Podiatrists

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Podiatrists

Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot.

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Degrees

Podiatric Medicine + Podiatry (DPM)

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Written Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

The ability to see details at a distance.

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Fluency of Ideas

The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Speed of Closure

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Number Facility

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Mathematical Reasoning

The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Response Orientation

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

Wrist-Finger Speed

The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Spatial Orientation

The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.

Interests

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

First Interest High-Point

Primary-Rank Descriptiveness

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Second Interest High-Point

Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Economics and Accounting

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Communications and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Telecommunications

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Philosophy and Theology

Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Building and Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

History and Archeology

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

Food Production

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Wages

Iowa	$95,070.00

Ohio	$99,320.00

Utah	$46,040.00

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Anesthesiologists

Administer anesthetics during surgery or other medical procedures.

Adjust spinal column and other articulations of the body to correct abnormalities of the human body believed to be caused by interference with the nervous system. Examine patient to determine nature and extent of disorder. Manipulate spine or other involved area. May utilize supplementary measures, such as exercise, rest, water, light, heat, and nutritional therapy.

Dentists, General

Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums and related oral structures. May treat diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting vitality of teeth.

Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics

Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

Diagnose, manage, and treat conditions and diseases of the human eye and visual system. Examine eyes and visual system, diagnose problems or impairments, prescribe corrective lenses, and provide treatment. May prescribe therapeutic drugs to treat specific eye conditions.

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons

Perform surgery on mouth, jaws, and related head and neck structure to execute difficult and multiple extractions of teeth, to remove tumors and other abnormal growths, to correct abnormal jaw relations by mandibular or maxillary revision, to prepare mouth for insertion of dental prosthesis, or to treat fractured jaws.

Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.

Physician Assistants

Provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a physician. Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients. May, in some cases, prescribe medication. Must graduate from an accredited educational program for physician assistants.

Skills

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Teaching others how to do something.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Learning Strategies

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Management of Financial Resources

Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Management of Personnel Resources

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Operations Analysis

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Technology Design

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Management of Material Resources

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Systems Evaluation

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Systems Analysis

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Tasks

Treat bone, muscle, and joint disorders affecting the feet.

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.

Treat conditions such as corns, calluses, ingrown nails, tumors, shortened tendons, bunions, cysts, and abscesses by surgical methods.

Advise patients about treatments and foot care techniques necessary for prevention of future problems.

Refer patients to physicians when symptoms indicative of systemic disorders, such as arthritis or diabetes, are observed in feet and legs.

Correct deformities by means of plaster casts and strapping.

Make and fit prosthetic appliances.

Perform administrative duties such as hiring employees, ordering supplies, and keeping records.

Educate the public about the benefits of foot care through techniques such as speaking engagements, advertising, and other forums.

Treat deformities using mechanical methods, such as whirlpool or paraffin baths, and electrical methods, such as short wave and low voltage currents.

Career Activities

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

identify body response variations

recognize childhood diseases

understand properties or composition of drugs

understand technical operating, service or repair manuals

Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

follow confidentiality procedures

follow dental or medical office procedures

follow examining room procedures

follow infectious materials procedures

follow operating room procedures

follow patient care procedures

follow surgical procedures

use clinical problem solving techniques

use knowledge of medical terminology

use medical diagnostic techniques

use medical lab techniques

use research methodology procedures in health care

use sanitation practices in health care settings

Assisting and Caring for Others

administer anesthetics

administer injections

administer medications or treatments

conduct medical tests

fit medical supportive devices

position patient for therapy

take vital signs

treat medical condition of patient

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

observe patient condition

Getting Information

collect clinical data

obtain information from clients, customers, or patients

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others

interpret medical laboratory test results

interpret x-rays

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization

make presentations on health or medical issues

Processing Information

calculate medical dosages

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others

prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices or other forms of treatment

refer patients to community resources

Analyzing Data or Information

analyze patient activity

Performing Administrative Activities

order medical laboratory tests

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People

conduct patient assessments

Handling and Moving Objects

Career Context

Freedom to Make Decisions

Structured versus Unstructured Work

Physical Proximity

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Face-to-Face Discussions

Frequency of Decision Making

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

Contact With Others

Exposed to Disease or Infections

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Deal With External Customers

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Letters and Memos

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety

Consequence of Error

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results

Exposed to Contaminants

Electronic Mail

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

Work With Work Group or Team

Coordinate or Lead Others

Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection

Frequency of Conflict Situations

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

Spend Time Sitting

Exposed to Radiation

Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People

Level of Competition

Exposed to Hazardous Conditions

Exposed to Hazardous Equipment

Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting

Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable

In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment

Spend Time Walking and Running

Career Styles

Attention to Detail

Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Job requires being honest and ethical.

Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

Concern for Others

Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.

Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

Analytical Thinking

Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.

Social Orientation

Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.

Stress Tolerance

Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.

Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

Adaptability/Flexibility

Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Career Needs

Workers on this job make decisions on their own.

Ability Utilization

Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities.

Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment.

Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision.

Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people.

Workers on this job are paid well in comparison with other workers.

Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do.

Workers on this job are looked up to by others in their company and their community.

Workers on this job have steady employment.

Workers on this job are busy all the time.

Workers on this job try out their own ideas.

Working Conditions

Workers on this job have good working conditions.

Workers on this job have something different to do every day.

Workers on this job give directions and instructions to others.

Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with.

Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

Workers on this job do their work alone.

Company Policies and Practices

Workers on this job are treated fairly by the company.

Workers on this job have opportunities for advancement.

Supervision, Human Relations

Workers on this job have supervisors who back up their workers with management.

Supervision, Technical

Workers on this job have supervisors who train their workers well.

Career Values

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Working Conditions

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.