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      <title>South African Podiatry Students' Experiences of Their Clinical Learning Environment</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>South African Podiatry Students&#039; Experiences of Their Clinical Learning Environment</b><br />
Moothee Melissa , Ntuli Simiso  <br />
<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41075288/" target="_blank" class="externalLink"rel="nofollow"><span style="text-decoration: underline">J Foot Ankle Res. 2025 Dec;18(4):e70092.</span></a><br />



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      <title>Independent prescribing rights for podiatrists in South Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>Enhancing diabetic foot management: Advocating for independent prescribing rights for podiatrists in South Africa</b><br />
Yaasirah Mohomed Choonara<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39178497/" target="_blank" class="externalLink"rel="nofollow">Foot (Edinb). 2024 Aug 22</a></span><br />



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      <title>South African Pods Wanted</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://podiatryarena.com/index.php?threads/south-african-pods-wanted.112870/</link>
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      <dc:creator>My FootDr</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello there,<br />
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We are an Australian owned podiatry clinic in Singapore, part of the multinational podiatry group My FootDr.<br />
We are looking to expand the team and recruit podiatrists with min. 2-3 years of experience. <br />
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Our current Singapore team consists of experienced podiatrists from Australia, South Africa and Singapore.<br />
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We offer above industry standard remuneration, flexible roster as well...<br />
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      <title>What is going on in South Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 04:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: 12px">We now have two Podiatry Arena members who have added their location to the <a href="http://www.podiatry-arena.com/podiatry-forum/vbgooglemapme.php?do=showmain" target="_blank" class="externalLink">member map</a>: <a href="http://www.podiatry-arena.com/podiatry-forum/vbgooglemapme.php?lat=-26.089413786557&amp;lng=27.928576469421&amp;zoom=7" target="_blank" class="externalLink">ives</a> and...</span><br />
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      <title>Podiatry student</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2020 11:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://podiatryarena.com/index.php?threads/podiatry-student.112640/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Zubair Padia)</author>
      <dc:creator>Zubair Padia</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Greetings to all. I will be studying podiatry in the university of Johannesburg in 2021 and I would like to know from South African podiatrists whether it&#039;s a good career here in South Africa and whether I would be able to work in the public sector after qualifying. Thank you.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Looking for a South African podiatrist</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://podiatryarena.com/index.php?threads/looking-for-a-south-african-podiatrist.111915/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Karey Fleming)</author>
      <dc:creator>Karey Fleming</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our current podiatrist is from Durban and loves Nova Scotia. We would like to hire a second podiatrist for our New Glasgow location. Come and live in a safe, friendly and scenic rural part of Canada. Immigration assistance is available and take approximately 3 months. See more details at:<br />
<a href="https://www.healthwalks.ca/job-opportunity" target="_blank" class="externalLink"rel="nofollow">https://www.healthwalks.ca/job-opportunity</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Working in SA</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (dmasikat)</author>
      <dc:creator>dmasikat</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Can someone help me please. I am relocating to SA within the next 2 months. I have tried to get information on how to get employment, to no avil. Can someone point me to the right agencies, hospitals,clinic etc? I am moving to Joburg]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Working in South Africa as a Podiatrist</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just as a matter of interest, I wonder if any South African Pods could give me an idea of the situation in South Africa with regards to working as a Podiatrist?<br />
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e.g. Do you mainly work for yourselves, what sorts of sepcialities are there and how do you see the future developing Pod-wise as RSA continues to change?<br />
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Any insights would be valuable as my partner&#039;s South African and I will...<br />
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      <title>Podiatry suppliers in South Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (defalbaire)</author>
      <dc:creator>defalbaire</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Can s.o know about a podiatry provider in SA?<br />
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Could you give me the website or mail adress of a podiatry supplier anywhere in SA?<br />
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Hope you will be able to helps me<br />
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Best regards<br />
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      <title>Ethical transgressions by registered healthcare professionals in South Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>Seven year overview (2007?2013) of ethical transgressions by registered healthcare professionals in South Africa</b><br />
Nico Nortj?, Willem Hoffmann<br />
<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1025984815000332" target="_blank" class="externalLink"rel="nofollow">Health SA Gesondheid; Volume 21, December 2016, Pages 46?53</a><br />



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      <title>Wound Healing Association of South Africa consensus document on the management of the diabetic foot</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>OSCE's in podiatry courses outside SA</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://podiatryarena.com/index.php?threads/osces-in-podiatry-courses-outside-sa.82005/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (stephen SA voetarts)</author>
      <dc:creator>stephen SA voetarts</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi all <br />
I am currently in south africa and was wondering how the Osces are conducted around the world as I am of opinion that the way it is done here is not sufficient and doesn&#039;t really test our clinical skills <br />
Any info would be appreciated]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Foot soldier</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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   <b>Johannesburg podiatrist Anette Thompson is on a mission to improve the comfort and fit of women&#039;s footwear in South Africa - and that means measuring hundreds of feet. She spoke to Lindsay Ord</b><br />
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 Pointed toes, killer heels, thick platforms, toe-scrunching sandals - the shoes women totter about in, often in discomfort and pain in the name of high fashion, are...</div><div class="quoteExpand">Click to expand...</div></blockquote>
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      <title>Availability and importance of podiatry in the public sector</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[good day I was just wondering how it is going with podiatry in the public sector of south africa last time I heard it wasnt Very good any one has Ideas how this can improve. Cause it seems to me that most podiatrists in south africa Care more bout their income than the proffesion I am happy to be corrected if Im out of line]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>World Cup 2010.</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[World cup 2010 is almost upon us......can’t wait, as is the sentiment within the whole country. What a great spectacle this promises to be......looking forward to all the foreign guests to our beautiful country...and to a great soccer tournament. Hope to see some of you guys.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Study on female feet in South Africa</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Members in South Africa listed on our member map</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 01:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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