International practice opportunites for DPM's?

[capo]

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Does anyone have a list of countries that allow USA trained DPM's to practice there? Does Canada allow DPM's by province but have different laws to limit scope in some provinces? I was just curious to what other countries allow DPM's similiar rights, as in the USA.

 

[jonwill]

I know they can practice in Canada because we have plenty Canadians at our school. It's a tough question though. It seems that in many Euro countries, they do have podiatrists but it is a bachelors degree and they do no surgery and can't write Rx. It is basic medical foot care. But from country to country, I have no idea.

 

[capo]

I know they can practice in Canada because we have plenty Canadians at our school. It's a tough question though. It seems that in many Euro countries, they do have podiatrists but it is a bachelors degree and they do no surgery and can't write Rx. It is basic medical foot care. But from country to country, I have no idea.

Hey jowill, thanks. I assume residency training can be done abroad and this would be an opportunity to see other countries, if you decided to practice outside the USA. But can a residency done outside the USA, count toward licensure in the USA for eventual practice here?

 

[gustydoc]

If you do a residency at one of the PM&S 24 residencies in Canada you can get licensed in the US, but if you aren't opposed to living in Canada you can be sucessful there as well. There is actually a pretty good program in Victoria BC. The BC govt recently changed the provincial medical billing fee structure making it more lucrative to work. There is a conflict currently with the issue of private care where more clinics are being setup to handle pay for surgery patients because of the long wait list for hospital surgeries. I recently met a podiatrist who practices in Victoria and for anyone interested he said he would be happy to talk to them about practicing in Canada, so send me a message if you want his info. Don't worry I already let the DMU Canadians know Jon.

 

[drbeesh]

This is true for most provinces with the notable exception being for the province of Ontario. Alberta's scope of pracitce is probably the best as there are no restrictions on the foot and ankle surgeries performed by the podiatrists there. Ontario, unfortunately is still light-years behind as they still have an outdated british "chiropidy" model - the province has a cap on all new podiatrists that took effect in the early to mid 1990's. So, the current podiatrists who practiced before the cap are still able to do limited podiatry work (by virtue of their training) which includes basic footcare and in-office procedures, plus forefoot soft-tissue surgery (again in office under local anesthesia)...The good news though, is that they have shut down the chiropidy school in Ontario and there is movement (finally) to remove the cap and work with the lawmakers - this maybe something of interest to the Canadian students who would like to practice in Ontario, and our american friends as well - these changes will not take place before 2009 though!

Regarding the practice of podiatry outside of the US and Canada, as one poster mentioned, the vast majority of europeans practice "chiropidy" or basic routine foot-care podiatry...the current 3 year residency training in the US is very comprehensive and I believe there are a number of fellowship programs overseas that recognize this (Russia, Greece, Italy, and Germany). Those european programs have some of the best orthopoedic surgeons out there and they do grant fellowship opportunities...

If you do a residency at one of the PM&S 24 residencies in Canada you can get licensed in the US, but if you aren't opposed to living in Canada you can be sucessful there as well. There is actually a pretty good program in Victoria BC. The BC govt recently changed the provincial medical billing fee structure making it more lucrative to work. There is a conflict currently with the issue of private care where more clinics are being setup to handle pay for surgery patients because of the long wait list for hospital surgeries. I recently met a podiatrist who practices in Victoria and for anyone interested he said he would be happy to talk to them about practicing in Canada, so send me a message if you want his info. Don't worry I already let the DMU Canadians know Jon.