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Scenes from last year’s workshops This year Podiatry Online and Future Medical Solutions will, once again, be sponsoring a series of workshops at podiatry colleges around the country. The practicing podiatrist/editors of Podiatry Online will host the "Step into the Future Podiatry Practice Workshop", a presentation on making the transition from student/resident to practicing podiatrist. SOME BACKGROUND There has always been a huge vacuum in practice management teaching at medical schools, that begins to become perceived as critical when students reach the ends of their academic careers. That is why the students, and more so, the residents, gave us such an enthusiastic reception at the 5 programs that we’ve done so far. The general practice management courses at the podiatry colleges teach general principles, where we teach specifics gained from a combined 36 years of practice experience. Podiatry students have no benefit of hindsight…they only look ahead and wonder how they are ever going to learn to run a successful practice. What we delivered at the colleges that we’ve done so far was appreciated as a nuts and bolts positive workshop on essential practice marketing and management skills. We continued this in a much more granular format when we did the first residents program at the Ohio college last year.We’re most excited about this 2nd year of College and Residents Programs that we’re doing again this year. The Deans at the colleges have told us that they’re going to make our program a regular part of the colleges’ practice management curriculums this year. Last year’s programs strongly imprinted the name of our sponsors in the minds of these young doctors and influential faculty members, and received rave reviews ( see thank you letters below). We’d like to do the same for your company this year. YOUR OPPORTUNITY We would like to introduce you to an unprecedented opportunity to interact with the next generation of podiatrists, approximately 500 graduating students, 600+ podiatric residents, and key influencers such as the clinical faculty of the colleges, to deliver the message about the superiority of your products to them. I have put together some more specific information for you in this letter about the programs: THE PROGRAM The "Step into the Future Podiatry Practice Workshops" consists on delivering a PowerPoint lecture on making the transition from student/resident to practicing podiatrist. We will be providing a lavish luncheon for all attendees, as well as a Mini-Trade Show that we invite you to participate in. All students and residents will also receive our Practice Management Manual, filled with our collective 36 years of experience on practice building and practice management. This is a 100+ page Practice Management Manual, which contains a host of valuable resources which we only wish we had received when we were students. We have assembled the best articles on organizing a new practice and marketing that practice. There is a complete selection of the best forms for streamlining the work flow in a practice, that were contributed by podiatrists all over the country. There will also be a section of the manual devoted to product presentations for your company….materials must be submitted no later than 2 weeks prior to each workshop. Participating vendors will be recognized during the lectures and by Podiatry Online at no additional cost. Finally, we are giving the attendees a valuable Employment Contract that cost thousands of dollars to produce, to help them achieve a fair deal with their first employers. THE MINI-TRADE SHOW The most exciting part of the program, which we will be directing these young doctor’s attention to, is the Mini-Trade Show. Vendors that sell products that podiatrists use are very anxious to meet the next generation of young podiatrists. This will be a small version of the exhibition hall that we all encounter at clinical conferences, where we will invite 5-10 companies to set up tabletop displays to teach the attendees about the uses of their products. These students, all at a very impressionable stage in their careers, will get "imprinted" on the first companies that show an interest in them, and will remember these companies and their products when they enter private practice. This is valuable chance for vendors like you to do grass roots marketing and make a strong impression on the next generation of podiatrists. The DATES for the workshop series are:
DOLLARS AND SENSE The cost of participation is $500 for each workshop and we welcome you or your local representative to set up a tabletop display and interact with all in attendance. We will be doing one workshop for the students and one for the residents at each college, for a total of $1000 at each location. Discounts will be given for participation in multiple locations. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a lasting impression on future Podiatrists, the future of our business. Here are some of the thank you letters that we received after last year’s programs, to give you an idea of how much they all appreciated the Step Into Your Future Practice Management Workshops:
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