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Answers. by John L. Trench III, DPM (no login) Eric; The training system I propose would not concentrate podiatrists in areas where there are already podiatrists. DPMs who have already founded practices would be able to continue to work and build those practices. They would periodically travel to their mentors's areas for intensive training, and then take their new skills and knowledge back with them into their practices, enhancing their ability to generate income in their practices--and thus enhancing their probability of survival and long-term success. Doctors would be able to set up their practices anywhere in the country. Part of the idea is to develop a nationwide mentor network into which podiatrists searching for training could be plugged. New doctors could set up in rural, underserved areas not currently saturated with podiatrists--watch out, as many rural areas lacking a podiatrist exhibit that lack because they are insufficient to actually support a podiatrist--and still access the training and support they need.
It will entail some travel and inconvenience, it is true, as well as requiring doctors to be removed from their
practices for [brief] periods of time at intervals throughout the year. Everything has a price that must be paid.
That price is pretty cheap, compared to what the system can offer you. As for the failure of this profession and those oh-so-expensive schools to provide practice management education of any quality: I agree with you. Dr. Willner is in the process of developing a practice management compendium to address this very problem. The training system can also be designed to afford practice management education--imaging getting practice management training from several different successful doctors, approaching management from several different and unique perspectives, in addition to receiving the surgical training lacking in that RPR/PPMR/POR. In addition, after taking care of a couple of "structural" issues in the next two posts, the remainder of the "Lemons" series will be devoted to nuts 'n' bolts practice management information. Did you have any other questions or concerns regarding my proposed training system?
John L. Trench III, DPM
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