Somehow podiatry came up ( I have no background in medicine) and I was wondering why in the world are feet doctors a specialty compared to a general surgeon or someone that might fix a broken arm or hand issues?
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So far no one has really answered your question properly and it annoys me. I think you’ll find it comes down to tradition. Same way dentists are teeth doctors but they don’t go to medical school, they go to dentistry. Yes there is oral-maxilla-facial surgeons who do dental surgery but went to medical school, just like there are podiatrists who study a doctorate of podiatry and there are foot and ankle surgeons who study a doctorate of medicine (then do an orthopaedic surgery residency followed by a foot and ankle fellowship)
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