Podiatrists Career

For the Podiatrists, the average hourly wage is $75.95 and the average annual wage is $157,970. Understand required skills and ability for the career and find right career colleges for it.
Podiatrists career

Podiatrists

The main tasks and work activities of Podiatrists are to diagnose medical conditions, analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment, prescribe assistive medical devices or related treatments, prescribe medications. In general, for the Podiatrists, critical Thinking, speaking, active Listening, reading Comprehension and other 16 skills are required.

General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Podiatrists

Most of Podiatrists occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). 7.61% of Podiatrists have High School Diploma (or the equivalent) and 7.61% of Podiatrists have Post-Secondary Certificate. You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Podiatrists tasks, skills, and ability page.
The following graph shows the percentage of earned degrees held by Podiatrists occupational group.
Less than a High School Diploma
0.00%
High School Diploma (or the equivalent)
7.61%
Post-Secondary Certificate
7.61%
Some College Courses
0.00%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
0.00%
Bachelor's Degree and Above
84.78%

Vocational Programs for Podiatrists Career

3 vocational programs are closely related to the Podiatrists occupation - Podiatric Medicine, Podiatry, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program, and 1 more programs. You can check the schools offering the programs with tuition, length of study, and earning information.
A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of podiatric medicine, involving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and injuries to the foot and lower extremities. Includes instruction in the basic medical sciences, anatomy of the lower extremity, functional orthopedics, foot biomechanics, podiatric radiology, dermatology, podiatric surgery, podopediatrics, sports medicine, physical diagnosis, emergency medicine and traumatology, practice management, and professional standards and ethics

Schools for Podiatrists Occupation

No career colleges offer the vocation programs for Podiatrists career