Hello,
This is a question from an international student wanting to at some point work in the states. I thought I would ask in this forum as it seems you guys are closest to working in the field and might know if there is a place for someone like me in the us health service.
I am studying to be a Podiatrist in N.Z. Over here and in many parts of the world a Podiatrist has quite different job description than in the United States. i.e We are not doctors. I would still like to work in the states at some stage of my career as I have dual nationality and I would ideally like to use my clinical skills even if my title is different i.e podiatry assistant. I don't want to train to be a podiatrist as it is understood in the united states but use the clinical skills. I am wondering if this would be possible in parts of the states?
I have struggled to find specific example of the scope of practice of podiatrists in the united states what surgeries do you perform? In New Zealand our scope of practice involves removing ingrown toenails, obviously nail cutting, gait analysis, prescribing orthotics, removal of corns verukas, managing diabetic limbs. I am still fairly new but this is a broad sweep of what we are involved in.
This is a question from an international student wanting to at some point work in the states. I thought I would ask in this forum as it seems you guys are closest to working in the field and might know if there is a place for someone like me in the us health service.
I am studying to be a Podiatrist in N.Z. Over here and in many parts of the world a Podiatrist has quite different job description than in the United States. i.e We are not doctors. I would still like to work in the states at some stage of my career as I have dual nationality and I would ideally like to use my clinical skills even if my title is different i.e podiatry assistant. I don't want to train to be a podiatrist as it is understood in the united states but use the clinical skills. I am wondering if this would be possible in parts of the states?
I have struggled to find specific example of the scope of practice of podiatrists in the united states what surgeries do you perform? In New Zealand our scope of practice involves removing ingrown toenails, obviously nail cutting, gait analysis, prescribing orthotics, removal of corns verukas, managing diabetic limbs. I am still fairly new but this is a broad sweep of what we are involved in.
