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Podiatrists
Diagnoses and treats foot and ankle problems.
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Podiatrists treat foot and ankle injuries, diabetes-related foot problems, sports injuries and deformities, and perform surgery. Many run their own practices; others work in hospitals.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Anatomy and Physiology · Science
Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
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Podiatrists on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.