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Clinical hours in Podiatry Curriculum ?

Discussion in 'Teaching and Learning' started by rowland75, Jun 4, 2010.

  1. rowland75

    rowland75 Welcome New Poster


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    Hi...

    Can anybody tell me how many clinical hours are in the current podiatry degree course, and if possible how many there were in 1996?

    Thanks guys.
     
  2. DaVinci

    DaVinci Well-Known Member

    Which Course?
    Which University
    Which Country?
     
  3. rowland75

    rowland75 Welcome New Poster

    Sorry, more information would have been helpful.

    The UK BSc(hons) Podiatry degree.

    Durham School.

    Thanks again.
     
  4. If memory serves, it used to be a minimum of 1000 hours in the UK.
     
  5. Tkemp

    Tkemp Active Member

    Qualified 2008, we were required to have 1,000 hours of clinical practise to graduate.
    Hope that helps
     
  6. Tkemp

    Tkemp Active Member

  7. I was having a conversation about this with the ex president of FIP a couple of years ago. He was trying to write an internationally recognised defination of Podiatry and what was required to call someone a podiatrist.

    Now the DPM degree was seen as different for obvious reasons, but the rest standard bach degree, he was looking at 1000 hours under Podiatrist guided settings.
     
  8. N.Knight

    N.Knight Active Member

    Graduated in 2009, it was a 1000hrs for all undergrads.

    Nick
     
  9. ajs604

    ajs604 Active Member

    Same for me graduated in 2008 and had to be over 1000 hours not enough if you ask me - would of benifited from more clinical hours!
     
  10. t5christie

    t5christie Member

    When I was a student I was disappointed in the amount of external student placements we were provided with. Over the four year course we undertook only 12 weeks of Podiatry external student placement work.

    We did most of our clinical hours in the University student clinic, however in my opinion student external placements were a lot more valuable as a Podiatry student. External student placements provided exposure to varied patient cases, reception duties, billing procedures and employer expectations. These experiences were generally not experienced in a University clinic.

    Students should strive to receive as much clinical experience as possible. The more hours a Podiatry student can experience the better they will be once they graduate.
     
  11. Craig Payne

    Craig Payne Moderator

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    There is a big difference between quality and quantity when it comes to clinical training.

    The whole 1000 hrs is not based on anything except that was what tradespeople (ie plumbers) had to do way back as the number of hrs for their apprenticeships.

    For some students a few 100 hours will be all they need; for others 2000 hrs will not be enough.

    Clinical training is bloody expensive and different models are all being considered by the Universities.
    For us we are constrained by the availability of placements and their generosity in taking students. We never have enough and only get by with a lot of begging each year.
     
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