Time in the Plaster Room
Tom Lunsford, CO
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Time in the Plaster Room
Creator:
Tom Lunsford, CO
Text:
Karen,
I thoroughly enjoyed your biographical essay on your unfortunate experience
in O & P. I believe I know where you attempted to do your residency. You
should not be tempted to equate your few experiences with the entire Orthotic
Profession.
Incidentally, when I took the EIT exam it certainly did not cover ALL THE
ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS. At that time it covered only a few concepts in
each of the engineering specialties?
I believe the $21K you were offered would have been far less than what I
would be willing to pay a professional practitioner with 20 years experience.
It might even be less than what I would pay an entry level orthotic
resident.
From my perspective the orthotic resident does not contribute to bottom line
until about 6 months into the program. Hence the $21K is really $42K.
Moreover, I provide 263 hours of didactics in my program picking up where
certificate programs leave off. Further, I typically spend 100-150 hours
per resident on their clinical research. Well, at my hourly that would
amount to over $20K. This amounts to an annual salary of over $60K. I
forgot to mention the productivity I lost in their training which would bring
their salary to over $100K. Lastly, most of my residents want to attend
every local and distant seminar and symposium which costs me another
--------------. Oh well, I guess its all depends on how you look at it.
I have taken great pleasure in the dissertations you and Stan have provided
and hope your literary expertise and enthusiasm can be channeled in a way
that maximizes your professional fulfillment.
Sincerely,
Tom Lunsford, MSE, CO, LO
I thoroughly enjoyed your biographical essay on your unfortunate experience
in O & P. I believe I know where you attempted to do your residency. You
should not be tempted to equate your few experiences with the entire Orthotic
Profession.
Incidentally, when I took the EIT exam it certainly did not cover ALL THE
ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS. At that time it covered only a few concepts in
each of the engineering specialties?
I believe the $21K you were offered would have been far less than what I
would be willing to pay a professional practitioner with 20 years experience.
It might even be less than what I would pay an entry level orthotic
resident.
From my perspective the orthotic resident does not contribute to bottom line
until about 6 months into the program. Hence the $21K is really $42K.
Moreover, I provide 263 hours of didactics in my program picking up where
certificate programs leave off. Further, I typically spend 100-150 hours
per resident on their clinical research. Well, at my hourly that would
amount to over $20K. This amounts to an annual salary of over $60K. I
forgot to mention the productivity I lost in their training which would bring
their salary to over $100K. Lastly, most of my residents want to attend
every local and distant seminar and symposium which costs me another
--------------. Oh well, I guess its all depends on how you look at it.
I have taken great pleasure in the dissertations you and Stan have provided
and hope your literary expertise and enthusiasm can be channeled in a way
that maximizes your professional fulfillment.
Sincerely,
Tom Lunsford, MSE, CO, LO
Citation
Tom Lunsford, CO, “Time in the Plaster Room,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 29, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215579.
