What type of doctor is a podiatrist?

Answer 1

A podiatrist is a doctor with medical school preparation in diagnosing and treating the foot, ankle, and lower leg. Within the field of podiatry, practitioners can focus on many different specialty areas, including surgery, sports medicine, biomechanics, geriatrics, pediatrics, orthopedics, or primary care.

The only difference between a DPM and MD/DO is the title and residency training. Other than that everything is the same as far as school.

If you want to look at it from a title prospective then the answer to your question is a no. Podiatrist is a doctor of the foot and ankle (DPM) and not a general doctor (M.D/DO), BUT THEY ARE A MEDICAL DOCTORS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE

Podiatric training is a 4 years of undergraduate

4 years of medical school (studying pathology,pharm....etc as any other medical school in the nation with an extensive training in foot and ankle during the last 2 years of medical school)

3 years of surgical residency in the foot and ankle.

There are 3 APMLE (American Podiatric Medical License Examination) tests [which are similar to the 3 USMLE (United States Medical License Examination) tests for M.Ds] that the podiatrist must take in order to practice podiatry in the U.S.

Answer 2

If one wants to be a podiatrist, he must first undergo four years of undergraduate work followed by a 4-year education in an accredited podiatric medical school. A 3- or 4-year hospital-based surgical residency is also needed to complete his education.

Answer 3

Podiatrists attend 4 years of podiatry school and receive a doctor of podiatric medicine (DPM) degree.

Medical doctors attend 4 years of medical school and receive a doctor of medicine (MD) degree.

Podiatrists are licensed to treat the local manifestations of systemic diseases as they relate to the foot and ankle, they cannot treat systemic diseases directly, as medical doctors can.

Podiatrists are licensed by an entirely different board than medical doctors, as podiatry is limited to only the foot and ankle.

I hope that clears up any confusion.

Answer 4

A Podiatrist is a specialist in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the foot and lower limb.

Answer 5

A foot doctor.

Answer 6

BSc(Hons) Podiatry

Answer 7

Yes!