Podiatrists
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Job description
These individuals treat foot conditions and pathologies. They perform clinical and radiological examinations to assess the condition of their patients. They use medical, chemical, pharmaceutical, surgical, or manipulative means to provide treatment. They usually work in podiatry clinics.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Biological agents
- Radiation
Main tasks
- Detect foot-related complications.
- Differentiate podiatric pathologies from diseases of the system.
- Carry out examinations and make podiatric diagnoses.
- Set up and prescribe treatment plans.
- Provide information and clinical follow-up to other health care professionals, as required.
- Perform surgical procedures, as required.
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Health sciences
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 94.1%
5.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des podiatres du Québec (OPQ [Quebec Order of Podiatrists]).
Sometimes required
- Podiatric surgery residency is sometimes required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Active learning
- Judgment and decision-making
- Written expression
- Social perception
- Solving complex problems
- Science
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Service oriented
- Teaching
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Learning strategies
- System analysis
- Persuasion
Abilities
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Verbal skills
- Speech recognition
- Speech clarity
- Near vision
- Classification
- Information organization
- Processing flexibility
- Digital dexterity
- Originality
- Perception speed
- Information processing speed
- Visualization
- Manual dexterity
- Idea generation
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Capacity to be discrete
- Respect standards and regulations
- Capacity for synthesis
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating (CNP 31209)
Skill type
Health
Last update: January 29, 2026