This innovative course will provide podiatrists with a theoretical underpinning of podiatric surgery and the opportunity to specialise in surgery.
Podiatric Surgery has developed rapidly over the last 15 years as a post-registration professional development and provides the podiatrist working within the NHS or in private practice the opportunity to extend their scope of practice to include surgical management of foot and ankle pathologies. This course provides the podiatrist with the theoretical underpinning required to pursue this career route. The modular course is a collaborative initiative offered in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University.
EXIT AWARDS:
MSc (180 credits) PgDip (120 credits) PgCert (60 credits)
Delivery:
You must attend both QMU
and Glasgow Caledonian University with
additional online learning
Single Modules: Register as an associate student to study single module sin areas of interest
Duration:
Full-time: 1 year Part-time: 3 - 5 years
Start date:
September and January
Application deadline:
None
Teaching, learning and assessment:
A range of student-centred learning methods including tutorials, seminars and experimental
laboratory classes are utilised. Your performance will be assessed by course work, however, modules within the surgical route do require assessment by examination.
Teaching hours and attendance:
Each module which you study on campus will require you to attend classes and carry out independent work. Your attendance at QMU will depend on which module you are studying.
Links with industry/professional bodies:
The course is approved by the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Glasgow, The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SOCAP). On completion of the MSc you will be eligible to apply for a surgical training post. Surgical training posts are not part of the
academic programme of study and are not arranged by either university.
Students registered on this named award will be Podiatrists registered with the Health Professions
Council (HPC). However the individual modules are available to health care professionals with an interest in the
area. Candidates should have the relevant Honours degree. Those with a professional diploma or unclassified
degree should have at least two years professional experience and be able to demonstrate a portfolio of continued
professional development.
International:
Students whose first language is not English will be required to take an IELTS test receiving an overall score of 6.5 and no individual component score below 6.0.
Home - full-time:
£430 per 15 credit module*
Home - full-time, dissertation:
£850
Home - part-time:
£430 per 15 credit module*
Fees information:
*+Except Anatomy for Surgical Practice (£670)
Funding Information for International Students:
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International section of the website.
Course Fees:
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Graduates of the University who hold a verified QMU undergraduate or postgraduate award and who are admitted to a postgraduate award of QMU will be eligible for a 10% discount on the published fees.
Sources of Funding:
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Funding section of the website.
- Anatomy for Surgical Practice+
- Principles of Diagnostic Investigations+
- Podiatric Mechanics*
- Pharmacology for Podiatric Surgery*
- Medicine and Pathology*
All modules above = 15 credits
Diagnostic Imaging - Interpretive+
Research Methods*(30 credits)
Dissertation (MSc only)(60 credits)
* delivered by QMU
+ delivered by Glasgow Caledonian University
This course will provide the theoretical underpinning for those students wishing a career in podiatric surgery.
