The profession of podiatric medicine is the only independent practice profession that dedicates itself to the foot and ankle. The ever-increasing body of medical knowledge necessitates the development of fellowships to facilitate the ability of highly trained professionals to continue the search for innovative and improved methods to prevent disease, promote health, and more effectively manage foot and ankle pathology.
A podiatric fellowship is an educational program that provides advanced knowledge, experience, and training in a specific content area within podiatric medical practice. Fellowships, by nature of their specific content concentration, seek to add to the body of knowledge through research and other collaborative scholarly activities.
Following four years of professional education, podiatric medical graduates complete three years of postdoctoral training. Podiatric fellowship education is a component in the continuum of the educational process, and such education occurs after completion of an approved specialty residency.
The Canadian Council on Podiatric Medical Education has been authorized by the Canadian Podiatric Medical Association to approve institutions that demonstrate and maintain compliance with the standards and requirements in CCPME publication 820, Standards and Requirements for Approval of Podiatric Fellowships. Podiatric fellowship approval is based on programmatic evaluation and periodic review by the CCPME and the Residency Review Committee.
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CURRENT APPROVED FELLOWSHIPS
Rose Zivot Podiatric Surgery Limb Salvage and Foot Reconstruction Fellowship - University of Calgary, Department of Surgery
The University of Calgary Department of Surgery is proud to offer the Rose Zivot Podiatric Surgery Limb Salvage and Foot Reconstruction Fellowship, a highly focused one-year program designed to provide advanced training in limb preservation and complex foot reconstruction. With one fellowship position available each year, fellows benefit from close mentorship by a team of podiatric surgeons and gain experience across Calgary’s major hospital centres, ambulatory surgical centres and private practices. Fellows are primarily based at the Peter Lougheed Hospital and the Zivot Limb Preservation Centre (ZLPC), one of Canada’s only multidisciplinary clinics dedicated to advanced limb-salvage care using the innovative “toe and flow” model. This unique environment provides extensive exposure to complex limb-preservation cases, including wound management, debridement, biopsies, amputations and surgical offloading procedures. Fellows also develop advanced reconstructive skills through a broad operative experience encompassing deformity correction, soft-tissue procedures, tendon balancing and fracture care at ambulatory surgery centres. The fellowship also combines intensive clinical and surgical training with academic development and research. A dedicated research project is an integral component of the program, with opportunities for clinical and basic science research, with a final presentation at the Annual Surgical Fellows Research Symposium.
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