01/24/2025
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (NON-CLINICAL)
From: Joel Feder, DPM
I think it’s time for a recalibration of the professionals we are graduating. We are wrong to label ourselves as a surgical profession. We are general practitioners who can choose any or all of the medical arts disciplines as they relate to the foot.
In my 50 years of practice, I prided myself in being able to perform dermatological, medical, orthopedic, and surgical treatment to my patients... solely dependent on their need. I tried to instill that in my residents and the preceptors who observed our offices.
We need to wake up and rethink our current education. Not everything can be solved with the knife.
Joel Feder, DPM, Sarasota, FL
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (NON-CLINICAL)
From: Joel Feder, DPM
I think it’s time for a recalibration of the professionals we are graduating. We are wrong to label ourselves as a surgical profession. We are general practitioners who can choose any or all of the medical arts disciplines as they relate to the foot.
In my 50 years of practice, I prided myself in being able to perform dermatological, medical, orthopedic, and surgical treatment to my patients... solely dependent on their need. I tried to instill that in my residents and the preceptors who observed our offices.
We need to wake up and rethink our current education. Not everything can be solved with the knife.
Joel Feder, DPM, Sarasota, FL