We're Medical Doctors
I have a story to tell you that represents a culmination for me, as a podiatrist. I use a social networking website called StumbleUpon.com as entertainment. It's a site that brings you to the highest rated web pages in categories that you choose, representing your interests. It's like walking through your favorite bookstore section and a guide is there to recommend the best books...only here, the guide gives you advice based on the votes of millions of people. “Crowdsourcing” is the term used. It's remarkable that they're mostly right..and you find some interesting stuff using “StumbleUpon.”
Last night, I stumbled to a website called Wiki.Answers.com, a search engine like Google, which allows you to ask questions in full sentences. The question being asked on that page was one I happened to be interested in (no surprise there). It was:
"What are the different kinds of medical doctors?"
Hmm...of course I had to check. And among the gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, anesthesiologists, and ophthalmologists...were podiatrists.
We certainly deserve this...we are certainly medical doctors. Stay on the lookout for other similar MD sightings.
Alan Sherman, DPM, CCMEP
CEO, PRESENT e-Learning Systems,
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