RE: The MD Accreditation Process
From: Rod Tomczak, DPM, MD, EdD
The accreditation process for podiatry schools is a rigorous endeavor. Make no mistake, the maintenance of accreditation, an ongoing process, is no walk in the park either. You will notice that over the years, there has been public debate about transitioning to an MD degree. Podiatry Management featured a roundtable discussion some years back that allowed the deans of each school, six or maybe seven at the time, to weigh in on the discussion and explain their viewpoints. Subsequent to that roundtable, no movement was made toward making our schools MD granting institutions. There has been speculation regarding why nothing changes, although the roundtable was provoked by a groundswell of podiatrists clamoring for an MD degree.
The first reason is that our curriculum is not rigorous enough and would need to be upgraded completely. Partially true. At the time podiatry schools taught to the cellular level. Today, we are approaching the molecular level where MD schools...
Editor's note: Dr. Tomczak's extended-length letter can be read here.
