Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Podiatry] From Cardiff Metropolitan University

This requirement enables the new graduate to demonstrate that they have met the Standards of Proficiency necessary for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Ð the UK regulator for the Health Professions.

The BSc (Hons) Podiatry at Cardiff Metropolitan University is offered in such a way that clinical practice is developed alongside the academic delivery. This ensures that theory is always integrated with practice.

The Centre offers a wide range of learning opportunities that enable students to experience most of the therapeutic modalities available in podiatric practice. The Llandaff Campus has a large clinical facility with a gait laboratory, orthosis manufacturing laboratories and a recently established anatomy and physiology laboratory where technology is used to enhance the delivery of these subjects. There is also a simulation suite where a variety of pre-clinical diagnostic and treatment skills can be developed. At the commencement of studies there is a mandatory requirement for all new students to undertake and complete an occupational health and vaccination-screening programme.

The practice of podiatry is delivered both within the NHS and in the independent sector and a significant number of practitioners are either fully or partly engaged within Private Practice. The Programme therefore aims to expose students to both areas of practice within their clinical learning experiences. Private practitioners, NHS staff and podiatry academic staff all work within the clinical environment with students. In addition the Centre hosts NHS clinics in which NHS patients are treated by podiatry students under the supervision of NHS podiatrists.

Employability & Careers?:

Graduates are able to gain work in the public (NHS) and private sector (practice, industry, commerce). Currently newly qualified podiatrists have ample opportunities to gain employment with little or no delay following graduation.