AMA submission to the Podiatry Board on the proposed change to the protected title for the specialty of podiatric surgery

‘Surgeon’ is a medical term and should be reserved for medical practitioners who have obtained Fellowship of an Australian Medical Council (AMC) accredited specialist medical college whose training program includes a surgical component relevant to their field of expertise. To make a clear differentiation, the Podiatry Board must consider a title that does not include the words ‘surgeon’, ‘surgical’ or ‘surgery’.