Our house is divided!
PAM MARCEL
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Collection
Title:
Our house is divided!
Creator:
PAM MARCEL
Date:
3/17/2004
Text:
Will we stand as a profession? It is within our power to determine this!
It will mean sacrifices to egos and hard work to make it happen, or will we
continue to fight?
First not all ABC credentialed people are graduates from collage, nor are
all BOC credentialed people qualified, i.e. some are pharmacist. But there
still has to be a way to work together and come under the same orgination.
ABC professionals worked hard for their degrees, and they need recognition
for this!! But to belive that they alone are qualified to control the O&P
field is not realistic, since both are in the marketplace currently.
Many BOC people frankly don't trust ABC. They fear that they will be left
high and dry with no say in how the profession will police and respond to
issues. As one ABC professional suggessted we be treated Like bastard
children at the family reunion.
Surly with all the letters in the alphabet we can come to some system to
reconize all the diffrent levels of abilitys, yet give each a say in how the
origination is ran without this anamosity.
If we step to the plate and act as one, we can close the door. Create
levels of educational requirements, standards of care for patients, respect
from other professions. Then put teeth in the laws to prevent people from
practicing without a licence. Then we will all be protected
Pam Marcel
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It will mean sacrifices to egos and hard work to make it happen, or will we
continue to fight?
First not all ABC credentialed people are graduates from collage, nor are
all BOC credentialed people qualified, i.e. some are pharmacist. But there
still has to be a way to work together and come under the same orgination.
ABC professionals worked hard for their degrees, and they need recognition
for this!! But to belive that they alone are qualified to control the O&P
field is not realistic, since both are in the marketplace currently.
Many BOC people frankly don't trust ABC. They fear that they will be left
high and dry with no say in how the profession will police and respond to
issues. As one ABC professional suggessted we be treated Like bastard
children at the family reunion.
Surly with all the letters in the alphabet we can come to some system to
reconize all the diffrent levels of abilitys, yet give each a say in how the
origination is ran without this anamosity.
If we step to the plate and act as one, we can close the door. Create
levels of educational requirements, standards of care for patients, respect
from other professions. Then put teeth in the laws to prevent people from
practicing without a licence. Then we will all be protected
Pam Marcel
_________________________________________________________________
MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page � FREE
download! <URL Redacted>
Citation
PAM MARCEL, “Our house is divided!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/222762.
