This is the only UK
podiatry course with four
years of clinical practice.
Placements are an integral
part of this course and
occur weekly. In the National
Student Survey 2016, this
course scored 100% for
student satisfaction.
BSc (Hons)
Podiatry
A podiatrist will diagnose and
treat a vast range of problems
relating to the health and
wellbeing of the foot and the
lower limb. A podiatrist must be
able to recognise and diagnose
a broad range of mobility and
medical conditions that have a
direct effect on foot health,
which include diabetes, arthritis,
heart and blood disorders and
disorders of the nervous system.
This course will equip you with all the
skills that you will require to register as a
Health and Care Professions Council
podiatrist and to practise as a registered
podiatrist in the NHS or private sector.
You will study a range of modules each
year and attend weekly placements in
podiatry clinics where you will be
involved in the treatment of podiatry
patients. Clinical placements will begin in
the very first semester when, with the
support of QMU podiatry staff, you will
be directly involved in caring for patients.
QMU staff and NHS clinical staff will work
with you as a student during your four
years of clinical placements, to prepare
you for working.
In Year Four, you will study additional
modules relevant for practice and you
will also have additional external NHS
placements. During Year Four, you will
also carry out group audits and
experience working in clinical
specialisms.
We have implemented an
interprofessional education (IPE) focus
within all of our undergraduate healthcare
courses to help produce graduates who
are confident in their own professional
identity but with additional skills that will
allow them to work as effective team
members. The IPE component will
develop your mutual understanding of
roles, expertise and values of other team
members; skills and strategies in working
in teams; problem solving, team decision
making skills; and role flexibility; and
ability to learn from others.
EBHC2: Informing Practice Through
Evidence/ Pathophysiology/ Clinical
Studies 2/ Disorders and Management
2/ Professional Roles and
Interprofessional Teamwork (IPE2)
Year Three modules
Structure
This is a four-year, full-time honours
degree. You will complete a range of
modules each year, as outlined.
Teaching, learning and assessment
Please see the course entry on our
website (see URL on opposite page) for
full details of the learning, teaching and
assessment activities for this course.
Also check out the ‘How we teach and
how you’ll learn’ section on pages 8-11.
Year One modules
Cell Biology and Physiology/
Communicating and Facilitating Change/
Clinical Studies 1/ Disorders and
Management 1/ Foundation Skills for
Health Professionals (IPE1)/ Evidence-
based Healthcare (EBHC) 1: Making
Online Resources Work for You/
Locomotory Science 1 — Anatomy/
Locomotory Science 1 — Principles of
Gait/ Manual Handling/ Microbiology
Year Two modules
Human Physiology and Pharmacology/
Locomotory Science 2 – Anatomy/
Locomotory Science 2 – Normal Gait/
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Clinical Studies 3/ Dermatology of the
Lower Limb/ Disorders and Management
3/ EBHC3: Appraising the Evidence/
Interprofessional Working and Person
Centred Care (IPE3)/ Locomotory
Science 3 – Anatomy/ Locomotory
Science 3 – Pathological Gait/
Professional Issues — Professionalism
Year Four modules
Clinical Studies 4/Developing Resources
for Patient Education/ Disorders and
Management 4 – Tissue Viability/
EBHC4: Clinical Audit/ Political and
Social Contexts (IPE4)/ Professional
Issues – Preparation for Registration and
Practice/ plus one module from Podiatric
Mechanics OR Medicine and Pathology
The modules listed here are correct at
time of print (Feb 2018) but may differ
slightly to those offered in 2019. Please
check the website for any updates.