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Master of Podiatric Surgery (Advanced Clinical Practice)

2025-26 (also available for 2026-27)

This course is eligible for Master's loan funding. Find out more.

Start date

22 September 2025

Duration

3 years part-time

Places available (subject to change)

15

About the course

This Master of Podiatric Surgery (Advanced Clinical Practice) course is the first in England to lead to eligibility to apply for annotation by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a podiatrist practising podiatric surgery. It offers those who have already studied the Theory of Podiatric Surgery MSc an opportunity to enhance their skills and knowledge allowing them to practise in this specialist area.

  • The course incorporates the College of Podiatry fellowship training programme.
  • It is supported by tutors from the College of Podiatry faculty of podiatric surgery.
  • It contains a large placement element consisting of 600 hours per year, providing you with an opportunity to experience real-world scenarios prior to qualifying.
  • You will be taught by academics who are all practising clinicians within podiatric practice.

Through utilising up-to date research evidence, policy documents and a wide range of clinical experience, you will be assisted to further update and develop your clinical practice.

Course detail

Podiatric Surgical Assessment and Diagnosis

This module will focus on pre-operative care in podiatric surgery and will incorporate theoretical principles of podiatric surgical assessment and diagnosis into your clinical practice. It will explore the links between systemic disease processes and possible perioperative complications focusing on the optimisation of these conditions prior to considering surgical intervention.

Podiatric Surgical Treatment Planning
Communication and Consent in Podiatric Surgery
Evaluating Podiatric Surgical Practice
Podiatric Surgery in Practice
Developing Podiatric Surgical Practice

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course are normally:

  • An MSc in Theory of Podiatric Surgery or an equivalent qualification.
  • Be registered as a Podiatrist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and annotated in Prescription only Medicines – Sale/supply (POMS-S) and Prescription only Medicines – Administration (POMS-A).
  • Registered Podiatric Surgical Trainee with an appropriate professional body.
  • Have written confirmation of a podiatric surgical training post with an appropriately trained surgical tutor/clinical supervisor.
  • Have completed a probationary period in this post.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 7.0 overall with no element lower than 6.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.

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Placements


The course contains a large placement element consisting of 600 hours per year. The College of Podiatry faculty of podiatric surgery will help to facilitate this work-based learning. The work-based learning will take place in your place of work as a surgical trainee on a podiatric surgery unit, though you would also do a series of rotations in other departments and in other podiatric surgery units.

Enhance your career


Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Adult nurse, Children's nurse, Health play specialist, Health visitor, High intensity therapist, Learning disability nurse, Mental health nurse, Midwife, Paramedic, Physician associate.*

*Source: Prospects
**Percentage of the University’s postgraduate students go on to work and/or further study within fifteen months of graduating. (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2021/22, UK domiciled, other activities excluded).

93.4%** Graduates employed

Student support

At the University of Huddersfield, you'll find support networks and services to help you get ahead in your studies and social life. Whether you study at undergraduate or postgraduate level, you'll soon discover that you're never far away from our dedicated staff and resources to help you to navigate through your personal student journey. Find out more about all our support services.

Important information

Although we always try and ensure we deliver our courses as described, sometimes we may have to make changes for the following reasons

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