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On a serious note though, I believe knowing what to expect in the field of Podiatry should be advertised more. If I were applying to Podiatric Colleges and I was told that majority of your career involves doing "bottom feeding" surgeries such as I&D puss bus, amps, limb salvage, diabetic foot care, while on occasion you take on the big cases like ankles, etc., I definitely would not have chosen this field.
There are student orgs in the Podiatric Colleges like Pediatrics club or Sport smedicine club and I feel bad for them, most especially Pediatrics because the specialty of Podiatric Pediatric is virtually non-existent; fellowship trained pediatric ortho are the ones who specialize in these things. There's this self procliamed pediatric podiatrist called Louis J. DeCaro who heads the ACFAP. His training says "emphasis in pediatrics" but that is interpreted as I prefer seeing pediatric patients and have interest in it. There is no formal speciality training for Pediatric Podiatry.
I do appreciate on behalf of the profession to see young future podiatrists like LordofWaffles and few others looking forward to be in this career field but I could tell you that there are people like myself who is not motivated enough to continue this profession long because of said problems already discussed but also it's just not worth it for us in the end
There are student orgs in the Podiatric Colleges like Pediatrics club or Sport smedicine club and I feel bad for them, most especially Pediatrics because the specialty of Podiatric Pediatric is virtually non-existent; fellowship trained pediatric ortho are the ones who specialize in these things. There's this self procliamed pediatric podiatrist called Louis J. DeCaro who heads the ACFAP. His training says "emphasis in pediatrics" but that is interpreted as I prefer seeing pediatric patients and have interest in it. There is no formal speciality training for Pediatric Podiatry.
I do appreciate on behalf of the profession to see young future podiatrists like LordofWaffles and few others looking forward to be in this career field but I could tell you that there are people like myself who is not motivated enough to continue this profession long because of said problems already discussed but also it's just not worth it for us in the end