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Study Details: 1 year full-time
2 years part-time
Podiatric surgeons undertake invasive surgery on the foot and ankle, as well as manage a wide range of conditions surgically. This course offers practicing and newly qualified podiatrists the opportunity to expand and develop their knowledge and skills in this specialist area. It will begin your training and assist you to gain the competencies required to become a podiatric surgeon.
On the full-time course, you will undertake a clinical practice module, enabling you to develop your clinical practice in the University’s podiatry clinic and out in practice on a 17-week placement with a podiatric surgery team.
You undertake a session of dissection at the University of Leeds.
This course is supported by the Northern Deanery of the College of Podiatry Faculty of Podiatric Surgery.
Accreditation from the Royal College of Chiropodists and Podiatrists ensures that our course meets the current needs of the profession and its existing training programmes.
You should:
Possess an Honours degree in Podiatry or an equivalent qualification. Individuals without Honours or with a Diploma in Podiatric Medicine will be considered on an individual basis by the admission team.
Be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to be able to attend placement on this course.
If you trained overseas, you must be registered with an appropriate governing body.
You also need satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and occupational health clearances prior to registration. We arrange these as part of the application process.
Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Adult nurse, Children's nurse, Health play specialist, Health visitor, High intensity therapist, Learning disability nurse, Mental health nurse, Midwife, Paramedic, Physician associate.
Core Modules:
Theory of Clinical Practice
Clinical Assessment and Management
Clinical Investigations and Diagnostic Imaging for Podiatrists
Principles of Podiatric Surgery
Project (Health Related)
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