Theory of Podiatric Surgery (Taught)

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 will be taught by academics who are all practising clinicians within podiatric practice.

• 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.

Huddersfield is the only University offering this course on a full-time basis with a placement in podiatric surgery.

Core modules:
Theory of Clinical Practice
Clinical Assessment and Management
Clinical Investigations and Diagnostic Imaging for Podiatrists
Principles of Podiatric Surgery
Project (Health Related)

Assessment will involve seminar presentations, assignments oral examinations and clinical assessments.

Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

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