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Not surprising. It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you rewrite the standards. CPME changed its standard on APMLE board pass rates last year. *They also don’t publish their Conflicts of Interest or recusal from votes on Council decisions.

Look and see what articles the faculty/director wrote. Then look at their references. Then you know what they’re reading.

10-12 SDN posters mostly specialize in digging an imaginary grave for podiatry and then dancing on that grave by taking credit for, and relishing in, their perceived success in limiting future competition by painting a picture of doom and gloom for those interested in a career in podiatry. The...

The way I read CPME 120 standards, schools must demonstrate at least a 75% pass rates on APMLE Part I (cumulative, and averaged over 3 years). If someone is aware of students graduating without passing Part I, you should use the CPME 925 form and make a complaint.

We just hired Ian Barron from Grant. He and his wife Kimberly Barron (from OSU) start May 1.

If anyone experiences an instance where ABPM is not accepted for all privileges, you can contact the board HQ and we have a committee and a privileging attorney that helps remedy that. We’ve been successful in nearly every case. I only recall 2 that we were unable to help, but there were other...

And in case you didn’t know … CPME reads SDN. [emoji2373]

I agree that post-op anticoagulation is generally not indicated (without a history or risk factors) for F&A surgery. But PICA actually disagrees. That’s because of the large payouts on a small number of cases. But documentation on the discussion of risks and being diligent and responsive to...

They were actually under the 70% threshold (69%) for first-time test takers, then CPME changed the metric to “overall” test-takers and voilá! 71%. Guess who sits on CPME? The Dean of SMU. But CPME doesn’t publicly disclose their COIs or recusals, so you’ll never know what happened in the...

Older, but still relevant. $7 on Amazon.

Happy National Doctors Day to all of you, even the self-loathing ones who don't feel like real doctors ... March 30 was chosen as National Doctors Day because it is the anniversary of the first time general anesthesia was used in surgery, March 30, 1842...

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Mustaches are thinner in France …

Bon jour from Lyon France meeting with podiatry schools from Europe (there are 51!) about raising the standards of education to create more opportunities for career mobility within the EU (as is European law). Interesting to learn about the current state of educational affairs here and how we...

Update: Proposition 2-24 Single Certifying Board in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery passed the APMA HOD with 63% of the vote.