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Is an academic career worth it?

There's a frequent livestream video chat show known as PodChatLive that is for the regular teaching of Podiatrists together with other clinical professionals that will be interested in podiatry and the feet. The stream is live on Facebook after which is later on revised and submitted to YouTube for longer term viewing. Every episode comes with a different person or number of guests to discuss a different theme every time. Questions are answered live by the hosts and the guests through the chat on the live show on Facebook. In addition, there's a PodCast version of every single episode found on iTunes in addition to Spotify and the other common podcast providers. They've created a significant following that keeps growing. PodChatLive can be viewed as one of the ways by which podiatrists may get free continuing education points or continuing medical education credits (CME's).

.There is lots of curiosity in the stream from podiatry academics where there have been a number of guests on the livestream who hold university positions. Among the early guests was, Emma Cowley and it turned out to be a very popular livestream and was top for the while in obtaining the most views on YouTube. In that show Emma described what educational life is like for a podiatrist, especially for those who are thinking of that as a career option. She talked about exactly how she juggles her academic career, researching for her own PhD and the way she handles still to do and have some private clinical practice job. Emma presented the viewers insight in just what it is like for undergrad students now, mainly in the context of social media and just how they are often used to improve a students learning. She discussed what her favourite paper of 2017 was and also how bright the future for Podiatric meetings is looking. There was also quite a conversation regarding all the different logical fallacies thrown in as well.