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Hi All,

Next year I will be undertaking a Bachelor Of Health Science/Podiatry. It is a 4 year degree. However my ambition is to live and work in Canada, more so Vancouver. From my current understanding I can't work In Vancouver once I complete me degree as you must be a Podiatric Surgeon.

I would like to study my second year at UBC, so I assume this will lead to that. However can Australian students trasfer into the UBC program from their university in Australia????

I'm so confused and need some advice as I really would love to be able to both study, live and work in Vancouver.....

Also does any one know if the laws are planning to change soon?

Also if I move to USA after my Australia degree, I can work as a podiatric assistant, but in comparison to sallery you would earn as a podiatrists is it comparable?

Thank you

 

So far in BC you must be a US trained podiatrist to be licensed in that province. There is no undergrad podiatry course in BC that I know of.
The podaitrists in BC I would think are unlikely to want this to change as this would open the door to Canadian, UK and Aus. trained pods/chiropods.
Too bad eh? However, the rest of Canada is great, especially the east coast where we have UK/Canadian/US pods/chiropods working together! Hope this info helps.
Sue Davidge
New Brunswick

 

Podiatry in Canada is complex. Currently as far as I understand it to practice in BC you would need to have studied a DPM course in the USA or at Trois riviere uni in quebec. Additionally you will need to complete a 2 year residency. Once you satisfy the requirements you can practice at whatever level you choose, so you dont need to be a surgeon.

With an Aus degree you may be able to practice in other provinces.

 

Sue,

How does this work from a regulations point of view?

s

 

We are a small group (there are 9 of us), there are 4 Uk grads, 4 canadian grads, and 1 us grad. Being a small group, we try to pull together and get things done. We have changed some legislation allowing us to work more along the lines of what we were trained to do. Much more work to go though.
sue

 

The foot care situation in Canada is complex and at times confusing.

I hope the following helps to clarify what is the current status of various qualifications:

British Columbia: DPM (Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree) from a recognized US Podiatric Medical School.

Alberta: DPM degree and completion of a 2 year residency

Ontario: Chiropody okay, no DPM degree accepted.

All the other provinces accept DPM degree or Chiropody degree.

Northwest Territories and other northern territories not regulated at this time.

 

Keep an eye on the labor mobility agreement. I would stay where you are and complete my training. When you are in a medical professional program, schools will not put their rubber stamp on you (give you a degree) unless you complete the majority if not all of your training there. You can't even transfer between Canadian Medical Schools.

Get it done, then see what your options are 4 years down the road. Then if your big plans of moving overseas change, you can still work at home. I'm hoping that all provinces will have to accept anyone with podiatry/chiropody training to practice under their current scope of practice under labor mobility laws.

We had some grads from my year become licensed in Australia but they quickly came back to Canada in part because of the distance from home/family.

Sarah