Credential angst
Bernard Hewey
Description
Collection
Title:
Credential angst
Creator:
Bernard Hewey
Date:
12/17/2002
Text:
Beneath the diatribe Jeffrey McDonald offers an often-overlooked observation
that there are indeed many prosthetists & orthotists who by virtue of
military services, family-related businesses and other avenues have
garnered invaluable experience and who practice on a par with other
credentialed professionals. That being said, I would offer a few points for
the original poster to consider:
(1) There are several other organizations (BOC, NOMA, various allied
health professional groups, to name a few) with more money who have made
their presence known at the local and national level.
(2) An economics major probably would not even consider entering this
field given the present economic climate. However, professionals who have
been in a comprehensive practice for several years (the craftsmen as
described) have other avenues for ABC certification available to them .The
ABC Unique Qualifications approach (
<URL Redacted> ) is one
way.
(3) If asked, within the scope of prosthetic/orthotic practices, to make
a sandwich I would defer to one more qualified than I as PB & J is the
extent of my abilities!
The occasional sniping at others' credentials seen here and in other
forums may be therapeutic but not productive. Circumstances have placed all
of us on the same playing field as contemporaries with common problems and
issues. Let's spend our time and energies developing more cohesive responses
to those issues that impact us all.
Bernard Hewey, CO, LO
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey McDonald < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] Fw: Re: [OANDP-L] Study Guide
> This is a professional list that was created as an information sharing
tool
> for all of us. Because your organization has the money (read lobbyists)
and
> desire to be viewed as health care professionals just like Doctors
(bless
> your tiny little private parts), you trash lots of dedicated, hard
working,
> compassionate people who are simply and honestly trying to become better
at
> what we do. There is still a very large contingent of CRAFTSMEN (ABC
> included) out there who do an excellent job of client management working
> both independently and along side one another.
> BOC allows lots of us who have worked for years in the field but don't
have
> the BA another avenue to LEGITIMATELY become certified and pursue this
> career. ABC allows an
> economics major to go to school for 9 months, work 1 year and sit for the
> exam. There are those of you out there who, if your souls depended on
it,
> couldn't make a sandwich.
>
> You know who you are,
>
> Jeff McDonald BOCP
that there are indeed many prosthetists & orthotists who by virtue of
military services, family-related businesses and other avenues have
garnered invaluable experience and who practice on a par with other
credentialed professionals. That being said, I would offer a few points for
the original poster to consider:
(1) There are several other organizations (BOC, NOMA, various allied
health professional groups, to name a few) with more money who have made
their presence known at the local and national level.
(2) An economics major probably would not even consider entering this
field given the present economic climate. However, professionals who have
been in a comprehensive practice for several years (the craftsmen as
described) have other avenues for ABC certification available to them .The
ABC Unique Qualifications approach (
<URL Redacted> ) is one
way.
(3) If asked, within the scope of prosthetic/orthotic practices, to make
a sandwich I would defer to one more qualified than I as PB & J is the
extent of my abilities!
The occasional sniping at others' credentials seen here and in other
forums may be therapeutic but not productive. Circumstances have placed all
of us on the same playing field as contemporaries with common problems and
issues. Let's spend our time and energies developing more cohesive responses
to those issues that impact us all.
Bernard Hewey, CO, LO
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey McDonald < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] Fw: Re: [OANDP-L] Study Guide
> This is a professional list that was created as an information sharing
tool
> for all of us. Because your organization has the money (read lobbyists)
and
> desire to be viewed as health care professionals just like Doctors
(bless
> your tiny little private parts), you trash lots of dedicated, hard
working,
> compassionate people who are simply and honestly trying to become better
at
> what we do. There is still a very large contingent of CRAFTSMEN (ABC
> included) out there who do an excellent job of client management working
> both independently and along side one another.
> BOC allows lots of us who have worked for years in the field but don't
have
> the BA another avenue to LEGITIMATELY become certified and pursue this
> career. ABC allows an
> economics major to go to school for 9 months, work 1 year and sit for the
> exam. There are those of you out there who, if your souls depended on
it,
> couldn't make a sandwich.
>
> You know who you are,
>
> Jeff McDonald BOCP
Citation
Bernard Hewey, “Credential angst,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 4, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220121.
