Other Health Care Professionals
Job description
Doctors of Podiatric Medicine, Podologists, and Podiatrists evaluate and treat foot problems. Naturopaths use natural methods to treat patients’ diseases and disorders. Osteopaths treat disorders and injuries of various systems (musculoskeletal, circulatory, and nervous).
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Biological agents
- Radiation
Main tasks
Doctors of Podiatric Medicine, Podologists, and Podiatrists
- Assess foot illnesses, deformities, and injuries.
- Treat patients with orthotics, casts, screens, physiotherapy, or medication.
- Perform surgical procedures as required.
Naturopaths
- Assess individuals’ illnesses and disorders.
- Implement treatment protocols using various natural healing methods (reflexology, medicinal plants, homeopathy, etc.).
- Advise people about health and lifestyle.
Osteopaths
- Assess disorders and injuries of the musculoskeletal, circulatory, and nervous systems.
- Treat patients with manipulations.
- Prepare patients for surgery or treat patients following surgery.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 74.6% Female
- 25.4% Male
- 74.6% Female
- 25.4% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 621, 622, 62393% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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NAICS 711% of jobs
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NAICS 611% of jobs
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Others0% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 621, 622, 62393% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
-
NAICS 812% of jobs
-
NAICS 711% of jobs
-
NAICS 611% of jobs
-
Others0% of jobs
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
Podologists and Podiatrists
- Licence to practise issued by the Ordre des podiatres du Québec (OPQ [Quebec Order of Podiatrists]).
Sometimes required
- A Class 5 driver’s licence may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Information processing
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Inductive reasoning
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Near vision
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech recognition
- Digital dexterity
- Written expression
- Processing flexibility
- Classification
- Information organization
- Hand-arm stability
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Sense of responsibility
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Sense of initiative
- Attention to detail
- Vitality
- Respect standards and regulations
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Self-employment
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
- 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.
Official name of the NOC 31209
Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
Job titles
- Podiatrists
- Naturopath - physician
- Foot specialist
- Chiropodist
- Osteopath - physician
- Doctor of naturopathic medicine
- Doctor of osteopathic medicine
Skill type
Health
Last update: January 29, 2026