PodChatLive is a month-to-month live show for the regular expert growth of Podiatry practitioners and also other people which have been interested. It is hosted by Ian Griffiths from England in the United Kingdom and also Craig Payne from Melbourne in Australia. Craig and Ian stream the show live to Facebook and after that is soon after modified and published to YouTube so that it can reach a diverse audience. Each live show has a different person or group of guests to discuss a distinctive area of interest each time. Inquiries and feedback are usually answered live by the hosts and guests whilst in the live show on Facebook. There's not much follow-up discussion about the YouTube channel. Those of you that enjoy audio only, there's a PodCast version of every single show on iTunes and also Spotify and the other typical podcast resources for that use. They've already attained a substantial following which continues growing. PodChatLive is seen as one of many ways that podiatry practitioners can usually get free professional education points.

One of many shows which was well-liked had been a chat with two foot orthotic lab owners regarding the market and just how they connect with the podiatry professions. Foot orthotics labs are in the business of producing customized foot orthotics which Podiatrists use for the patients. The lab owners in that show were Artur Maliszewski  (from the Footwork Podiatric Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia) and Martin McGeough (from Firefly Orthoses in Ireland). They described what life is like at the orthoses laboratories. They touched in brief on how they individually made the journey from graduating Podiatry practitioners to lab proprietors as well as other subjects like their own laboratories involvement in research. There was additionally a helpful discussion around the preferences of their clients in relation to negative impression casting approaches such as the plaster of paris versus laser scanning. Additionally of interest was the number of people even now must use the notorious “lab discretion” box on orthotic orders.