Program Overview

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BSc (Hons) Podiatry

Overview

This BSc (Hons) Podiatry course will give you the practical skills and knowledge to become a specialist health professional, who cares for people with foot and lower limb conditions.

Why choose this course?

This BSc (Hons) Podiatry course will give you the practical skills and knowledge to become a specialist health professional, who cares for people with foot and lower limb conditions. As a podiatrist, you will work with people of all ages, helping them maintain their health and wellbeing through a range of podiatric treatments, orthotics, minor surgery, exercise and health education.

What's unique about this course?

• 90% of graduates find their work meaningful (Graduate Outcome Survey 2023)
• The Human performance laboratory and gait analysis facilities will support your understanding of lower limb movement.
• Service users and carers are involved in a range of skills sessions to support an appreciation of how conditions and treatments have affected their lives.
• Transferable skills within the healthcare setting, including within clinical practice, industry, research and education
• Learning and teaching supported through dedicated on-campus facilities including a purpose-built orthotics lab

What happens on the course?

Ultimately, the aim of the course is to prepare you for a career as a qualified healthcare professional making your own clinical decisions, and improving the mobility and quality of life of your patients.

During your training, you will attend a minimum of 1,000 hours in clinical practice, in a variety of placement settings. These include our purpose-built skills rooms where you can practise in a simulated safe environment and real-life settings in the NHS, community, private practice and industry. You will work under close supervision and receive personalised feedback to support your development.

You will learn to diagnose and treat foot and lower limb conditions and be taught about medication and local anaesthesia. Understanding how research supports clinical decision-making is an important part of your training and in your final year, you will undertake a research project supported by supervisors. Alternatively, to a research project, you might want to write a business plan in preparation for starting your own business.

The course will help you to prepare to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, with interprofessional learning together with physiotherapy, paramedic science and occupational therapy students. Service users and carers will provide you with the opportunity to learn from their experiences and perspectives. You will have the opportunity to qualify with a certificate in local anaesthesia and prescription only medicines (POMs) annotation.

The course has a patient-centered approach and during your training, you will explore cultural, economic and social context of health and social care provision. You will consider the implications for those working in the sector and how this can ultimately improve patient care.

On successful completion of the course you can apply to register as a podiatrist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Course Modules

Year 1

• Clinical skills 1
• Evidence-Based Practice and Research Level 4
• Foundations of Podiatric practice
• Functional Anatomy and physiology of the lower limb
• Human physiology for podiatrists
• Professionalism Level 4

Year 2

• Clinical skills 2
• Level 5 Evidence Informed Practice
• Musculoskeletal pathology for podiatrists
• Pharmacology & Local anaesthesia for Podiatrists
• Podiatric pathology
• Professionalism Level 5

Year 3

• Clinical skills 3
• Complex podiatry patients
• Contemporary Podiatric Practice
• Evidence Informed Practice Level 6
• Preparing for Entering the Profession
• Professionalism Level 6

Potential Career Paths

• Registered Podiatrist (NHS or Private Practice)
• Wound Care Specialist / MDT Podiatrist
• Specialist wound care
• Sports, Biomechanics and gait analysis
• Forensic Gait Analyst
• Orthotics
• Independent Prescriber Podiatrist
• Nail surgery
• Forensic podiatrist
• Consultant Podiatric surgeon
• Lecturer in podiatry

Additional Information

• Everything you need to know about this course!

Why Wolverhampton?

• Studying at our Walsall Campus, you will benefit from our new, expanded clinical skills laboratories, which provide a safe and stimulating environment for teaching and skills practice.
• The skills and simulation facilities include several mock hospital ward rooms, mock bedsit and terraced house to practise hospital ward/home/domiciliary treatments.
• The facilities include an anatomage table offering advanced 3D anatomy visualisation and virtual dissection, and are Panopto-enabled, allowing sessions to be filmed and played back, giving a patient’s eye-view.

Course Fees and Finance

Location	Mode	Fee	Year
Home	Full-time	£9250 per year
Home	Full-time	£9535 per year
International	Full-time	£14950 per year
International	Full-time	£15995 per year

Entry Requirements

• 104 UCAS points
• A Levels: grades BBC from three A Levels, one subject to be a Science (including Health and Social Care, Psychology, Social Science or Science subject) not including General Studies, Critical Thinking or Extended Project.
• T Levels: Equivalent to 112 UCAS points or higher in Health or Healthcare Science
• BTEC National Diploma: at a DD in a Science, Health or Care subject (not including Public Uniformed Services)
• BTEC QCF Extended Diploma: at grade DMM in a Science, Health or Care subject (not including Public Uniformed Services)
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (104 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 15 credits at distinction) in a Health or Science subject.

What our students say

• “My experience of podiatry and being at Wolverhampton is that Walsall Campus size is relatively small and not overwhelming. The facilities are fantastic, it is set in a perfect area for job opportunities and most importantly the lecturers are passionate about what they teach. There is a world of opportunity awaiting newly qualified podiatrists, you could make a real difference!” Final year student
• “Podiatry is a hidden healthcare gem; it allows for one-on-one patient interactions, hands-on treatment, work/life flexibility, excellent employability, and includes a variety of autonomous, procedurally-based specialities like biomechanics, wound care, nail surgery, diabetic care, etc.” Second year student

Who accredits this course?

• Health and Care Professions Council, the (HCPC)
• College of Podiatry, the

Funding

• Tuition Fees Loan (Home Fee Status):
• NHS Learning Support Fund
• Additional funding:

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How We Compare

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Full-time Course

• 93% say staff value students views and opinions about the course
• 100% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
• 76% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.

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