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November 02, 2022 #7,373  Publisher-Barry Block, DPM, JD
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| AACPM NEWS | |
UTRGV SOPM Joins AACPM
The Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine is pleased to announce the admittance of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) School of Podiatric Medicine (SOPM) into membership in the Association on October 28, 2022. The School welcomed its inaugural class of 27 students in August 2022. The School of Podiatric Medicine was granted candidate status by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) on June 8, 2022.
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Dr. Eric Stamps |
On behalf of the Board of Directors, AACPM Chairman Eric D. Stamps, DPM remarked, “The UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine, with its mission of developing a diverse, compassionate student body, will contribute to the efforts to diversify the podiatric workforce. The new college will also advance the Association’s mission of providing a national forum for the exchange of ideas and issues relating to podiatric medical education. We welcome the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Podiatric Medicine to the Association.”
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| PODIATRISTS IN THE NEWS | |
TX Podiatrist Discusses Benefits of Messaging Your Feet with a Tennis Ball
Podiatrist Chanel Houston Perkins, DPM says massaging your feet with a tennis ball can help release tension, improve circulation, strengthen the feet, and help loosen foot ligaments, reducing the likelihood of injury.
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Dr. Chanel Perkins |
Tennis ball foot massages are not recommended for everyone. Dr. Perkins advises avoiding this technique if you have a diagnosed rupture of a ligament or muscle tendon in the foot, a suspected foot fracture, or a dislocated joint that hasn't been properly treated.
Source: Jessica Estrada, Well + Good [10/30/22]
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| PODIATRISTS IN THE COMMUNITY | |
PA Podiatrist to Hold 10th Annual Sock Drive
Newtown podiatrist Lawrence Kalker, DPM is again partnering with Valley Youth House in Warminster and the Bucks County Emergency Homeless Shelter in Levittown, and the Coalition to Shelter and Support the Homeless in Doylestown for their 10th Annual Holiday Sock Drive to benefit both facilities. The Sock Drive will take place now through January 1, 2023.
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Since 2013, the Sock Drive has been a huge success, collecting more than 10,000 brand new pairs of socks from patients and community members. All new socks for children and adults are accepted.
Source: The Reporter [10/30/22]
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Retired IA Podiatrist Publishes Family Memoir
R. Tim Yoho, DPM, Emeritus Dean from Des Moines University’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, recently published Life After Death: The Laura and Caralyn Yoho Story. This family memoir chronicles his daughter-in-law's (Laura) twenty-seven-month battle with brain cancer and the birth of his granddaughter born through a surrogate four months after Laura’s death. It was Laura’s best friend who volunteered to grant the couple their wish of having a child.
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Dr. Robert "Tim" Yoho |
The story is both tragic and inspirational. It describes Laura’s extraordinary courage and her husband’s (Nathan) unwavering commitment to leave no stone unturned to save Laura’s life. Life After Death offers a unique perspective of his role as both a healthcare provider and having a family member afflicted with a terminal disease. Dr. Yoho feels healthcare professionals and students would benefit from this story.
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| MEETING NEWS | |
Largest Attended Superbones Superwounds West Ever
The largest attended Superbones Superwounds West (SBSWW) Conference took place virtually October 22-23 in cyberspace, affirming that podiatrists continue to like virtual conferences even after COVID risk has diminished. At almost 700 attendees, attendance at this event eclipsed the largest attended virtual SBSWW by over 200 attendees and the largest live SBSWW by almost 400 attendees. In the post-event survey, 98.5% of attendees said they would like to attend a similar event again in the future and would recommend the event to their colleagues. Hundreds of testimonials, comments, and suggestions for future topics were submitted.
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Ask the Experts Session at SBSWW |
Conference Chairman Harold Schoenhaus, DPM and Co-Chairs Robert Frykberg, DPM, MPH, Thomas Serena, MD, Stanley Kalish, DPM and a brilliant faculty delivered a virtual education program that was uniformly praised by attendees. PRESENT e-Learning Systems remains committed to continuing to produce the SBSWW conference and others virtually into the future in addition to their in-person events.
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| FROM PM's CURRENT ISSUE | |
Several times a week, PM News posts an entire article from a recent issue of our partner, Podiatry Management Magazine. Please note that the views expressed in Podiatry Management Magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of PM News or Barry Block.
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| PRACTICE MANAGEMENT TIP OF THE DAY | |
4 Ways Streamlining Front Office Operations Can Drive Revenue For Your Practice
3. Offer digital intake
In today’s digital age, patients have grown to favor the option of completing forms online before they ever enter your office. They want to do it from the comfort of their own home, on their own time, and they expect a modern, digital experience. With online patient intake, practices can capture pertinent information like patient insurance, medical history, and digital consent forms before patients even step foot in your practice. Modernizing your practice with self-serve digital capabilities, you can significantly reduce manual data entry errors and save countless hours wasted on redundant data entry steps from the patient intake process.
Streamlining this process not only saves administrative time and improves the patient experience, but it ensures you have the accurate patient information you need to get paid quickly. In addition, this allows the provider to spend more quality time with the patient, building a relationship and discussing the patient’s health since the other information was already collected.
Source: Andrea Kowalski, Physicians Practice [10/27/22]
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| RESPONSES/COMMENTS (CPME NEWS) | |
From: Steven Selby Blanken, DPM
I was very surprised to see another podiatry school, number 11. Our profession is having problems recruiting future DPMs and the other 10 schools are not filling for the most part and also taking students with less than desirable GPAs and MCAT scores. I truly feel we need a grass-roots campaign at the school level, giving the 2nd and 3rd year students some grants to go back home or to their undergraduate school and speak to the pre-med societies (about opportunities in podiatry).
The CPME with the help of APMA should also try to contribute at this level. We need to focus on why fewer and fewer younger DPMs are not in our own state and national societies. We also need to focus with AMA about reimbursements going lower and lower over many years.
Steven Selby Blanken, DPM, Silver Spring, MD
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| YOU CAN'T MAKE THESE THINGS UP | |
RE: Outrageous Shoe of the Day
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Can you tell the age of the wearer by the number of rings? |
Source: Renate Volleberg via Virtual Shoe Museum
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