BSc (Hons) Podiatry (Apprenticeship)

This module is an introduction to clinical practice that includes basic principles of health and safety, patient-centred care, clinical reasoning and treatment planning, psychosocial care, and clinical communication. You'll develop the practical skills needed for the safe management of a defined range of podiatric conditions. This module includes Practice Placement 1.

In this module, you'll gain a broad understanding of the legal frameworks in which podiatry is practised and of your professional accountability. There'll be an introduction to evidence-based practice and how this underpins safe and effective care.

This module will allow you to gain a detailed understanding of the anatomy and physiology relevant to managing lower limb pathology and associated patient assessment. The module content will provide an overview of the basic medical sciences relevant to podiatry including dermatology, pharmacology, and microbiology.

In this module, you'll gain an understanding of the principles and detailed anatomical structures that enable bipedal gait across the lifespan. You'll also develop the practical skills needed to undertake basic gait analysis.

You'll develop your skills of assessment, diagnosis, and management of a defined range of patients in this module, while learning about the role of podiatry within healthcare systems and across multidisciplinary teams. This module includes Practice Placement 2.

In this module, you'll gain a detailed appreciation of research methods and research ethics to enable you to develop a research proposal. You'll learn about how to deliver evidence-based care gaining skills in reflective practice and how to use systematic evidence to deliver safe and effective outcomes.

This module will allow you to learn about the systemic conditions that impact on foot health, as well as how to safely provide local analgesia in the foot.

In this module, you'll learn about musculoskeletal conditions affecting the foot and lower limb and their conservative and surgical management. You'll also learn how to conduct biomechanical assessment and provide orthotic management.

In this module, you'll develop your understanding and ability to use effective information governance. You'll demonstrate your ability to provide safe and effective patient-centred care in a wide range of contexts and understand your role in public health education and clinical education. You'll also understand the role of podiatry within the national and local health economy, as well as your role as a clinical leader and educator within healthcare practice. Finally, you'll learn how to keep yourself well and maintain your fitness to practice. This module includes Practice Placement 3.

This module will help you develop your research and entrepreneurial skills to undertake a project or literature review applied to contemporary podiatric practice.

As part of the wider healthcare team, you'll learn how to manage patients with a range of high risk or debilitating foot pathologies including diabetes, arthropathies, and malignancies within your scope of practice. You'll have a detailed understanding of the pathophysiology of a range of foot and lower limb pathologies.

In this module, you'll understand fundamental pharmacological principles and demonstrate analysis and understanding of a broad range of drug groups including those approved for podiatric use. You'll also understand the legal frameworks that underpin prescribing in podiatry.