Program Overview

Podiatrists are allied healthcare professionals who assess and treat the lower limb and foot. They help to keep the population mobile and active, and prevent foot conditions from deteriorating. Podiatrists enable better health for the population and support people to be pain free, active and remain in work. On our Podiatry BSc(Hons) course you’ll have the opportunity to build the knowledge and hands-on skills you need whilst learning in specialist clinical facilities. We aim to give you the skills to improve the mobility and quality of life of your patients.

• You’ll have the opportunity to gain vital experience using our fully equipped on-site Podiatry Clinic, surgical theatre suite, biomechanics gait analysis equipment and orthotics laboratory.
• Clinical placements will be undertaken each year, where you can put what you’ve learnt to the test in the real world.
• The course helps to prepare you for working as part of a multidisciplinary team, as you’ll take part in interprofessional learning alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists and pharmacy students.
• You’ll have the opportunity to hear the experiences and viewpoints from service users and carers, who are part of the Public Partnership Group.
• You’ll have the opportunity to qualify with a certificate in local anaesthesia and prescription only medicines (POMs) annotation.

An honours degree may only be the first step in your podiatric career. Many podiatrists undertake further training to become a podiatric surgeon, forensic podiatrist or advanced podiatrist working in specialist areas such as vascular and diabetic care. Others set up their own consultancies or private clinics, as well as finding roles working in established podiatry clinics across the country and beyond. So, if you’re looking for a career in healthcare working independently and developing your entrepreneurial skills, then podiatry could be a good choice for you.