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FPMA, through its Public Affairs Committee and a staff
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, maintains an active and successful Public Affairs program to inform and educate the public about foot health and the function of the podiatric physician as the foot specialist. New public service and awareness programs are developed each year to ensure that governmental officials, corporations, and consumers are educated about podiatric medicine and its importance to overall good health.
To access information from APMA about Podiatric Medicine Facts, Figures, and Talking Points, click here.
FPMA is a sponsor of the Florida ADA Step Out Walks. For more information, click here.
Today's Podiatrist is Here - Get in on the Campaign Action!
APMA is embarking on one of the most ambitious public awareness campaigns to date. Today's Podiatrist is an educational campaign that focuses on who Podiatric Physicians are and what they do as doctors of podiatric medicine. To access information about Today's Podiatrist on the APMA public website, click here.
The Today's Podiatrist campaign is designed to target APMA membership, medical colleagues, patients, and the general public. The goals are simple - elevate the perception of podiatric medicine, solidify relationships with medical allies, further Vision 2015, and unify the profession. From now until the APMA Annual Meeting in July, campaign efforts will be focused on member education, because each of our members truly is Today's Podiatrist.
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Today's Podiatrist Campaign in Florida
The materials that APMA has put together for the Today's Podiatrist Campaign are designed for states that, by law, are limited to a foot and ankle scope. Because Florida's scope of practice also deals with related structures of the leg, FPMA has customized the APMA documents to insure that the Florida Campaign is consistent with our statutory scope of practice.
A CD containing the APMA version of the materials was mailed out via the April edition of APMA News to all APMA members, including those who reside in Florida. PLEASE DO NOT USE THOSE MATERIALS. You can access all of the materials specific to Florida by going to the FPMA Member Portal and clicking on the "Today's Podiatrist Florida Materials" link. Please note that you will need to log in to the FPMA website in order to access the documents.
To see how FPMA members have what it takes to be Today's Podiatrist, click here.
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APMA's November 2009 campaign, Diabetes is a Family Affair (DIAFA), kicked off National Diabetes Awareness Month.
The 2009 campaign focused on a podiatrist’s role in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic ulcers and aimed to educate the African-American community about its high rate of diabetes, as well as discuss the disease with at-risk family members. Ethnicity plays a large factor in a person's risk for developing diabetes. In fact, African-Americans are nearly twice as likely to develop the disease as Caucasian-Americans.
To access the 2009 DIAFA materials, click on the following link and scroll down the page: http://www.apma.org/members/diabetes
Jordan's Story, which can be used to educate kids about type 2 diabetes, is available for viewing on the APMA Kids' Zone website. For a nominal fee, you may purchase Jordan's Story CD-ROMs and activity books. Contact Ray Dickson, in APMA's membership department, at (301) 581-9277 or via e-mail at
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for more information.
The 2009 Podiatrists Keep America Walking (PKAW) campaign, which took place during April's Foot Health Awareness Month, focused on heel pain. The campaign materials (which can be obtained by clicking on the link below) cover the different types of heel pain as well as the causes and treatments a podiatric physician can offer.
To access the 2009 PKAW campaign materials, click on the following link and scroll down the page: http://www.apma.org/Members/heelpain.
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