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Can you become board certified without going through residency?
Can you become board certified without going through residency?
Thank you. I didn’t think so, but somebody said that a practicing podiatrist told them that. It’s so much misinformation and lying that goes on in the field. I’m over it.
There's an expression out there - "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." In this case - I wouldn't even say stupidity so much as likely ignorance. If people aren't actively involved, talking to others, helping others, reading, etc - they are only going to know about what's going in their world. Within 1 minute of reading your post I looked at ABFAS's website to ensure they spell out a residency requirement. They do. I'm sure ABPM's website spells out their requirements also. That said, ask here and people will help you. I don't know why the person in question believed that, but its wrong. No shortcuts.Thank you. I didn’t think so, but somebody said that a practicing podiatrist told them that. It’s so much misinformation and lying that goes on in the field. I’m over it.
Unfortunately, the forum does feel fairly rife with people questioning their decisions or perhaps looking back on what should be moments of joy and reevaluating them. The loans that were signed. The plans that were made. I'm certain there were all manner of conversations with parents about how successful people would be or that their son or daughter would be a surgeon. I think people will ultimately in the end have a enjoyable career, but unfortunately financial success may not come on the time table that they thought it would or to the degree they hoped.Don’t you wanna be a guaranteed surgeon that MD/DO route doesn’t unfortunately provide?
Not sure about the fringe boards, but completing a 3-year residency is the crucial criteria to get ABPM. They made a big deal a decade ago about how the modern 3-year residency + passing the test automatically gives you enough experience to not need case logs or an oral exam. Agree or disagree, those are the rules!I'm not sure passing the ITE for ABPM during residency qualifies / certifies you as a ABPM though
Then how are those who didn’t finish 3 year residency practicing podiatry (clinical). I know of few PGY2s who left residency and are practicing clinic podiatry at a large podiatry private practicesCPME requires specialty boards establish a 3-year residency as one of the eligibility criteria to become certified.
Because they're not board certified? You don't have to be board certified to practice.Then how are those who didn’t finish 3 year residency practicing podiatry (clinical). I know of few PGY2s who left residency and are practicing clinic podiatry at a large podiatry private practices
@GreenHousePub is right...Then how are those who didn’t finish 3 year residency practicing podiatry (clinical). I know of few PGY2s who left residency and are practicing clinic podiatry at a large podiatry private practices
Then how are those who didn’t finish 3 year residency practicing podiatry (clinical). I know of few PGY2s who left residency and are practicing clinic podiatry at a large podiatry private practices
There is literally no money in nursing homes other than looking for opportunities to cut 50 people's toenails a day or getting greedy and billing fraudulently. Not to mention the bills you will accrue from all the back surgery you will need when you are 50.@GreenHousePub is right...
You don't need board cert to practice... you just need a state license.
It'll be a bit problematic to get onto most hospitals or some insurances without BC or residency grad cert, but in a big group, they probably just bill them under group NPI.
...If you want the most $ the fastest, drop out after a year of residency, go to a state that'll license you, and do nursing homes.
Everyday I learn something else discouraging and disparaging about podiatry it’s really sad and unfortunate that we aren’t really warned about this before attending school. Again I thank everyone here for the info you shareThere is literally no money in nursing homes other than looking for opportunities to cut 50 people's toenails a day or getting greedy and billing fraudulently. Not to mention the bills you will accrue from all the back surgery you will need when you are 50.
I could do one complex ex fix + charcot recon or ex fix + muscle flap case and probably make as many RVUs as someone who just cut 30-40 patient's toenails in a day.
Podiatry has its issues, but I'm not sure learning that nursing homes don't pay well would be the thing that breaks me.Everyday I learn something else discouraging and disparaging about podiatry it’s really sad and unfortunate that we aren’t really warned about this before attending school. Again I thank everyone here for the info you share
The informed consent we did not receive when starting Podiatry school. If I knew of the existence of this forum my first week of Podiatry school, I'd have bailed in a heartbeat. Now Im stuck like all of usIt’s not the straw that broke the camels back but it’s definitely a lot more things that I have learned over the last month that make it very hard justifying staying in this field. You must understand that for a 3rd year student it’s tough to hear this kind of information. I’m thankful I’m finding it out now so that I can make a more informed decision.
I knew it existed but I wasn’t looking at the right section of the forum. Should have been looking at the residency side of things to see how new grads were making it. And definitely should have looked at the Podiatry Post website (I suggest you look that one up too)!The informed consent we did not receive when starting Podiatry school. If I knew of the existence of this forum my first week of Podiatry school, I'd have bailed in a heartbeat. Now Im stuck like all of us
Podiatry has something known as “the pod post assumption.” Basically, it goes like this…If you suggest that others read the pod post, until proven otherwise, many will assume that you one of the multiple accounts/handles of the editor of the pod post.I knew it existed but I wasn’t looking at the right section of the forum. Should have been looking at the residency side of things to see how new grads were making it. And definitely should have looked at the Podiatry Post website (I suggest you look that one up too)!
Tell him or her that commenting on this old thread lolReminder to stay on topic.
Thank you for this response. I think you summed it up perfectly!The OP question has been asked and answered, so the mods can, as so often occurs on SDN, lock this thread.
However to dismiss pod post as the ravings of a lunatic oversimplifies the site. On the one hand, he writes like a 6th grader. On the other hand, he graduated from UPMC in 2004 when 3 year programs were the exception not the rule.
Pod posts came about in a time when the only online forums for podiatry were PM News and SDN, which was very pro-podiatry cerca 2010. Podiatry arena seems more for Australia and UK pods. And of course there were blogs in Podiatry Today, our throwaway journal. None of these sites wanted to talk about podiatry's problems. Podiatry posts has some really unbridled negativity mixed with juvenile humor (Mooron Balance Brace, what a clever pun hahaha eyeroll), but it also shined light on things that the leadership class would all like to see swept under the rug, like Brad Bakotic's me-too reckoning.
Moral of the story, like PM News or anyone else, it isn’t gospel truth but isn’t to be ignored either.
To rephrase your question, if someone were to falsely claim to be any podiatrist, why would they choose Robert Bijak?My question though, is it actually Robert Bijak on that site?