From podiatrist to specialist chiropractor
13 of the 71 essential skills of a specialist chiropractor are already essential for a podiatrist — about 18% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 58
- would be new
- 18%
- of the target job covered
- 71
- essential skills of a specialist chiropractor
What a specialist chiropractor does
Specialist chiropractors have an advanced knowledge and understanding in a specific chiropractic area, acquiring complex decision making skills and clinical competency within the scope of the chiropractic profession. Specialist chiropractors may have undertaken an advanced course of studies to acquire the necessary skills and competency and qualification. Specialist chiropractors may be found in different specific fields such as education, functional neurology, orthopaedics, paediatrics, research, radiology, sport.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- apply context specific clinical competences
- biomechanics
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- interact with healthcare users
- manage healthcare users' data
- pharmacology
What would be new
58 skillsEssential for a specialist chiropractor and not for a podiatrist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advocate health
- apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport
- apply organisational techniques
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- conduct chiropractic examination
- conduct health related research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- create solutions to problems
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop therapeutic relationships
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- first aid
- formulate a treatment plan
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interpret medical results
- manage chiropractic staff
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- medical informatics
- microbiology-bacteriology
- neuroanatomy
- neurology
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- orthopaedics
- paediatrics
- prescribe healthcare products
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote inclusion
- provide chiropractic diagnosis
and 18 more
Other moves from podiatrist
2 roles- physiotherapist14 skills in common
- acupuncturist12 skills in common
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How far are you from being a specialist chiropractor?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.