Misdiagnosis of a skin lesion can be a common source of malpractice claims against practicing podiatrists. One particular scenario that comes to mind are the stories of “Plantar Warts” which have been resistant to multiple treatments and turn out, in fact, to be Squamous Cell Carcinomas. In follow up to his lecture last week, Dr. Dockery will discuss skin lesions in detail for the 1st Year Resident Assignment below.

The 2nd and 3rd Year Residents will get some of the most current information on the sometimes challenging topics of correct orthotic Rx writing and the proper diagnosis and treatment of Tarsal Coalition.

We again thank you for following the suggested curriculum and hope that you are getting good benefit from the program. The statistics on lecture viewing show that most of you are choosing to follow along with the lectures as assigned. Also, just to give you a sneak peak, we are in the process of developing an ‘incentive’ or ‘award’ for the programs which best follow the curriculum and have the largest percentage of lecture viewership. So stick to watching the lectures each week…you might just get a sharp reward for it!