Report Says North Carolina Has
Critical Shortage Of Podiatrists
by Tom Rickets
,X Special To the Post
CHAPEL HILL — North Caro*
linians face a critical shortage
of podiatrists according to an
article appearing in the cur
rent issue of ACTION, the
quarterly newsletter of the
North Carolina Health Man
power Development Program
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Podiatrists are health pro
fessionals who provide spec
ialized care and treatment in
cluding surgery, for the hu
man leg and foot.
Although up to 70 percent of
the state's populaion - over
3'2 million people -- suffer
from some form of foot prob
lem, ACTION reported, there
are only 66 podiatrists in
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North Carolina or one lor ev
ery 88.000 people, four times
worse than the national av
erage.
Dr. J Barry Johnson, presi
dent of the N.C. Podiatry Soc
iety, commented in ACTION
on the shortage of podiatrist in
general and especially minor
ity podiatrist in North Caro
lina. “There is tremendous
need for podiatrist in this st
ate," he said. "The U.S. De
partment of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare has deter
mined that every county in
North Carolina, with the exce
_ ption of Forsythm is an area of
need for a podiatrist.
"We presently have no bl
ack or indian podiatrists in
North Carolina although 22
percent of the population are
minorities," he said.
"The need for black podia
trist is well-documented in
that the incidence of serous
foot problems in the black
population is higher than that
for the nonblack population.
"As a result," he continued,
"the black communities of our
larger North Carolina cities
have a dire need for podiatric
services."
The current issue of ACT
TION is highlighting the prac
tice of podiatry and opportuni
ties among minorities for a
career in podiatric medicine.
The newsletter is distributed
to college and high school
counselors, health sciences in
structors, premedical advis
ers and health professionals
as part of the North Carolina
Health Manpower Develp
ment Program's (NCHMDPi
effort to increase the number
of .minorities in the health
professions.
The newsletter urges coun
selors and instructors to ip—
elude podiatry among/fhe
choices presented to students
interested in medical careers,
said Lavonia Allison, director
of NCHMDP. "Podiatry is of
ten misunderstood and tho
ught of as somthing less than a
full-fledged medical profes
sion,” she said, "This, of cour
is not the case.”
To enter a school of podia
tric medicine a student must
first complete two or three
years of undergraduate sci
ence preparation. Most stu
dents entering podiatry school
have completed undergradu
ate school or hold advanced
degrees.
Four years of training await
the prospective doctor of pod
iatric medicine, two years in
preclinical preparation and
two years' of clinical work.
Third-and-fourth-year pod
iatry students often receive
their clinical training in gen
eral hospitals along with med
ical students.
The podiatry school’s curri
cula are very similar to the
programs offered at medical
schools, with one major excep
tion - the structure, function
and nature of the foot and leg
are investigated very exten
sively.
Doctors of podiatric medi
cine make up an integral part
of America's total health care
effort. (Mrs.) Allison said.
Podiatrist screen their pat
ients to general practitioners
when they uncover evidence of
systemic diseases and disor
ders like diabetes, arthritis
and peripheral vascular dis
ease.
The five colleges of podia
tric medicene in the United
States in Chicago, Philadel
phia, New York, Cleveland
and San Francisco have ex
panded in an attempt to meet
the demand for podiatrists:
They are also committed, Al
lison said, to increasing their
minority enrollments; three of
the schools have begun active
recruitment programs direc
ted toward blacks, Indians,
Oilentals and people of Span
ish heritage.
The N.C. Health Manpower
Development Program can
provide students interested in
a career in podiatric medicine
complete informantion con
cerning the podiatry schools
^ncnhejjrofessio^^^eneraL
A May 8 wedding is planned
by Miss Peggy Ann Hemphill
and Alfred J. Finch, Jr.
Their engagement has been
announced by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Willie C. Hemp
hill of 427 South Ramsey St.
The bride-elect, a graduate
of York Road High School.
Bennett College and Virginia
Commonwealth University, is
coordinator of Adolescent and
Social Worker Programs at
the Developmental Services
Center in Washington. D C.
Her fiance, son of Mrs. A.J
Pinch and the late Mr. Finch
is a detectve for the Metropoli
tan Police Department in
Washington. He attended
American University, where
he majored in Criminal
Justice.
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SAYS ABOUT ANOTHER
GOOD SENATOR....
“Long before civil rights was a winning issue. Henry M.
Jackson uxis standing in the front ranks of those who were
fighting for even the most limited victories:
—To abolish the poll Ulx;
— 1° abolish segregated hospitals built with Federal funds: •
-To create a civil rights division in the Department of Justice:
— To esUiblish a Federal (.ivil Rights Fommission
jcoop jucKson was there when the major victories of the
mid-60's finally were achieved:
—Equal access to public accommodations:
-Equal opportunity in jobs and bowsing:
"Meaningful guarantees, enforced by the Federal
Government, on the right to vote:
-And all the other landmark victories that
ended legalized discrimination in American life."
Remarks by Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
introducing Sen. Henry M. Jackson,
May 13. 1975.
Sen. Humphrey s/ntke oj the headline victories. He
knous Sen. Jackson's record in the civil rights is widely
known and repected. These res/tected North Carolinians
know Sen. Jackson's record too. and they stand with the
Senator in the North Carolina Presidential Primary:
-State Senator Fred Alexander of Charlotte:
—Mrs. H. M. 'Mickey" Michaux of Durham:
"City Councilman W illiam Knight of Raleigh:
—Dr. Roy Moore oj Creensboro:
-The Rev. James Mclhvaine of Salisbury:
-Lee R. Morgan of New Hern, former Mayor Pro-Tem.
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