Podiatry Update

Friday, November 26, 2004

ABC News are reporting on concerned expressed by the Australian Podiatry Assciation (WA) about the impact of the closure of the course at Curtin University. More

Podiatry Management have the full text of The Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Exam (CDFE) - A Win-Win For Doctor and Patient available from their Nov 04 issue

Podiatry Today have the full text of A Closer Look At Deep Vein Thrombosis available.

# posted by Craig : 10:15 AM

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Burnout High Among Podiatrists, but Not Inevitable
From Podiatry Online:
"Burnout among podiatrists doesn't have to be inevitable. Many podiatrists view it as a job hazard, something that they believe goes along with the stress of dealing with people and their problems day in and day out, but that's not so.

Research about burnout and occupational stress relating to podiatry is lacking, although a study published earlier this year does shed some light on these important issues. The study compared levels of burnout between new podiatrists in the United Kingdom and Australia. Geographical differences may limit the study's applications, but podiatrists everywhere can relate to the overall findings.

The study by the Clinical Research Centre, University of Brighton, Eastbourne, England, found that podiatrists in both Australian and the United Kingdom had significantly higher levels of burnout than published normative data. "

# posted by Craig : 8:54 PM

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Podiatrist Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud

"A podiatrist is going to jail for playing footsie with Medicaid."

Some interesting threads at Podiatry Arena:

Serial casting for internal tibial torsion

Vioxx

The Pros and Cons of Computerized Foot Orthotic Technology

Prefabricated vs custom made foot orthoses

Decompression drilling for heel pain

Congatulations to Mike Edmonds, Ali Foster and Lee Sanders for their book winning the British Medical Association, Medcal Book of the Year:

Diabetic Foot Book Wins Medical Book of the Year

# posted by Craig : 10:32 AM

Friday, November 12, 2004

This is getting exasperating!!!! - here is anthor:
Unclipped nails: Symptom of patients getting clipped
"A Las Vegas podiatrist allegedly seeking reimbursements for ingrown toenails that were never clipped is one of the growing number of cases across the nation involving health care fraud, authorities noted at a national conference Tuesday."

I think I need to go and find a good news story.... anyone got one?

# posted by Craig : 8:27 AM

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Another one!!! ---really on a roll here:
Doc indicted in thefts from widow
" A Spring Lake podiatrist who lost a court battle over his elderly neighbor's fortune was indicted in Monmouth County yesterday for allegedly duping the eccentric widow out of her home and wealth"

# posted by Craig : 10:39 PM

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

In the lastest Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, there is a paper on leg length differences affecting quality of life .... it was only a small pilot study, but results are intertesting.
Abstract
Discuss this at Podiatry Arena

# posted by Craig : 9:34 AM