09/17/2025    Rod Tomczak, DPM, MD, EdD

APMA Rejects ACGME Task Force (Brook Bisbee, DPM)

Dr. Bisbee is an expert at the hidden ball trick
and passing responsibility for the decision to
tell ACGME that the podiatry profession was not
interested in having their residencies accredited
by the ACGME of medical accreditation
organizations. In the second paragraph of her
letter she says, “In recent weeks we had meetings
with many stakeholders within the profession to
discuss the pros and cons of participating in an
exploratory process with ACGME.”

First, the word “secret” was omitted between the
word “had” and the word “meetings” in the quoted
sentence. Second, it’s amazing how the hoi polloi
of this profession are conveniently forgotten
concerning what is going on. Mushroom theory of
leadership again. Third, ACGME’s offer is an
exploratory look see at the educational process
involved in accreditation of our own programs.
It’s not like we are turning over Rome to Attila
and the Huns. Fourth, I have requested Dr. Barry
Block to ask the membership how they feel about
your response to ACGME via a survey of PM News
much like the survey that asked if members would
prefer to have a DO degree when practicing our
podiatric profession. It may take a while to have
a not secret survey since the yearly practice
survey is scheduled for the near future.

I generated those three questions and one request
from just the second paragraph of your response.
Think what I could do in pursuit of the truth with
the remainder of your response. In summary, it
sounded like you are the losing coach in a Super
Bowl blow out. “They’re a good team, let’s not
forget that. They have a lot of super stars who
will be in Canton someday. Look at their roster
and you will find a lot of Pro Bowl players. We
thought we had a good game plan based on what we
saw from their game films this year. Not many of
our players had Super Bowl experience and we ended
up playing from behind after they ran the opening
kick off back for a touchdown.. Now, I’ll take
one more question from Alfred E. Neuman of Mad
Magazine.”

Rod Tomczak, DPM, MD, EdD, Columbus, OH

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