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10/15/2025
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (THE FUTURE OF PODI;ATRY)
From: Bob Smith, DPM
I do appreciate the student data centered on enrollment and graduation rates recently made available in PM News. I have read this central theme presented throughout the year from assertions and responses. This dialog has peaked my curiosity. I do agree that new residency programs should be approved by ACGME because, in my opinion and research, the subject of pain management and substance use disorder can be taught uniformly across all healthcare disciplines.
Furthermore, I am interested in the numbers of graduation rates and reasons for not completing the college’s programs, and speculate that perhaps students transferred to other podiatry colleges. Moreover, the cost and student loan burden has always puzzled me among healthcare professionals. I believe the need is so dire for all healthcare professionals, especially podiatrists, in preventing lower extremity amputations, falls, and lower extremity pain associated with chronic disease that communities, states, and federal governments should subsidize medical education to fill the obvious chasm. Perhaps the colleges can provide tuition costs and student loan data for each of their classes, and we as a profession may offer solutions to mitigate this burden.
Bob Smith, DPM, Ormond Beach, FL
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