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[surgeonpod]

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I wonder why people don't go to podiatry school. You can make more money than dentist, internist, pediatrician, family practice and allergist. may be people are not aware that you can do basically the same thing as what foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon can do. It's a guaranteed subspecialized orthopedic residency, whereas, If you go to medical school....your chance of getting orthopedic residency is probably 15%. And you have very good lifestyle similar to the top sought residency like derm, radiology, or anesthesiology. Here is the source I came across:

Here is the source:
Podiatric physicians-
(1)http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/l...playSection2=0
(2)
(http://www.cbsalary.com/salary_chart...rthopedic&ns=1
(3)

http://www.cejkasearch.com/compensat...ion_survey.htm


Dentistry-

http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/l...=%23dentist%23



http://www.cbsalary.com/salary_chart...2bGeneral&ns=1


Physicians-
http://www.cejkasearch.com/compensation/amga_physician_compensation_survey.htm

 

[JJMrK]

I wonder why people don't go to podiatry school. You can make more money than dentist, internist, pediatrician, family practice and allergist. may be people are not aware that you can do basically the same thing as what foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon can do. It's a guaranteed subspecialized orthopedic residency, whereas, If you go to medical school....your chance of getting orthopedic residency is probably 15%. And you have very good lifestyle similar to the top sought residency like derm, radiology, or anesthesiology. Here is the source I came across:

I don't know if your numbers are right, but I'd bet the actual percentage is higher than that.

A few thoughts:
1) Only a small portion of people interested in ortho will also be interested in foot/ankle. Going the med school route keeps doors open.
2) I'm guessing that becoming a podiatrist who treats things surgically is not all that easy. If you know you're interested in ortho foot/ankle (which is unlikely as an undergrad), what happens if you go to podiatry school and end up not being in a position to treat things surgically (admittedly I know nothing about it, but I'm assuming this requires further specialization).
3) Even according to your own numbers, orthopods make more money.
4) Related to number 1, but what if you think you know what you're interested in, but then decide peds is right for you?

 

[Hoody]

I'm simply not interested. My calling is in critical care, either IM or Anes. Its not about money, or lifestyle. Its what I want to do. After working a few years as a professional in another area of health care, I realized that this life is all about doing what you want to do. I'm okay with funky hours. I dont mind working night shifts or off hours. Its nice to go grocery shopping or to the gym or whatever while the rest of the 9-5 world works. And money only buys so much happiness. Finding a job that you really love is priceless. 🙂


But good luck to you. My place just hired a new pod about 6 months ago. She does pretty much all the diabetic foot stuff. And she does quite a bit of surgery as well. Overall I find her to be much stricter with her Patients than the orthos.

 

[surgeonpod]

No. after podiatry school....every podiatry school graduate does three years of residency. Nowdays....many newly trained podiatrist are joining orthopedic group to do all of their foot and ankle surgeries.

 

[surgeonpod]

had one more question....IF you go to DO school.....is it hard to get a specilized residency? I was checking online that 85% of the DO graduate end up becoming primary care physician?

 

[surgeonpod]

I'm simply not interested. My calling is in critical care, either IM or Anes. Its not about money, or lifestyle. Its what I want to do. After working a few years as a professional in another area of health care, I realized that this life is all about doing what you want to do. I'm okay with funky hours. I dont mind working night shifts or off hours. Its nice to go grocery shopping or to the gym or whatever while the rest of the 9-5 world works. And money only buys so much happiness. Finding a job that you really love is priceless. 🙂




But good luck to you. My place just hired a new pod about 6 months ago. She does pretty much all the diabetic foot stuff. And she does quite a bit of surgery as well. Overall I find her to be much stricter with her Patients than the orthos.

let's say ....if I wanted to ortho surgeon.....and go to DO school....is it hard to get it?

 

[Hoody]

let's say ....if I wanted to ortho surgeon.....and go to DO school....is it hard to get it?

Its definitely possible. You just have to do well on your tests (duh) and play the match game smart. Some schools/hospitals will not take any DO's for residents (like Harvard) and other schools/hospitals take only DOs for residents (like this one).

 

[JaggerPlate]

No. after podiatry school....every podiatry school graduate does three years of residency. Nowdays....many newly trained podiatrist are joining orthopedic group to do all of their foot and ankle surgeries.

Actually, almost everything I've read says there aren't enough pod residencies.

 

[thesauce]

No. after podiatry school....every podiatry school graduate does three years of residency. Nowdays....many newly trained podiatrist are joining orthopedic group to do all of their foot and ankle surgeries.

Who are you responding to with this post?

 

[JaggerPlate]

had one more question....IF you go to DO school.....is it hard to get a specilized residency? I was checking online that 85% of the DO graduate end up becoming primary care physician?

Stats are way off. Some DO schools pump a lot of people into primary care, others do not. The DO school I am planning to attend next year puts about 55% of students into specialized 'non PC' residencies

 

[JaggerPlate]

let's say ....if I wanted to ortho surgeon.....and go to DO school....is it hard to get it?

Ortho is a sought after specialty, so it's fairly difficult to obtain. Landing a residency is up to you though, but don't go in expecting it.

 

[JJMrK]

Who are you responding to with this post?

I believe he's responding to the second point of my post.

 

[thesauce]

I wonder why people don't go to podiatry school. You can make more money than dentist, internist, pediatrician, family practice and allergist. may be people are not aware that you can do basically the same thing as what foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon can do. It's a guaranteed subspecialized orthopedic residency, whereas, If you go to medical school....your chance of getting orthopedic residency is probably 15%. And you have very good lifestyle similar to the top sought residency like derm, radiology, or anesthesiology. Here is the source I came across:

Here is the source:
Podiatric physicians-
(1)http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/l...playSection2=0
(2)
(http://www.cbsalary.com/salary_chart...rthopedic&ns=1
(3)

http://www.cejkasearch.com/compensat...ion_survey.htm


Dentistry-

http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/l...=%23dentist%23



http://www.cbsalary.com/salary_chart...2bGeneral&ns=1


Physicians-
http://www.cejkasearch.com/compensation/amga_physician_compensation_survey.htm

Your post assumes that the only variables that people are considering in their job are money and lifestyle. What about personal interest in a field?

 

[surgeonpod]

I am thinking of going to either podiatry school or west virginia osteopathic medical school. DO you guys know the stats for that. If i go to wv osteopathic school....what are my chances of getting orthopedic residency and what are my chances if i go to carrebean medical school?

 

[surgeonpod]

I am thinking of going to either podiatry school or west virginia osteopathic medical school. DO you guys know the stats for that. If i go to wv osteopathic school....what are my chances of getting orthopedic residency and what are my chances if i go to carrebean medical school?

 

[Hoody]

is going on?!?

 

[surgeonpod]

can you guys answer my question please? I need to make a decision.....my gpa is 3.55 and my mcat is 22. Do you think I can get accepted to DO school or I am gonna have to go to carrebean medical school.....or podiatry school

 

[thesauce]

is going on?!?

Cut us some slack. We're trying to get our post-counts up.

 

[Morsetlis]

can you guys answer my question please? I need to make a decision.....my gpa is 3.55 and my mcat is 22. Do you think I can get accepted to DO school or I am gonna have to go to carrebean medical school.....or podiatry school

Retake MCAT and work on your writing style. Your GPA is fine for DO but your MCAT is... iffy to say the least.

 

[link2swim06]

Problem with pod school is you are stuck in one choice....and my understanding is most end up being surgeons. If you don't want to be either it is a bad deal.

 

[boaz]

Medicine is more popular because there's a much wider range of specialties. And, med school applicants either "know" they want to do, say, neurosurgery, or just want to keep their options open. So they don't go the podiatry route. Only someone who is certain that podiatry for them should go to podiatry school.

 

[Geekchick921]

let's say ....if I wanted to ortho surgeon.....and go to DO school....is it hard to get it?

Ortho is a competitive specialty to match into regardless of MD or DO. 3 of the orthopedic surgeons at the hospital where I work are DOs, and there are probably more that are on community staff, so it's certainly possible.

 

[thesauce]

Stats are way off. Some DO schools pump a lot of people into primary care, others do not. The DO school I am planning to attend next year puts about 55% of students into specialized 'non PC' residencies

Kirksville?

 

[chman]

Perhaps some of use don't want to deal with strictly feet and ankles, did you ever think of that? Some of the nastiest stuff out there is foot related and it just seems a bit redundant to me (no offense to non-trolls who chose podiatry). To each his own.

 

[gravitywave]

why not pod? seinfeld.

the episode where the guy has trouble getting people to recognize him as a legitimate doctor because he's "just a podiatrist" set that profession back twenty years.

sad but i bet that's true.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

I wonder why people don't go to podiatry school.

because i'd rather be a real doc, thanks.

 

[Mackey]

Most medical students going into medical school will change their goals by the time they graduate as far as what field they desire.

One of the joys of MD school is that it is only a beginning. Once you graduate ( or rather.. once you sign up for the match) you get to branch out into one of many, many specialties.

Podiatry school.... Not so much.

There would be a lot of unhappy docs running around if you were locked into the field you thought you wanted to do when you first went to school.


That, and feet smell.

 

[Mackey]

Most medical students going into medical school will change their goals by the time they graduate as far as what field they desire.

One of the joys of MD school is that it is only a beginning. Once you graduate ( or rather.. once you sign up for the match) you get to branch out into one of many, many specialties.

Podiatry school.... Not so much.

There would be a lot of unhappy docs running around if you were locked into the field you thought you wanted to do when you first went to school.


That, and feet smell.

You know after I hit reply, I realized I wanted to expand on that.

When I dissected my cadaver's feet, I was confronted by not only the smell of the cadaver itself, but also of smelly feet. These two smells combined left a very lasting impression with me. God that was horrible.

 

[sassilysweet]

Feet in general=kinda gross

Old people gargoyle feet=nasty

Sick/something wrong gargoyle feet=crusty nastiness

 

[JaggerPlate]

Feet in general=kinda gross

Old people gargoyle feet=nasty

Sick/something wrong gargoyle feet=crusty nastiness

Truth is, you'll probably see grosser things on rotations, etc. However .... I'm inclined to agree with you. I really, really couldn't deal with feet all day. Even if it was surgery, whatever.

 

[JaggerPlate]

Kirksville?

Maybe ?????

 

[surgeonpod]

Most medical students going into medical school will change their goals by the time they graduate as far as what field they desire.

One of the joys of MD school is that it is only a beginning. Once you graduate ( or rather.. once you sign up for the match) you get to branch out into one of many, many specialties.

Podiatry school.... Not so much.

There would be a lot of unhappy docs running around if you were locked into the field you thought you wanted to do when you first went to school.


That, and feet smell.

tell that to your attending during your ortho foot/ankle rotation....you think feet smell....what do you think u gonna do during ur OB/GYN rotation....you might end becoming obgyn in the future ....who knows.......have fun shoving your finger up people's ass. peace nikgah

 

[Mackey]

tell that to your attending during your ortho foot/ankle rotation....you think feet smell....what do you think u gonna do during ur OB/GYN rotation....you might end becoming obgyn in the future ....who knows.......have fun shoving your finger up people's ass. peace nikgah

Rectal exams? Already been there, done that.

Feet are worse.

Come again.

 

[ahowardmd]

can you guys answer my question please? I need to make a decision.....my gpa is 3.55 and my mcat is 22. Do you think I can get accepted to DO school or I am gonna have to go to carrebean medical school.....or podiatry school

Personally, I can't take a person seriously if they are poor at spelling.

nikgah

Just...no.

Really though, if you want to be a Podiatrist or an Osteopathic Physician, then do it. They're both lucrative careers, and because they're relatively low on prestige they are much easier to get into than MD schools.

Just please don't troll on SDN trying to convince people that they are just as good as being an MD...whether it's true or not, it's futile.

 

[JaggerPlate]

Personally, I can't take a person seriously if they are poor at spelling.



Just...no.

Really though, if you want to be a Podiatrist or an Osteopathic Physician, then do it. They're both lucrative careers, and because they're relatively low on prestige they are much easier to get into than MD schools.

Just please don't troll on SDN trying to convince people that they are just as good as being an MD...whether it's true or not, it's futile.

Eh, there is a pretty big gap between DO schools and DPM schools as far as stats are concerned and number of seats to number of applicants. Different game. As far as the OP goes though ... I think he/she's a bit nuts because I recall a similar rant in POD forums a while back.

 

[J1515]

.have fun shoving your finger up people's ass. peace nikgah

I can't for the life of me figure out why you didn't get into more/better medical schools

 

[apumic]

lol x pi

no explanation necessary... lol.

 

[Sammich117]

tell that to your attending during your ortho foot/ankle rotation....you think feet smell....what do you think u gonna do during ur OB/GYN rotation....you might end becoming obgyn in the future ....who knows.......have fun shoving your finger up people's ass. peace nikgah

I can't for the life of me figure out why you didn't get into more/better medical schools

This.

Seriously, I think most people are smarter for keeping options open. I hate hearing stories of people who end up hating what they're doing. An MD is a lot more flexible.

I definitely have no desire to touch feet for the rest of my life.