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.
