Bachelor of Podiatric Medicine
Overview
Did you know the average person walks the equivalent of twice around the earth in their lifetime? If you’re passionate about community health and wellbeing, you can help keep people moving and on their feet with the Bachelor of Podiatric Medicine from Charles Sturt University.
Podiatry is a dynamic and well-established profession with a diverse scope of practice. Podiatrists play a key role in maintaining mobility and enabling independence – relevant to people of all ages and particularly important for an ageing population.
Career opportunities
As a podiatrist, you can choose to work as an independent practitioner or as part of a multidisciplinary team with other health professionals.
- Lead primary healthcare
Promote health and wellbeing through disease and injury prevention. Work with people of all ages to treat and manage issues affecting their feet and legs, to enable mobility and independence.
- Work in public and private hospitals
Take your skills into the hospital environment and work as part of a team to improve foot health for people with diabetes.
- Explore roles in private health practices, sports clinics and community health centres
Specialise in a number of areas, ranging from general and paediatric care to biomechanics, sports medicine and injury management, Indigenous health, high-risk foot care (including diabetes management) and surgery.
