From podiatry assistant to podiatrist
12 of the 28 essential skills of a podiatrist are already essential for a podiatry assistant — about 43% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from podiatry assistant in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 43%
- of the target job covered
- 28
- essential skills of a podiatrist
What a podiatrist does
Podiatrists are foot specialists who study foot physiology and pathology from a structural and functional standpoint. They assess, diagnose, and treat physical, sporting injuries, rehabilitation, medical and surgical problems of the foot and lower limb in their clinical practice. Podiatrists are active outside the clinical environment in research, medico-legal, and forensic activities. Podiatrists act within the scope of their podiatry training, experience, and regulating authority of their member country.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- chiropody
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- dermatology
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- foot problems
- maintain medical devices
- orthopaedic conditions
- orthopaedic treatment alternatives
- promote foot health
- recommend orthotic devices
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a podiatrist and not for a podiatry assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- apply context specific clinical competences
- behavioural therapy
- biomechanics
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct podiatry consultation
- health care system
- histology
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- immunology
- interact with healthcare users
- kinetics
- manage healthcare users' data
- pharmacology
- sterilization techniques
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a podiatrist?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.