LEADING LADIES IN PEDORTHICS
professional shows and health fairs to improve
your knowledge and to enhance networking.
Consistently educate others about the services
that you offer and how your services would
help them or their patients. Consumer word
of mouth drove a lot of my business and
connections.
Please value the customer or patient and
focus only on their needs and helping them
with their issues or complaints. With the
knowledge of foot care that you express
and the service you provide, you will gain
the respect and the referrals of the medical
community. Positive patient response and
successful outcomes will be translated to a
successful and prosperous business.
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Pedorthic Footcare Association www.pedorthics.org
One of the biggest issues facing today’s
pedorthist is one of awareness, majority of
the general public has very little idea what
pedorthists do and what is within their scope
of practice. It is up to you, the pedorthist,
to promote the profession and you are
responsible for raising awareness within your
community and medical community. The
best way to start is to educate the public by
lecturing, writing articles and distributing
brochures about what a certified pedorthist
can do for them and their patients.
As a pedorthist it is up to you to educate
potential referral sources, and most the
time that means calling on the physicians
personally, holding in–services at hospitals
and in doctors’ groups and, in my mind,
Author
Coby Miller, Olympic track and field athlete, who
specializes in the sprint events, with Donna Robertson.