Disclaimer: Do not rely upon any information on this website. My personal opinion is that a podiatrist did not complete a certified podiatric residency program and such a program was completed more than 10 years ago, such training does not related to a podiatrists current competence.

                                                                                                    

 If your podiatrist did not complete a certified podiatric residency program, do not discriminate
against them. Such a program may be outdated training if it was completed more than 10 years
ago and should not be considered as part of their current competence. I believe that
current competence in podiatry means did not perform a podiatric procedure according to
adequate standard of care and if a podiatrist lacks outdated formal podiatric residency
training this has nothing to do with if the procedure was performed competently. I never completed
a podiatric residency training program and because of this I was able to competently
perform joint implant surgery with grommets in a patients foot and I was denied
hospital privilegs for basic toenail surgery in another hospital because I did not
meet that hospitals minimal baseline criteria of completion of a certified podiatric residency
program. This happenned in 1991 and if I completed a podiatry residency it would have
been in 1984 to 1985 and I never completed such training. Such minimal baseline
criteria now represents outdated training that has nothing to do with my current competence,
yet it is continually used by some hosptals and state licensing boards as minimal
baseline criteria.


Podiatrists are important and they attempt to help your feet.
Podiatrists attempt to help out patients who have foot pain.  If you are a patient that wants to sue a podiatrist, isn't it wise to reconsider and consider the ramifications of a potential lawsuit. Is there any possible future damage to a podiatrist's reputation, hospital privileges, possible emotional stress, etc...?
Is a lot more at stake than just a monetary payout from a medical malpractice company?
Do you really want to sue your podiatrist if you really like him or her?
Even though a podiatrist may not be a physician according to state law in every state, a podiatrist goes through a lot of education and effort ( For example, after college a podiatrist must complete 4 years of podiatric medical college. It is quite possible that the cost of a podiatry education may be in excess of $100,000. This does not even account for the money that podiatry student could have made working at a different occupation. Afterwards sometimes additional residency or other post graduate training is accomplished. Yet if such training is performed more than 10 years ago
do you think that such training may be outdated? So if your podiatrist did
not complete a podiatric residency program, do not discriminate against him or her because they may be competent. )
New topic PODIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING : I believe it does not relate to a podiatrist's current competence for a podiatry board, a hospital
credentialing committee or any state board of podiatry to require and accept podiatric residency training if such training was completed more than 10 years ago. This is probably because I believe such residency training is outdated and does not relate to current competence. I believe that
pictures or video tapes of podiatric procedures are the "gold standard"
in credentialing podiatrists and that  reliance upon podiatric
residency training that might be outdated and not relate to current
competence discriminates against competent podiatrists that
did not have the opportunity to complete certified podiatric residency
training.



                      I believe it is unfair to sue a podiatrist that went
through all that education for the privilege of
trying to help patients with their foot pain problems,
if that podiatrist did nothing wrong. ( For example
a podiatrist is named in a lawsuit because they treated you for a condition that is unrelated to the reason for what you are suing for. Why put them through any possible emotional stress, increased malpractice premiums by naming them in a lawsuit that they have nothing to do with?
Isn't it a good idea before listing any podiatrist in a lawsuit to first determine
if they actually treated you for the condition that you are suing for?
Aren't there too many lawsuits? I am not a lawyer. I am a podiatrist asking
questions on the internet.
                If you ultimately feel that your podiatrist caused your injury, please have your own attorney explain to you the difference between
a bad result and podiatric malpractive. Perhaps he may mention that
(there is no guarantee as to any result and just because a bad result
may have occurred perhaps no malpractice took place. For a malpractice
to take place there must be some sort of departure from podiatric
standards of care.)
         If you are a patient who has read this website and
discussed the contents of this website and the disclaimer with your attorney
and have decided not to sue a podiatrist please e-mail
me at podiatrist1@optonline.net. 


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http://www.tosue.com    I believe generally orthopedists podiatrists physicians and hospitals all try to give quality care health care is important especially for patients that need doctors.
For some of my patients I have tried using an arch support as a temporary attempt to treat certain problems. Before any treatment is attempted I feel it is important to first see a podiatrist or other qualified licensed health care practitioner.
    A PODIATRIST CAN GENERALLY PERFORM A BIOMECHANICAL EXAM AND GAIT ANALYSIS AND PRESCRIBE A CUSTOM MOLDED FOOT ORTHOTIC. BY TAKING A CAST OF THE FOOT IN IT'S OPTIMUM POSITION AND PRESCRIBING THE PROPPER ORTHOTICS NEEDED IS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO TREAT VARIOUS FOOT PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES.  SOMETIMES ORTHOTICS CAN BE VERY BENEFICIAL WHEN PRESCRIBED AND CASTED BY A PODIATRIST. FOR EXAMPLE I USED AN ORTHOTIC THAT WAS CALLED THE STJ HEEL SPUR SPECIAL FOR HEEL PAIN AND WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. SOMETIMES ORTHOTICS DO NOT WORK. disclaimer: the owner of this website is not responsible for any of the products advertised on this website.
I believe generally orthopedists podiatrists physicians and hospitals all try to give quality care. I believe health care is important.