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?
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Show notes can be found at http://www.adoctorsperspective.net/123 here you can also find links to things mentioned and the full transcript.
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