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Podiatrist

Medical


  • Average Salary

    RM3000 - RM 4600

  • Career Trends

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  • Compability

What is Podiatrist?

Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM3000 - RM 4600

Example of a Job Position

Doctor
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
Foot and Ankle Surgery
Podiatric doctor
Podiatric Surgeon
Podiatric expert

Task

? Surgically treat conditions such as corns, calluses, ingrown nails, tumors, shortened tendons, bunions, cysts, and abscesses ? Diagnose diseases and deformities of the foot using medical histories, physical examinations, x-rays, and laboratory test results ? Prescribe medications, corrective devices, physical therapy, or surgery ? Advise patients about treatments and foot care techniques necessary for prevention of future problems ? Treat bone, muscle, and joint disorders affecting the feet and ankles

Knowledge

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods in designing curriculum, training, teaching, and instruction for individuals and groups, as well as measuring the effects of training.

Customer and Personal Services

Knowledge of principles and processes to provide services for customers and personal. This includes assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles including strategic planning, resource allocation, human resource modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination between people and resources.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunction, as well as providing career guidance.

Medical Science and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human wounds, diseases, and deformities. These include symptoms, alternative treatments, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health measures

Skills

Active Learning

Understand the implications of new information for basic decision making and problem solving now and in the future.

Active Listening

Give full attention to the words of others, set aside time to understand the points presented, ask questions appropriately, and not interrupt at the wrong time

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Creative

Ability to imagine and create original ideas, especially related to artistic work.

Capability

  • 1

    Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas when speaking, so that others can understand what is being conveyed

  • 2

    Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to certain problems in order to produce reasonable answers.

  • 3

    Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules and conclusions (including finding relationships between seemingly unconnected events).

  • 4

    Oral Understanding - The ability to listen and understand information and ideas conveyed through words and oral sentences

  • 5

    Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or maybe wrong. This does not involve solving the problem, only knowing if there is a problem.

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