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05/14/2021 Bryan C. Markinson, DPM
AMA To Consider Resolution With Goal of Allowing DPMS to Take USMLE Exams From:(Allen Jacobs, DPM)
Since the backslapping, and kudos, and misinterpretation and queries about existing DPMs taking the USMLE have begun, I feel compelled to state my take on it. Dr. Allen Jacobs' very accurate, but hidden assessment is one I 100% agree with. The AAOS and AOFAS seems to have put APMA and ACFAS into a full nelson without any resistance whatsoever and forced them to cry "uncle." Any DPM with an iota of self-respect must condemn this statement in its entirety. For those who support it ask yourselves the following:
1) What do you think will happen if the AMA takes up this resolution to "study" our education from the top down to see how it compares to MD/DO? I'll tell you....it will be disemboweled pure and simple. You will see how the retrofit about simple addition of gynecology and psychology class that we have been espousing, will be the laughing stock of the medical community. Front and center you will see that the differences in the educational experience of a DPM will be hung out to dry publicly simply on how it does not match up. No mention will be made about anything good we hold as the domain of the DPM specialty training.
2) What makes you think that the NBME and the LCME will take on the project? If they do, the resolution already states that curriculum change will have to result in equal, not be "like." What DPM courses will be sacrificed to accommodate this? The second two years of podiatric medical education will be decimated. (See question 1)
3) Why would any talented college student commit to an MD curriculum AND a limited license to practice podiatry?
4) Have you taken a look at what else the AMA HOD has in store for us...mainly that you can't refer to yourself ever as a physician...thanks so much to all of our graduates in the past few years who have insisted on saying they went to "medical school" unchecked, unimpeded, not asked to stop.
5) Has the AACPM signed on this or even been consulted? Doubt it.
Also, consider this, the amount of retrofitting and change will be so monumental as to nullify this plan at its outset, and the "you can’t call yourself doctor" will pass and they will lobby every state legislature to follow it.
Have I misunderstood? I don't think so. If I have, then the ACFAS and APMA need to clarify.
Bryan C. Markinson, DPM, NY, NY
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