Podiatric Medicine:
A Profession or a Job?

Recent news articles have focused on the trend of decreasing physician satisfaction. For example, in August, the Wall Street Journal posted a report entitled Why Doctors Are Sick of Their Profession.¹ Very puny, I know. But this actually gets to a serious problem for medicine as a whole. There are many reasons why physician satisfaction may be going down, but the bottom line is a significant potential for worsening patient outcomes.

It has been quite some time since this ezine has done a reader survey, so this seems like just the right time. Click on the link below for our reader poll. In next week’s issue, I’ll post the results with some analysis. Let’s see how our community feels about our current situation. Is healthcare a profession or a job?

Should you have any additional thoughts or comments, feel free to share in the Podiatric Medicine: A Profession or a Job eTalk

Diabetic Foot and Wound Fellowship Available Program Director Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Hospital

Best wishes,

Jarrod Shapiro, DPM
PRESENT Practice Perfect Editor
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References

1. Jauhar S. The Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2014. Last accessed 9/02/2014.

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