Retrograde_Nail
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Yeah, the USMLE by podiatry students would be a disaster. That has been covered 100x over.
Most of the ppl who get into MD or DO school are just insanely smart folks. Their boards are actually not too hard (for them). They are just uber-smart ppl... who are usually also hardworking and good with time management.
Some of the honors grads from podiatry schools probably could have been fringe acceptances and bottom of the class in DO school (FP, Peds, Psych type residency match). They'd still be borderline to pass USMLE... much less score well on it. That USMLE for all DPM students idea was a trap all along.
...We should honestly be happy if we can get our podiatry residencies more standardized (case volume, competency) and produce grads who can nearly all pass our real board (ABFAS). That will only happen with less students, better apps, good schooling, and MUCH better average residency training and academics for DPMs. Right now, there is tremendous variance in DPM grads.. because schools take anyone and we have nowhere near enough solid residency spots. Accepting any and every applicant and keeping every crummy residency open will keep it that way, and that's what the new schools force.
This came up at ACFAS this year on a panel. Orthos have an absolute ton of reps with bone surgery, instruments, dissections, fixations, implants, med mgmt of trauma and very sick patients (even before they do a fellowship). Their boards - both USMLE and specialty - are hard AF. The end (orthopedist) product from their training is way less variable than podiatry, with DPM ever-evolving boards and highly variable residencies... now tremendously variable fellowships.
Who at ACFAS was talking about this?