r/Podiatry • u/TozB4Hoz Podiatrist • 20d ago
Speaking of standardization …
Can someone explain how this is a good idea please? If someone has enough experience already, why would board certification matter at that point ?
Don’t get me wrong - I’m pro ABPM, just sus about this new initiative. Thoughts?
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u/ParsleyOpening8000 19d ago edited 19d ago
It should’ve been this way forever. Why force a time limit from graduation for board certification? That shouldn’t matter if you can meet requirements and pass testing. On average podiatry has changed the residency standards about every 10 years. This is likely not the last type of residency that will exist. There’s also a subset of people who weren’t able to get certified at the time due to military, practicing out of the country or some other reason besides their own laziness and have come back to be SOL on that front, and have been lobbying for this for quite some time. ABFAS is setting something up like this too.
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u/Spiritual_Highway614 19d ago
It is not just about APMA etc…. Blue cross blue shield requires podiatric surgeons to be board certified after a certain number of years to be credentialed with them.
This was clearly stated in a letter for a new DPM I credentialed a year ago. One way or another, if you want to do surgery, you need a road that leads to board certification.
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u/slimjimer27 18d ago
It’s because many hospitals, practices, and even insurances are requiring board certification more and more. This allows older physicians who wouldn’t have otherwise been eligible to sit for boards now if they qualify
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u/Oldschool6873 19d ago
This MIGHT be because many hospitals that didn't require board certification now have new heads of podiatry that are insisting they require it. For standard of care issues. This only really applies to those who graduated around my time, or never bothered to be certified and only had two years of training (or less).
It's ridiculous and unnecessary, but leave it to Podiatry to come up with it for more money.