Residency Abroad? Is it an option?

[MrsPodDoc]

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I am a second year student preparing for boards & Have been looking at Residencies, Does anyone know if an American student can go abroad for a residency and receive accreditation in the states if I were to return?

 

[JEWmongous]

I am a second year student preparing for boards & Have been looking at Residencies, Does anyone know if an American student can go abroad for a residency and receive accreditation in the states if I were to return?

No residencies, but you can do "mini"-fellowships abroad. There are AO/ASIF in a number of countries around the world (a lot in europe) that range from 4-12 weeks. There's a 6 week-er in Kurgan,Russia. I know of a doc who did a foot and ankle surgical fellowship in Israel.

 

[jonwill]

I am a second year student preparing for boards & Have been looking at Residencies, Does anyone know if an American student can go abroad for a residency and receive accreditation in the states if I were to return?

Jewmongous is right largely for the reason that podiatrists are only considered physicians/surgeons in the USA. Although some countries have made some progress, pods in most countries are a bachelors or masters degree and are more involved in footcare/biomechanics. They aren't members of medical staff and don't have medical/surgical privileges in hospitals, nor do a lot of them have prescription rights.

I do know that Australia and Canada are making changes but I'm not to up-to-date on those.

 

[JEWmongous]

Jewmongous is right largely for the reason that podiatrists are only considered physicians/surgeons in the USA. Although some countries have made some progress, pods in most countries are a bachelors or masters degree and are more involved in footcare/biomechanics. They aren't members of medical staff and don't have medical/surgical privileges in hospitals, nor do a lot of them have prescription rights.

I do know that Australia and Canada are making changes but I'm not to up-to-date on those.

Yea, sorry to the OP for not talking about why you cannot do residencies outside of US/parts of canada. From living in western europe (not the british isles), I can say that podiatry really does not exist over there, and there is no such thing as a "DPM." Ortho surgeons do foot and ankle surgery. The countries with podiatrists most similar to america would be England, Australia, NZ. Maybe South Africa and Singapore as well.

In France for example, the closest thing to podiatry is a "podologue" a 3 year, post high school degree (license in French). From what I learned, they mainly work with skin and nails, and do not do surgery. I believe they can cast for orthotics though, but I may be wrong. The degrees in the european union are 3, 5, and 8 years long. You need your Bac (high school degree) to attend any of these programs though. The public high school education is supposed to be much tougher across the puddle. If looking at transferring to a french medical school, they often require an American to have 2 years of university/college completed before attending!

Anywho, DPM's are able to do AO/ASIF fellowships in europe and elsewhere. You will be trained by orthopedic surgeons in foot and ankle reconstruction/trauma/etc. The podiatrist I shadow regularly spent a month in Rome, Italy with a Foot and Ankle orthopedist during residency. He actually just searched online for foot surgeons in Italy and then contacted the specific doctor. Had a great experience and definitely learned a lot. You may be able to do a non-podiatry rotation in Europe. I was told one guy at Temple U did his ortho rotation in Belgium. NYCPM has a pretty sweet deal available during your 4th year, with 2 months doing foot/ankle surgery in one of Israel's biggest hospitals.

http://www.nycpm.edu/newsEvents/shebamedical.pdf

http://www.aofoundation.org/wps/por...?contentUrl=/ser/fnd/fel/fel_surgeons_orp.jsp


Hope this helps a bit!

 

[dpmgrad]

If anyone has any questions about the AO/ASIF Fellowship, feel free to PM. I am one of those DPMs that did the AO/ASIF Fellowship.