in his last year of his 36month residency). I just wanted to reinvent the initial poster the OP wrote that got carried out of control so you guys will be able to answer his questions/concerns that way it could enlighten future healthcare providers about the field and help them pick which field to go into, especially because the DPM field is not very well known to the average JOE. You may ask a typical pre-meder what dental school or MD is and 100% of them will know what it is all about, you will find some less familiar with the DO field and even less that know who DPMs are and what they do.
Thanks.

 

[do-ca]

I am addressing two posts at the same time, the most recent poster who was mature enough to ask what I wanted to know, and this post.

First I am not a DO. Like I said if you had the time and read my initial post you would of discovered I am not trying to bash any field, all healthcare fields are great and we are all going to end up doing great things for our future patients.

To the other poster, if you read my initial post, as I repeated I do not want to know anything about the field, I am familiar with it for I have friends in the field (one in his last year of his 36month residency). I just wanted to reinvent the initial poster the OP wrote that got carried out of control so you guys will be able to answer his questions/concerns that way it could enlighten future healthcare providers about the field and help them pick which field to go into, especially because the DPM field is not very well known to the average JOE. You may ask a typical pre-meder what dental school or MD is and 100% of them will know what it is all about, you will find some less familiar with the DO field and even less that know who DPMs are and what they do.
Thanks.

Okay, sorry, thought you were someone else obviously.

You are a DDS student? I think...