BOARD CERTIFIED PODIATRISTS:  I BELIEVE IF PODIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING
WAS PERFORMED MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO IT PROBABLY IS OUTDATED AND DOES NOT RELATE TO HOW CURRENTLY COMPETANT A PODIATRIST IS. A podiatrist is a foot doctor that has a limited license and is not licensed to treat the entrie body. What are some of the ways I feel a podiatrist can demonstrate his current competence?

I BELIEVE THE GOLD STANDARD by which a podiatrist can demonstrate their current competence ARE VIDEO TAPES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF CURRENT PODIATRIC
PROCEDURES AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS IN RELYING UPON A PODIATRISTS
CLAIMS OF CURRENT COMPETENCE. THIS MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT THERE IS
A GOOGLE TRANSLATOR THAT CAN BE USED SO THAT PEOPLE THROUHOUT THE
WORLD WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND MY PERSONAL OPINIONS.
    
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I feel a video tape of a podiatric surgical procedure in a hospital OR is a lot more important in terms of evidence if podiatric malpractice did or did not occur than any surgical podiatric board certification or training or other credentialing a podiatrist may or may not have. This gives every podiatrist without "propper credentialing training or board certification" to be on a more equal footing in podiatric malpractice cases when it comes to determine if podiatric malpractice did or did not occur. This would allow hospital credentialing committees to stop discriminating against podiatrists with photos or videotapes of them currently performing the very surgical procedures they are requesting butlack the formal podiatric credentials such as outdated podiatric residency training and possible board certification that was not recertified and only self assessed.” These and similar personal opinions have already been posted on other websites I set up. disclaimer: The above are only my personal opinions and should not be relied upon. I suggest that consultation with a licensed health care attorney is needed regarding before relying on the above personal opinions.

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New topic: Podiatric medical and orthopedic board certified podiatrists .What is more important from a podiatric quality of care point of view, being board certified in podiatric orthopedics and medicine vs. being board certified in podiatric surgery ? Well, if an unfair requirement for board certification is required for podiatric surgical privileges in hospitals than that same unfair requirement for board certification should also be required for podiatric medical privileges in hospitals. If board certification is a requirement for podiatric operating room privileges, it should also be required for every podiatric medical and podiatric orthopedic privilege performed  in the hospital.Please note that I believe that such podiatric board certification must relate specifically to the podiatric privilleges being requested. (for example: After a surgical infection the prescribing of the correct antibiotics is a podiatric medical privilege. Just because one is board certified in podiatric surgery does not mean that they are board certified in podiatric medical or biomechanical privileges and visa versa. Thus if a patient has a cellulitis requiring IV antibiotics, podiatric medicine is the podiatric specialty concerned with prescribing IV antibiotics. If podiatrists must be board certified in their field, then board certification in surgery is not adequate podiatric medical board certification because the delineated privilege  of prescribing of antibiotics is technically not performing podiatric surgery but is actually practicing podiatric medicine. Furthermore, if there is a requirement that all podiatry chiefs be board certified, then such board certification should be relevant to any privilege recommendations that are needed from a podiatric chief that is board certified. ( For example, if a podiatry chief is board certified only in podiatric surgery, then another second podiatry chief should be appointed that is board certified in podiatric medicine and orthopedics.)  Personally, I do not believe the advantages of board certification outweigh the possiblity that perfectly currently competent podiatrists are excluded just because of a lack of board certification in their podiatric subspecialty. There may be more podiatric medical procedures out there than podiatric surgical procedures and if board certification is required for the delineation of privileges, this abitrary requirement should be uniformly applied to (all podiatric medical as well as orthopedic as well as surgical privileging criteria.) I believe there has been a lack of delineation of podiatric medical and orthopedic procedures such as rx for infections, rx orthotics shoes paddings, biomechanical evaluations, taking C&S in wound care centers and Rx antibiotics in wound care centers and Rx propper shoegear in wound care centers and clinics, etc... Lastly, I feel that if the podiatry chief feels that a podiatrist is not currently competent at performing certain podiatric procedures, the credentials committee should be enabled to consider that podiatrists current competence and to over turn any negative or positive recommendation given by a podiatry chief. disclaimer: the above are the personal opinions of the author and is not to be relied upon as any type of legal advice.


I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT CERTIFY PODIATRISTS, THE SUBJECT
MATTER INCLUDED IN SUCH CERTIFICATION AND THE
CRITERIA REQUIRED TO MEET CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
FOR SOME CERTIFYING BOARDS.

 I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE BOARDS THAT CERTIFY PODIATRISTS, THE SUBJECT
MATTER INCLUDED IN SUCH CERTIFICATION AND THE
CRITERIA REQUIRED TO MEET CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
FOR SOME CERTIFYING BOARDS.
MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: JUST BECAUSE
A PODIATRIST MAY BE BOARD CERTIFIED IN SURGERY, THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THEY SHOULD BE GRANTED EVERY DELINEATED SURGICAL PROCEDURE AVAILABLE.
FOR EXAMPLE IF A PODIATRIST IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN
PODIATRIC SURGERY AND NEVER PERFORMED
A TOTAL IMPLANT SURGICAL PROCEDURE WITHIN THE
PAST 5 YEARS, WHAT IS THE RATIONAL FOR GRANTING
THAT PODIATRIST THE PRIVILEGE TO INDEPENDENTLY
PERFORM THAT DELINEATED PROCEDURE WITHOUT
ANY SUPERVISION , ASSISTANCE OR OBSERVATION?

             IF I WERE TO GO TO A PODIATRIC SURGEON, IN ADDITION TO ASKING ABOUT TRAINING AND
BOARD CERTIFICATION IN SURGERY, THE QUESTIONS I FEEL ARE IMPORTANT ARE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU PERFORMED THIS PROCEDURE,  HOW MANY COMPLICATIONS HAVE YOU HAD, HOW DID YOU HANDLE SUCH COMPLICATIONS AND HOW RECENTLY DID YOU PERFORM THOSE PROCEDURES. I BELIEVE  HOSPITAL CREDENTIALING COMMITTEES SHOULD ASK THOSE SAME QUESTIONS BEFORE GRANTING THE PRIVILEGE FOR A PODIATRIST TO INDEPENDENTLY PERFORM FOR EXAMPLE THE DELINEATED PRIVILEGE OF TOTAL IMPLANT SURGERY IN SOMEONE'S FOOT.
THE ABOVE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS. 

Once a podiatrist is in private practice, it is very difficult to go ahead and quit private practice, give up all your patients and to then complete a certified residency training program in podiatric surgery. I am greatful to the hospital that has allowed me to obtain non formal in hospital OR podiatric training and experience. I believe "it is absurb for a hospital to require a certified podiatric residency training program and to then accept an outdated certified podiatric residency training program regarding an applicant meeting any baseline criteria that is set up regarding a hospitals delineation of privileges. It would be more logical to either uniformly require a current certified residency training program in podiatry or to completely omit such a requirement and rely soley on noncertified current training and current experience in deciding a podiatrist's delineation of privileges. Furthermore if board certification in podiatric surgery is required, then such certification should be current or currently recertified as a requirement. Such current recertification should involve some form of peer review. If current self assessment is used to maintain certification in podiatric surgery this should not be acceptable in the meeting of a hospital's
criteria regarding a podiatrists delineation of privileges if there is no form of peer review. It is more logical to uniformly only accept current certification or current recertification in podiatric surgery or to completely omit such a requirement and rely soley on noncertified current training and current experience in deciding a podiatrists delineation of privileges."
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                    New topic: Regarding: Podiatric medical and orthopedic board certified podiatrists
What is more important from a finacial point of view, being board certified in
podiatric orthopedics and medicine vs. being board certified in podiatric surgery.
Well, if an unfair requirement for board certification is required for podiatric surgical privileges in hospitals than that same unfair requirement for board certification should also be required for podiatric medical privileges in hospitals. If board certification is a requirement it should be required across every
privilege in every podiatric subspecialty in the hospital.  (for example: After a surgical infection the prescribing of the correct antibiotics is a podiatric medical privilege. Just because one is board certified in podiatric surgical privileges does not mean that they are board certified in podiatric medical or biomechanical privileges and visa versa. Thus if a patient has a cellulitis requiring I V antibiotics, the podiatric medical privilege for prescribing such antibiotics if board certification is needed shouldn't podiatric medical board certification be the specialty concerned with this? If there is a requirement that all podiatry chiefs be board certified, then if a podiatry chief is board certified only in podiatric surgery, then another second podiatry chief should be appointed that is board certified in podiatric medicine and orthopedics. Personally, I do not believe the advantages of board certification outweigh the possiblity that perfectly currently competent podiatrists are excluded just because of a lack of board certification
in their subspecialty. There may be more podiatric medical procedures out there than podiatric
surgical procedures and if board certification is required for the delineation of privileges, this abitrary
requirement should be uniformly applied to (all podiatric medical as well as orthopedic as well as surgical
privileging criteria.) There has been a lack of delineation of podiatric medical and orthopedic procedures such as rx for infections, rx orthotics shoes paddings, biomechanical evaluations, taking C&S in wound care centers and Rx antibiotics in wound care centers and Rx propper shoegear in wound care centers and clinics, etc...
disclaimer: the above are the personal opinions of the author and is not to be relied upon as any type of legal advise.


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http://www.podiatristboardcertified.com

http://boardcertifiedpodiatrist.com

http://www.publichealthstandards.com

www.surgicalprivileges.com

http://www.medicalprivileges.com
http://www.podiatristhousecalls.com
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It is my personal opinion that a podiatrist does not have to be certified
in order to be able to give good podiatric care.