2018 is a year to raise the profile of podiatry among our peer regulated health professional groups as well as build alliances with health advocacy groups such as Diabetes, Arthritis, Heart & Stroke, Cancer, Women’s Health, etc.
In 2017, we issued a media advisory during Diabetes month with some pick up and interest. The point is we have to do more of this public education and awareness of the role podiatry and good foot health to overall health.
The one month effort of May as Foot Health month is not sufficient as we have all agreed. Now, let’s use online media tools and great content to advance awareness. The OPMA website has again been refreshed. We are revitalizing the OPMA Facebook and launching an OPMA Twitter feed.
The calendar of monthly focus on key health concerns has been created and we are using January – Arthritis – as a starting point. Please use this forum to provide content for January and every other month identified.
The OPMA Secretariat team will pull the information together and get it ready for website postings and to deliver via Facebook, Twitter and to other advocacy channels.
There is a tremendous amount of knowledge shared among the profession and it’s time to tap into it for the benefit of timely, accurate and helpful public information sharing.
