06/18/2013    

RESPONSES / COMMENTS (NEWS STORIES)

RE: Scholl Professor Sues Associate Dean for Defamation

From: Jon Purdy, DPM

 

I too was a student under both of these fine gentlemen. I knew Dr. Hrywnak to be one of the few instructors who could provide us with true practice management and “real world” insight. He is VERY pro-podiatry and gave both the positive and negative sides of professional practice. It would be a shame for students to lose his presence.

 

It was my experience that many of our professors did not have to deal with the political forces or market pressures of private practice. It wasn’t until I entered private practice that I found many “opinions” to be way off the mark. I found what I had learned from Dr. Hrywnak to be extremely accurate. I thank him to this day for having taught us what he did.

 

Medical practice is extremely rewarding and extremely tough, and it doesn’t appear it will get easier any time soon. Candy-coating what students will face, I feel, is irresponsible. Teaching true practice management to help students understand what they will be up against, and providing them with the knowledge to succeed should be foremost in the colleges. The Ohio college was smart enough to implement a true practice management course. Dismissing instructors like Dr. Hwrynak is the opposite of that.

 

If there is anything dissuading students from practicing podiatry, it is the politics and shortsightedness that has led to this repetitive wave of residency shortages.

 

Jon Purdy, DPM, New Iberia, LA, Podiatrist@mindspring.com