Podiatry (Hons)

Overview

Key facts

This BSc Podiatry (Hons) at the Queen Margaret University 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 external NHS placements. During Year Four, you will also carry out research group projects, a clinical practice audit and experience working in clinical specialisms. In your optional modules you will study alongside postgraduate students and this will provide you with a head start for your requirement for continuing professional development (CPD).

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.

Why QMU?

• The only UK podiatry course that offers four years of clinical practice.

• The BSc (Hons) Podiatry is recognised internationally.

Careers

You’ll be able to register as a professional podiatrist and begin your career. From there, it’s up to you which path you take. There are excellent clinical opportunities in the NHS and in private practice. You could move on to do postgraduate research or even set up in business on your own. Our alumni are enjoying careers in community clinics, sports medicine, foot surgery and paediatrics.