-: I would take a lot
of premedical courses as much as possible
'cause podiatry school is a challenge, it's hard.
So the more biology, chemistry, physics you have,
the easier it's going to be.
And I think you just have to like that type,
envision yourself as liking that type of work.
I wouldn't go into medicine
unless you really liked that type of work.
My father was an anesthesiologist so that's all I knew,
I didn't know business, I didn't know accounting,
I didn't know insurance,
I didn't know having a family business,
I only knew medicine,
and I thought that would be an interesting career.
I think I coulda done a lot of different things
but I chose that.
And as long as you like that type of work,
and I like it more now than I liked it
my first year in private practice
'cause I've gotten better at communicating with people
and I'm more confident in myself.
If you like the work, you'll like podiatry.
Well as a requirement every state is different,
every state has continuing medical education requirements,
and they're becoming, you know, used to just go to seminars.
I'm involved in a Region Three podiatry seminar
in Atlantic City every spring
and I think New Jersey it's 50 credits every two years,
Delaware's much less.
New Jersey, though, offers at least half their credits
you can get online, so the internet has really changed
how you can get an hour of credit,
you may listen to a, sign up for a one-hour presentation
on heel pain or pharmaceutical.