Program Overview

---

Podiatry is a science based healthcare profession that focusses on the promotion, maintenance and restoration of foot health. The responsibilities of the professional podiatrist are to assess and diagnose problems concerning the lower limbs and feet and to treat these problems effectively.You will be trained to recognise all aspects of health and disease and to work alongside other healthcare professionals to provide the most appropriate care for patients. Practical experience gained in our on-site clinic and on NHS placements will equip. you with the knowledge and skills you need for clinical practice.

The Podiatry course is delivered in away where you are regarded as an adult learner, potential employee and developing practitioner. Staff provide a supportive and encouraging environment to help you meet the challenges of the course with confidence. Within both the teaching and placement modules of the course you are viewed as a potential future colleague and will be treated with respect as such.

Podiatry is a profession of subspecialties: sports medicine, paediatrics, rheumatology, musculo-skeletal, diabetes, general practice, dermatology, medico-legal and podiatric surgery to name a few. All the specialties offer opportunities for employment and furthering your scope of practice. This degree programme will increase your awareness of these roles and the broad base of training will prepare you for entry level into any of these sub-specialties of Podiatry.

In addition, Podiatry at Ulster University is a progressive course, we were the first programme in the UK and Ireland to teach injectable corticosteroid therapy at undergraduate level.

Attendance

This is a 3-yearfull time course. Classes are held on most days during the week.

---

---

---

---

Start dates

September 2023

---

---

---

---

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

You will be taught the theoretical and practical skills you need via lectures, tutorials and through practical sessions in clinic. Some teaching will be with other groups of AHP students and some will just be with your fellow Podiatry colleagues. You will be taught by staff here in the School but also by outside lecturers who are specialists in their areas.

You will be expected to take more responsibility for your own learning as you progress through the course.

You will be assessed by different methods including, written exams, phase tests coursework, presentations and clinical exams (with patients) at different times throughout the course.

Attendance at lectures, practicals and clinics is monitored and you will be expected to attend all sessions.

---

---

---

---

Academic profile

All teaching staff have a BSc Hons in Podiatry and are HCPC registered. 3 staff have MSc level qualifications and 2 staff have PhD's. 3 staff are currently working towards their PhD.

The University employs over 1,000 suitably qualified and experienced academic staff - 59% have PhDs in their subject field and many have professional body recognition.

Courses are taught by staff who are Professors (25%), Readers, Senior Lecturers (20%) or Lecturers (55%).

We require most academic staff to be qualified to teach in higher education: 82% hold either Postgraduate Certificates in Higher Education Practice or higher. Most academic staff (81%) are accredited fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) by Advanced HE - the university sector professional body for teaching and learning. Many academic and technical staff hold other professional body designations related to their subject or scholarly practice.

The profiles of many academic staff can be found on the University’s departmental websites and give a detailed insight into the range of staffing and expertise.  The precise staffing for a course will depend on the department(s) involved and the availability and management of staff.  This is subject to change annually and is confirmed in the timetable issued at the start of the course.

Occasionally, teaching may be supplemented by suitably qualified part-time staff (usually qualified researchers) and specialist guest lecturers. In these cases, all staff are inducted, mostly through our staff development programme ‘First Steps to Teaching’. In some cases, usually for provision in one of our out-centres, Recognised University Teachers are involved, supported by the University in suitable professional development for teaching.

Figures correct for academic year 2021-2022.