E 123 Ideal Vs Reality About New Grads Mohammed Rimawi DPM

Dr. Mohammed Rimawi DPM talks to Dr. Justin Trosclair DC on A Doctor's Perspective Podcast. Dr. Mohammed Rimawi DPM discusses being an academic new grad and how to differentiate yourself. He specializes in surgical cases, sport injury, plantar fascitis and ankle sprains. What’s the best Instagram style and the skinny on barefoot running. What fascinated Dr. Rimawi about orthopedics were the surgery cases but luckily he realized he could do the same foot surgeries (which he loves) by becoming a podiatrist. He has his residency training in foot and ankle trauma as well as elective and reconstructive cases. We discuss some of the ‘turf wars’ that orthos and podiatrist have in New York and in general. We also give an overview of their education and training plus advice for students getting started or deciding if podiatry could be a career for them.  What’s the job outlook for modern day podiatrists? The bonus of having a doctor less than a year out of residency is we get the ‘student ideal’ versus the ‘real world’ clash.  For instance, he is super trained in trauma surgery of the foot but in practice you need to be proficient in all these other areas of podiatry because other doctors and the potential patients don’t realize you are the go to doc for foot trauma. Dr. Mohammed gives us reasons as well as treatment options for plantar fascitis and ankle sprains from sport injury, including why see a podiatrist first. A big concern is handling outcome expectations on the first visit. When would you consider an MRI vs X-ray for an ankle sprain? He has a good example to show young athletes why they may need to take more time off their sport than they would have expected. Advice for students: you are not alone. We see divorce during finals week, babies being born and more during some of the most already stressful times in life: doctor school.  Don’t ignore your mental health and find ways to avoid burnout and physician suicide. Reach out to colleagues with patient case questions when the need arises. Don’t stay on the island of your clinic. All the training, degrees, and academic know how is fantastic, but after a short 7 months into the real world – Dr. Rimawi is already aware that patients don’t care. How has he handled that truth and how has that influenced his marketing. What marketing is working for him? Does he post Instagram photos of cases and surgery? What are his thoughts, should you post gross pictures or just keep it educational and academic? Remember some of the video educational based Instagram accounts have dedicated staff and money to make these pieces, it’s not thrown together. Time – Patience – Money = ingredients to making high quality educational videos Set meaningful expectations and accomplish them one by one. Do patients assume every doctor is created equal and therefore it’s all about the marketing you present to them so they pick you over someone else? Does barefoot training or the minimalist shoes do what they claim and are they healthy for your feet? (Dr. Rimawi also gives advice on how to start using it if you really really want to… Hint: avoiding stress fractures might be a great idea.) What unique idea does he have about work life balance but particular school and life balance since he is sub 1 year out? What’s more impressive the 3.7 GPA or the 3.0 GPA who raised two kids during school? Grandcentralfootcare.com Nycfootdoc on IG Book: Atul Gawande Show notes can be found at http://www.adoctorsperspective.net/123 here you can also find links to things mentioned and the full transcript.