Alan
>After reading your email I believe your response to some issues I raised
>previously confirm my view that any discussion regarding recognition of
>educational standards, duration of programs and subject content should be
>open for all to see and discuss. Too often response revolves around
>statements like "I think or to the best of my knowledge" rather than based
>on documented evidence.
No arguement there. Purely for the purposes of brevity I used these
statements, however there is ample documentation and supporting
evidence. As you so well know.
>The purpose of my email was to highlight the very points you make about
>the strengths or otherwise of our current programs. There is no mileage in
>suggesting one example is better than another but surely any profession
>has to be able to review where it is going and how it is going to get
>there.
In chiropody/podiatry the three year model has few critics when it comes
to preparing people to enter the work force. That is very difficult to
argue against. Four year graduates have not yet done this, so it will be
interesting to see what the future holds. Yes the professional bodies must
be responsible for their own destinies and should get on with it. I believe
the educational wing should support these initiatives wholeheartedly by
providing programs approapriate to profressional demands and within an
academic framework, and or alternatively through the private sector.
However do have certain reservation when education leads the profession.
When we do arrive at our destination I believe you would agree it should be
with the satisfaction we have produced the change most beneficial for the
profession.
To be very honest Alan I think the destiny of podiatry, in many
countries, lies outwith any aspirations the profession may have for itself.
Yes it will survive in the disposable income area but unless the service is
acknowledged and put to work through the public health service, then
quality footcare is in grave danger of being subsumed into a generic form.
>The discussion on Reciprocity is probably long overdue and if we can have
>a meeting in London hopefully we can at least openly and frankly discuss
>how to proceed from 2000.
Being devil's avocate , I would be forced to ask myself who would most
benefit from a world linked podiatry profession?
What say you, Celtic 0
Aye Ready
CK
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Curtin University of Technology Fax: +61-08-9-266-3679
Shenton Park, WA 6008
Australia
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Aasics Australasian Podiatry Conference, NZ.
13-16 August, 1999, Sovereign Resort Hotel
Methven
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Promoting education in all health professions.
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1999 Annual Conference BRISBANE 2-5 July
Changes in Health Professional Education.
Challenges, Choices, Chances
2000 Annual Conference PERTH 3-6 July
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