#1 reason to become a podiatrist? A jumping off point to go to law school? Look at David Mullens’ picture. He was a podiatrist and went into the LAW BUSINESS and has been doing it for 20 years. Like Barry Block that dpm holds little weight in that both have DROPPED OUT OF PODIATRY and make their main living OFF OF PODIATRY INSTEAD OF IN IT. Look at Block’s picture. Look at Mullen’s picture. To me, there’s something suspect behind those eyes and painted on smiles. Disingenuity in my opinion. I think that, for a certain percentage of podiatrists, there’s… Read more »
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Robert Bijak
Dumb C+ students can’t be expected to do A+ thinking and that’s why podiatry is flopping like a fish on dry land. Podiatrist Ford says he agrees with Jacobs regarding one certifying board for surgery but then comes up with the ILLOGICAL CONCLUSION that Surgery is a part of Medicine so the ABPM should be allowed to “give out” “certificates” (pods love useless certificates) of “additional quality (CAQ’S). Podiatrist Ford goes on to remind the technicians that they’re all screwed up because there are many NON CPME APPROVED “fellowships” that “GIVE OUT CERTIFICATES”!. The point is, podiatry is a MIXED-UP,… Read more »
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Robert Bijak
Yeah, most of get the joke but the LIFERS can’t abide by the TRUTH THAT’S IN IT! Most pods would have rather gone to medical school but couldn’t and pod college was EASY TO GET INTO so, there you have it. The failure to accept one’s status is what divides this trade. Lifers are certain they’re “just like” and nothing needs changing. REALISTS see pods weaknesses and status as less than a P.A. with further slippage likely. Yeah, you got your foot in the door, but the door slammed on it, and you’re stuck. BTW, when YOUR foot is slammed… Read more »
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John Lemming
Is everyone on here schizophrenic? The ranting and overuse of capital letters reads like a serial killers manifesto. Did a podiatrist hurt you? I’m podiatrist employed at a mutli-specialty group for just north of $300k. I frequently do total ankles, tendon transfers, ankle fractures, pilons. About 60% of my work is surgical. I had a 3.7 undergrad and a 94th percentile MCAT. I had research, volunteering, all the shadowing hours. Honors and AP in high school. I chose podiatry because MD is overly competitive for what you get out of it. It’s not worth sacrificing that much of my time… Read more »
#1 reason to become a podiatrist? A jumping off point to go to law school? Look at David Mullens’ picture. He was a podiatrist and went into the LAW BUSINESS and has been doing it for 20 years. Like Barry Block that dpm holds little weight in that both have DROPPED OUT OF PODIATRY and make their main living OFF OF PODIATRY INSTEAD OF IN IT. Look at Block’s picture. Look at Mullen’s picture. To me, there’s something suspect behind those eyes and painted on smiles. Disingenuity in my opinion. I think that, for a certain percentage of podiatrists, there’s… Read more »
Dumb C+ students can’t be expected to do A+ thinking and that’s why podiatry is flopping like a fish on dry land. Podiatrist Ford says he agrees with Jacobs regarding one certifying board for surgery but then comes up with the ILLOGICAL CONCLUSION that Surgery is a part of Medicine so the ABPM should be allowed to “give out” “certificates” (pods love useless certificates) of “additional quality (CAQ’S). Podiatrist Ford goes on to remind the technicians that they’re all screwed up because there are many NON CPME APPROVED “fellowships” that “GIVE OUT CERTIFICATES”!. The point is, podiatry is a MIXED-UP,… Read more »
Yeah, most of get the joke but the LIFERS can’t abide by the TRUTH THAT’S IN IT! Most pods would have rather gone to medical school but couldn’t and pod college was EASY TO GET INTO so, there you have it. The failure to accept one’s status is what divides this trade. Lifers are certain they’re “just like” and nothing needs changing. REALISTS see pods weaknesses and status as less than a P.A. with further slippage likely. Yeah, you got your foot in the door, but the door slammed on it, and you’re stuck. BTW, when YOUR foot is slammed… Read more »
Is everyone on here schizophrenic? The ranting and overuse of capital letters reads like a serial killers manifesto. Did a podiatrist hurt you? I’m podiatrist employed at a mutli-specialty group for just north of $300k. I frequently do total ankles, tendon transfers, ankle fractures, pilons. About 60% of my work is surgical. I had a 3.7 undergrad and a 94th percentile MCAT. I had research, volunteering, all the shadowing hours. Honors and AP in high school. I chose podiatry because MD is overly competitive for what you get out of it. It’s not worth sacrificing that much of my time… Read more »