Why Podiatry?
Work/Life Balance
Podiatrists work, on average, a 40-60 hour work week, while earning a salary comparable to other medical specialties.
Patient Care
Podiatrists often report the ability to provide immediate relief to patients as the most satisfying element of their career.
Career Variety
Podiatrists experience a lot of variety within their careers! Variety in practice settings, conditions, patients, and sub-specialties.
Potential for Growth
As the population ages the need for podiatrists continue to grow! There's a lot of room for professional achievement and growth within the profession.
Why Podiatry?
Ten Reasons to Consider a Career in Podiatry
- Podiatrists earn salaries comparable to other medical specialties, while maintaining on average a 40-60 hour work week, allowing for a health-care career with a better work-life balance.
- By being involved in patient care from diagnosis through treatment and recovery, podiatrists often establish meaningful relationships with their patients.
- Podiatrists work in a wide variety of practice settings, and can ultimately practice in a number of different health-care settings over the course of their medical career.
- 99% of graduating podiatry students were successfully placed in a podiatric residency program.
- Podiatry offers a number of sub-specialties like dermatology, sports medicine, diabetic wound care, and more.
- Podiatrists treat a wide variety of patients from pediatrics to geriatrics and in some cases all in the same day!
- Current podiatric medical students report a more supportive learning environment while in podiatric medical school when compared to other medical schools.
- While still receiving the same common courses as MD/DO students, podiatric medical students receive highly-specialized education and training from day one of podiatric medical school.
- Podiatry features less "life and death" situations, which alleviates the stress of making a life-or-death mistake.
- All podiatric medical students are trained as surgeons by being required to complete a three-year surgical residency upon graduation from podiatric medical college.
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