What do you think about UK train podiatrists?
Are they really less knowledgeable than US ones because their training entails only a 3 year bachelor degree? Do US podiatrists have a larger scope of practice? I'm asking because I'm thinking of...
View ArticleVirtual manager & assistants
Ok kids, let's get serious for once. Does anyone have experience with any type of virtual management? Suppose someone wanted to set up their own deal, and didn't want to hire anyone other than maybe a...
View ArticleBoards Case Collections
So given the current CMS recommendation of suspension of elective procedures, do we think the powers at be will give an extended timeline for boards collection? People I have talked to think it will be...
View ArticleAPMLE Part III
I will be starting my residency in the state of Pennsylvania this upcoming July, and I plan to take the APMLE Part III in June. My plan is to start preparing for the exam in the next few weeks.I am...
View ArticleUltrasound in clinic
Is anyone here employing a lot of ultrasound in clinic? Seems like much easier these days to use a handheld probe and hook up to an ipad. Interested in this because some of my outreach clinics don't...
View ArticleTelehealth
Is anyone employing telehealth? Could you see keeping it after all this does down? Specifically for more rural outreach clinics where you don't go very often?
View Article10 yr + out in practice, what are you doing about your student loan?
For those that have been out 10+ years, how are you managing your student loan? Did you opted for pay-as-you-earn and plan to have the loan forgiven in 20 years? Did you re-finance and paying down the...
View ArticleMinimally invasive bunions
Anybody have any experience with any of the techniques out there on the market? Original technique is Steinmann pin to move capital fragment over. Now there are certain cannulated screw techniques to...
View ArticleBest Purchase with Educational Funds
What were your best educational purchases during residency? Any educational purchases you regret why? Any recommendations for a good educational purchase?
View ArticleResidency contract review
Hi everyone. I am a resident in a Midwestern program and we just found out that our hospitals wants to cut our pay partially Because according to them they don’t have the money to pay us because of...
View ArticlePrescribing without an office
Anyone able to do this? Or does anyone have any free adsupported eprescribing software they can recommend?
View ArticleCovid-19 pay cut
My employee has asked me to take a 50% base pay cut for an initial 6 weeks but possibly longer due to the loss in revenue as the result of the pandemic. Just wondering if anyone else is dealing with this.
View ArticleMedicare provider relief fund?
Most pracitioners have received the provider relief fund (approximately 6% of 2019 Medicare billing). Has anyone not gotten it yet? I haven’t gotten the relief fund yet. It started distributing on...
View ArticleABFAS new appeals process, another scam?
Hi guys, I'm in my first attempt at part 2 case review right now (already passed the CBPS part-woohoo!). I just got a mass email from ABFAS where they introduced their new appeals policy for case...
View ArticleJob Offer during Covid good?
Hello everyone! I am posting this for a friend of mine who is in their 3rd year pod residency. They are in the Northeast region of the US. They are not sure what a typical job offer looks like in terms...
View ArticleWhich states accept ABFAS only
I've seen here on a few posts some users mention that their state does not accept credentialing at hospitals unless the doctor is ABFAS qualified/certified, anyone know which states those are? Tried to...
View ArticleJob Hunt
Hi I am an upcoming PGY3 and I wanted to start job hunting sometime in this summer. I know everything is all ****ed up because of COVID but I at least wanted to get my name out there and make contacts...
View ArticleAPMLE Part 3 2020
Most of these threads are several years old and do not offer great advice. For those that have taken boards part 3, what is the best way to study (books, etc)? When did you take it (during residency or...
View ArticleVA Podiatry a good gig?
Hey all, I am an incoming 1st year podiatry student and currently applying for scholarships. The Veterans Health Administration (VA) are giving out 4 year scholarships and am currently applying to it....
View ArticlePodiatrists complicated cases
I was recently accepted to all podiatry schools I applied to. Podiatry was my first goal during my undergrad and I worked with other medical specialties. However, since I started working with a...
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