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Podiatric physician skills for your resume and career
Updated January 8, 2025
1 min read
Quoted experts
Dr. Stephen Weeks,
John Colclough
Below we've compiled a list of the most critical podiatric physician skills. We ranked the top skills for podiatric physicians based on the percentage of resumes they appeared on. For example, 32.7% of podiatric physician resumes contained private practice as a skill. Continue reading to find out what skills a podiatric physician needs to be successful in the workplace.
5 podiatric physician skills for your resume and career
1. Private Practice
Private practice refers to a business operated by professionals such as doctors or lawyers neither controlled nor paid by the government.
Here's how podiatric physicians use private practice:
- Direct inpatient and outpatient care through self-started private practice.
- Take Emergency Room call one week of every eight weeks - Admitting and surgical privileges Private Practice
2. Surgery
Here's how podiatric physicians use surgery:
- Established and cultivated a comprehensive database of Physicians within the General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Anesthesiology specialties.
- Participated actively as general surgery physician assistant in procedures such as hernia, appendectomy and acute abdomen problems.
3. Surgical Care
Here's how podiatric physicians use surgical care:
- Provided complete primary and surgical care to an established multi-specialty group practice.
- Manage routine podiatric and surgical care at long-term care facilities.
4. Medical Care
Here's how podiatric physicians use medical care:
- Provided General medical care including management of common diseases and providing routine checkups for chronic ones.
- Provided leadership for clinical staff and delivered quality medical care at the Pocahontas Family Medical Center.
5. Physical Examinations
Here's how podiatric physicians use physical examinations:
- Conduct off-site annual physical examination on company employees assigned to rural areas.
- Incorporated physical examination, laboratory medicine, and complementary methods in assessment.
What skills help Podiatric Physicians find jobs?
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What skills stand out on podiatric physician resumes?
Dr. Stephen Weeks
Professor, Chair of Biology, The University of Akron
Generally, employers like to see "hands-on" skills for graduates. So, lab-based classes, internships, volunteer work (e.g., in hospitals or other health care settings), and experience in research labs look great on resumes. Because biology is such a diverse field, I cannot point to specific skills for the entire range of biology. Generally, however, having good writing skills will almost certainly be helpful for any biology career.
What podiatric physician skills would you recommend for someone trying to advance their career?
John Colclough
Professor, Marshall University
This is a great question, and if I wish I had the answer. I do know this however, performers need to have a skill set that can subsidize their careers. The restaurant/bar industry, more than any other has answered this call. Unfortunately Covid-19 has impacted the restaurant/bar industry more than any other. So challenging on so many levels. What to do? Practical skills that correlate to an individual's unique interests seem like a good place to start. How can the performer utilize known skills to garner a paycheck? Everything from handyman/construction for those who excelled in their technical theatre classes, to personal assistants for those who have a flair for logistics could offer avenues for success if developed. With technology taking more of a central role in the industry, it's possible to enhance those skills during a gap year-this may not help with your monthly bottom line (financially speaking) but would make you better prepared once the year is over. Gap years are a perfect time to hone those skills that need a bit of TLC, for instance: dance classes, voice classes, picking up a second language or a musical instrument-anything that might add another skill set to the resume is worth the time and effort.
What type of skills will young podiatric physicians need?
Melissa Matusek
Director of Marketing and Communications, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
When DPMs enter the workforce after residency, the skills needed are many. First, they must have flexibility since the landscape and job descriptions of the profession of foot and ankle surgery are constantly changing. Those just out of training also must be motivated because the first few years out of training is when the stakes are high, when you are spending your time building a practice to prove your worth to patients and the profession.
Plus, aside from continuing to develop surgical skills and learn about the medical management of patients, there is an ever-changing need for a deep understanding of how the business of medicine works. Physicians are entering different work environments that place a variety of demands on them. Patients are also becoming more and more fixated on the costs of their health to themselves and are relying more and more on insurance coverage. These topics and skillsets are beyond the general knowledge base of resident physicians. They also need to be well-versed and adept in the changes in healthcare and insurance/billing practices.
The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons offers not the surgical skills courses needed for foot and ankle surgeons but also a coding and billing course to help practice management skills and show surgeons at all levels how to get paid for the services they perform.
Plus, aside from continuing to develop surgical skills and learn about the medical management of patients, there is an ever-changing need for a deep understanding of how the business of medicine works. Physicians are entering different work environments that place a variety of demands on them. Patients are also becoming more and more fixated on the costs of their health to themselves and are relying more and more on insurance coverage. These topics and skillsets are beyond the general knowledge base of resident physicians. They also need to be well-versed and adept in the changes in healthcare and insurance/billing practices.
The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons offers not the surgical skills courses needed for foot and ankle surgeons but also a coding and billing course to help practice management skills and show surgeons at all levels how to get paid for the services they perform.
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Read more about what experts have to say about podiatric physicianList of podiatric physician skills to add to your resume
The most important skills for a podiatric physician resume and required skills for a podiatric physician to have include:
- Private Practice
- Surgery
- Surgical Care
- Medical Care
- Physical Examinations
Updated January 8, 2025
Updated January 8, 2025