From: Bryan C. Markinson, DPM
Dr. Steinberg asks: "Then, as far as you are concerned, are striving for a plenary license and practicing podiatry mutually exclusive? Can't you see any value? What about the general public not seeing any value in attending podiatry college?"
My response is: Of course, I think a plenary license backed by the education to support it is of extreme value and as many have asserted, may be the only option soon enough. However, if anyone applying to whatever program in the future would offer this opportunity, they will find themselves sitting side-by-side with classmates taking the exact same exams, same labs, subject to the same performance measures, same board requirements prior to graduation from the "program." But the door that opens after that is the wide world of medical specialties that offer residency and...
Editor's note: Dr. Markison's extended-length letter appears here.
From: Robert Scott Steinberg, DPM
Then, as far as you are concerned, are striving for a plenary license and practicing podiatry mutually exclusive? Can't you see any value?
What about the general public not seeing any value in attending podiatry college?
Robert Scott Steinberg, DPM, Schaumburg, IL
RE: AI and Podiatry
From: Allen M. Jacobs, DPM
There was an old toy you may recall, the magic eight ball. You would ask a question then shake the ball. An answer would then float into a window (e.g.: yes, no, or try again). I feel as though the questions I ask AI regarding the future of podiatry are a recreation of the magic eight ball. Within seconds I am given an answer. It creates in me the very same feeling-certainly more scientific but nevertheless the very same feeling.
I posed the question to AI: how do we elevate the DPM degree to the same level of respect as an MD or DO degree? Click here to read the proposed answer.
Allen M. Jacobs, DPM, St. Louis, MO
