DPM/PhD

[doctor-wanabe]

Does having both a DPM and PhD help you with your career as a podiatrist? Would a hospital like to see that?

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[capo]

Does having both a DPM and PhD help you with your career as a podiatrist? Would a hospital like to see that?

Why does everyone look to get a ton more edcuation (and edcuational debt) than you need to perform the job you want? That said, sure a Phd won't hurt, but will it help? Depends on the hosptial, situation, etc. It would probably help more to have a MD/DO/DPM/DDS/Phd, etc. attached to one's name --ALL AT THE SAME TIME -- but is this REALLY needed? Of course not.

There's a limit to what you will do in practice and thus having a bunch of credentials unrelated to your chosen craft, will eventually lead to diminshing returns after awhile. Don't mean to sound flippant but I don't think it matters much, unless your into research and not patient care.

 

[Dr_Feelgood]

Does having both a DPM and PhD help you with your career as a podiatrist? Would a hospital like to see that?

It might help if you wanted to teach in a podiatric college or if you wanted to do research.

But I agree if you just want to practice pod med than it will probably be over kill.