i am not a practicing podiatrist, nor in podiatry school. i am currently applying to podiatry school. i recently received a cd rom and informational packet about podiatry (after i had already decided podiatry was for me) and i have to say the information given seemed to be a bit "fictional" i have shadowed many podiatrist in my state (kansas), most seem to be in a similar bind. This being having to keep satellite offices and nursing homes. each one seemed to have to struggle to keep business open and openly warned me about this. this may be slightly due to Kansas law not allowing podiatrist to touch the ankle or calf.
im not saying i agree with the angry podiatry web site described. i just know that if the profession is being slightly "over glorified" by recruiters, every student needs to read some negative from this guys web site or other sources. i cringe any time some one personal view is described as meaningless due to their assumed lack of hard work.
i think its important for me as well as other students to hear the success stories of podiatry- as well as how some very smart and hard working podiatrist are really struggling now with unequal state laws and cutting of health care costs.
podiatry is a weird profession, in some sections the usa podiatry is great profession, however in other pockets its fighting to keep patients. I shadowed for a podiatrist that can only find work doing 90 percent toe nail removal.
my advice would be to shadow were you plan to practice see for your self what your area is like. That will be more accurate then both the recruiters ,angry podiatrist or me.
just dont let any one every tell you to ignore a persons view point since they feel they are a isolated incident. as a future podiatrist, we should not be ignoring these people but learning from them. For those of us who do become successful podiatrist, it should be our duty to reach out to people like this guy to better the profession as a whole, if thats even possible.
as for me, despite reading the web site i am looking forward to a career in podiatry. i just enjoy the work they do. ill worry about the money later i suppose.
if you like what you are going to be doing in podiatry, you have nothing to worry about. there will always be feet