Podiatric Medicine (Pre-registration) University of Galway

Overview

Podiatric Medicine (Pre-registration) from University of Galway course develops skilled, competent HSCPs ready to graduate as Advanced Clinical Practitioners and future leaders in the field.

Key facts

This new programme is designed to appeal to healthcare and other professionals who hold degrees in cognate areas, leveraging their existing expertise and providing a versatile pathway into the field of Podiatric Medicine. The pre-registration course in Podiatric Medicine aims to train high calibre, competent HSCP graduates, to level 9, who can, from the point of graduation demonstrate high level skills that will enable them to become ACPs and managers/ leaders.  

The programme’s mission statement is:  "To develop caring, patient-centric, highly skilled graduates who are knowledgeable, innovative, autonomous and competent practitioners who apply a scientific and evidence-based approach to podiatric medicine".

• Prepare students for the demands of a career in podiatric medicine and the rapidly changing nature of podiatric practice.  
• Allow students to develop a high level of clinical competence, enabling them to meet the requirements of CORU and be eligible for registration and membership of the professional body in Ireland.  
• To equip students with the necessary knowledge and clinical skills to meet international standards for overseas recognition of the B.Sc. Podiatric Medicine degree in those countries where the B.Sc. is the national standard.  
• Provide a comprehensive, excellent, academic and clinical teaching programme with integration of theory into the clinical practice setting.  
• Provide clinical placements that span the spectrum of podiatric medicine: The clinical teaching programme involves experience with patients from various medical/ surgical disciplines; this ensures a high level of quality practice education for students.  
• Provide a range of clinical placement opportunities within the public and private sectors; offering over 1000 hours of high quality clinical placements.