Re: usual suspects...
Kim
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Title:
Re: usual suspects...
Creator:
Kim
Date:
9/22/2003
Text:
Justin ,
Once again it seems the fundamental and exigent nuance's of this
particular issue have utterly eluded your powers of observation and
deductive reasoning. The actual issue begging examination is one of eminent
qualifications; who is qualified, and who should render the orthosis and
ensuing follow up care, and why?
William Osler summed it up best for me when he said, To study the
phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to
study books without patients is not to go to sea at all. In-depth study,
hard work, and sacrifice demonstrate a substantial commitment. A
substantial commitment usually implies you care deeply about something, or
have a large investment. I've got a question, what do you get for no
investment whatsoever, no study, no books, no patients? The answer from
you, a fully qualified and committed sales rep, (committed at least to as
long as the money holds out.)
What is the primary purpose of education, training, certification, and
the accredited facilities? Is it not some form of assurance to the public
that a person possesses or is capable of a particular level of competency
and trust. Why would anyone bother (that includes you) to obtain training
and expertise in a given area, if not to demonstrate competency? Oh, I
forgot, it's just about the money. That is the only reason you're in the
field isn't it, Justin? (It is so flattering, to be painted with that
brush.)
Is it not demeaning and degrading to you, and the sacrifices you have
had to make so far, to allow someone (whose expertise and experience is
invariably acquired in hours), to insinuate they are your peer and equal.
Poaching as it were on the dividends of your toil and achievements? After
all by the time you get the first CP or CO behind your name how much will
you have invested in becoming a competent practitioner (how much will they)?
Your investment, will be a minimum of five years of hard work, and thousands
of dollars in expense, if you go the full ABC route. What is the intrinsic
value or worth of an effort like that? This profession contains, as do
most, risks and rewards. That in itself should not lead to moral outrage.
The competent laborer is certainly worthy of his hire.
The unethical indubitably opt for every shortcut, always taking the
path of least resistance.(they call it hedging their bets) Once certified,
if there is no demonstrable difference between you professionally, and the
average sales rep, your sacrifices have been in vain, and you are either
a consummate fool, an idiot, or both. The unethical true to form, would
rather slither in undetected, than pay the obligatory admission at the front
door, as any scrupulous person will. Furthermore just because someone has
paid their dues, does not consign them to a free lifetime ride. Just
remember cheating and lying for profit, is never an issue of moral concern
to the criminally inclined.
In order to compete fairly, the playing field must be level. In this
scenario it simply isn't, and never can be. You have confused two separate
issues. Your logic infers two wrongs make a right Well I don't agree.
You are using convoluted reasoning and logic to arrive at a skewed and
erroneous conclusion. You have concluded that because there is a certain
amount of inappropriate orthotic healthcare going on, everyone regardless
of qualifications is entitled to deliver orthoses. After all the reasoning
goes, how could these sale's reps do any worse job than these reprehensible
practitioners? Lowering established high standards, by elevating the
nonexistent standards of others is not a cogent strategy. Your logic, if it
could be called that, is nothing more than an oxymoron.
What many are after here Justin, is not a handout, or license to steal,
but a fair shake. It seems that little irony has escaped your flawed sense
of justice. You would rather see the entire profession jeopardized by
exposing our patients to potential harm, than to execute some reform where
needed. You prefer to open the flood gates of no standards allowing the
incompetent, and unethical, to sweep in. In a form of misguided and
ill-conceived fair play, you want to allow our profession to be destroyed by
attacking and eliminating its' hard won standards. What a magnanimous live
and let live attitude you have. How does that protect and better serve the
patient? Your solution, exposes the patient to an even greater risk.
Well I'm about done here for now. In the end you may find yourself
mostly alone in this issue, and in the unemployment line sooner than you
think, if the future you desire is allowed to fully manifest itself. Just
some food for thought, as you pass the food bank, on your way to lunch.
Sincerely, but no apologies implied,
Kim L. Ruhl CPO
Once again it seems the fundamental and exigent nuance's of this
particular issue have utterly eluded your powers of observation and
deductive reasoning. The actual issue begging examination is one of eminent
qualifications; who is qualified, and who should render the orthosis and
ensuing follow up care, and why?
William Osler summed it up best for me when he said, To study the
phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to
study books without patients is not to go to sea at all. In-depth study,
hard work, and sacrifice demonstrate a substantial commitment. A
substantial commitment usually implies you care deeply about something, or
have a large investment. I've got a question, what do you get for no
investment whatsoever, no study, no books, no patients? The answer from
you, a fully qualified and committed sales rep, (committed at least to as
long as the money holds out.)
What is the primary purpose of education, training, certification, and
the accredited facilities? Is it not some form of assurance to the public
that a person possesses or is capable of a particular level of competency
and trust. Why would anyone bother (that includes you) to obtain training
and expertise in a given area, if not to demonstrate competency? Oh, I
forgot, it's just about the money. That is the only reason you're in the
field isn't it, Justin? (It is so flattering, to be painted with that
brush.)
Is it not demeaning and degrading to you, and the sacrifices you have
had to make so far, to allow someone (whose expertise and experience is
invariably acquired in hours), to insinuate they are your peer and equal.
Poaching as it were on the dividends of your toil and achievements? After
all by the time you get the first CP or CO behind your name how much will
you have invested in becoming a competent practitioner (how much will they)?
Your investment, will be a minimum of five years of hard work, and thousands
of dollars in expense, if you go the full ABC route. What is the intrinsic
value or worth of an effort like that? This profession contains, as do
most, risks and rewards. That in itself should not lead to moral outrage.
The competent laborer is certainly worthy of his hire.
The unethical indubitably opt for every shortcut, always taking the
path of least resistance.(they call it hedging their bets) Once certified,
if there is no demonstrable difference between you professionally, and the
average sales rep, your sacrifices have been in vain, and you are either
a consummate fool, an idiot, or both. The unethical true to form, would
rather slither in undetected, than pay the obligatory admission at the front
door, as any scrupulous person will. Furthermore just because someone has
paid their dues, does not consign them to a free lifetime ride. Just
remember cheating and lying for profit, is never an issue of moral concern
to the criminally inclined.
In order to compete fairly, the playing field must be level. In this
scenario it simply isn't, and never can be. You have confused two separate
issues. Your logic infers two wrongs make a right Well I don't agree.
You are using convoluted reasoning and logic to arrive at a skewed and
erroneous conclusion. You have concluded that because there is a certain
amount of inappropriate orthotic healthcare going on, everyone regardless
of qualifications is entitled to deliver orthoses. After all the reasoning
goes, how could these sale's reps do any worse job than these reprehensible
practitioners? Lowering established high standards, by elevating the
nonexistent standards of others is not a cogent strategy. Your logic, if it
could be called that, is nothing more than an oxymoron.
What many are after here Justin, is not a handout, or license to steal,
but a fair shake. It seems that little irony has escaped your flawed sense
of justice. You would rather see the entire profession jeopardized by
exposing our patients to potential harm, than to execute some reform where
needed. You prefer to open the flood gates of no standards allowing the
incompetent, and unethical, to sweep in. In a form of misguided and
ill-conceived fair play, you want to allow our profession to be destroyed by
attacking and eliminating its' hard won standards. What a magnanimous live
and let live attitude you have. How does that protect and better serve the
patient? Your solution, exposes the patient to an even greater risk.
Well I'm about done here for now. In the end you may find yourself
mostly alone in this issue, and in the unemployment line sooner than you
think, if the future you desire is allowed to fully manifest itself. Just
some food for thought, as you pass the food bank, on your way to lunch.
Sincerely, but no apologies implied,
Kim L. Ruhl CPO
Citation
Kim, “Re: usual suspects...,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221841.
