PodChatLive is a month-to-month live on Facebook to produce educational content for the professional growth of Podiatry practitioners as well as other health care professionals that might be interested in the topics which they cover. While the show goes out live on Facebook to begin with, it is afterwards edited and published to YouTube to reach a larger audience. Each live episode has a different guest or group of guests to discuss a unique subject every time. Queries are responded to live by the hosts and guests while in the live episode on Facebook. Additionally, there is a PodCast version of every show on iTunes and also Spotify and the other usual podcast websites. They've already accomplished a huge following which keeps increasing. PodChatLive can be regarded as one of several ways that podiatry practitioners are able to get free professional improvement hours or CME's.
Among the more current well-liked episodes was the episode on forensic podiatry. This is a comparatively new part of podiatry and has now become a important part of the forensic legal system is an example of how podiatrists are making an impact outside the common area of clinical work. The main area that the forensic podiatrist concentrates on are gait evaluation, the wear on shoes, foot print analysis and the evidence that is left behind at crime scenes. Podiatrists working together with the police and present in the court the abilities both by law and with their podiatric experience to aid the criminal prosecution services. In the episode of PodChatLive, the hosts spoke with Professor. Wesley Vernon, OBE and Mr Jeremy Walker. They covered the history of forensic podiatry and just how a podiatrist with an interest could think about getting involved. They described a standard day in the life of a forensic podiatrist, the way they perform an analysis of shoes. Each guests talked about some of their more unforgettable cases.
