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Hi All Hope you are all well I work an a mental Health Ward as a Healthcare Support Worker with a special interest in podiatry.
As a result of this interest I do all the foot care on the ward.The Hospital could not send me on any courses they stated that they could not afford it.
do any of your members know of any courses that I could go on keeping in mined the cost as I may have to fund this myself.:bang:

 

Dear a heweitt,
You may well have a "special interest in Podiatry" but you will never become a Podiatrist unless you do a 3 year full-time degree.

I am not sure what sort of course you are looking for ?

You say that you "do all the footcare on the ward", so what does that entail?

Everyone that contributes to this site has had to pay out money on order to study, at one time or another, some more than others. So nothing new there.

I would recommend a podiatry degree if you really are that interested in feet.

CF

 

basic footcare,nail cutting

 

In what country are you? That makes a big difference to what is available.
In Australia TAFE colleges offer courses from Cert II to Cert IV, ranging from Manicure/Pedicure courses to Podiatry Assistant courses, at a fairly low cost if you have no higher degree training.

 

In the U.K

 

If you just want to do nail cutting and basic footcare you don't need a course to do that. It seems from what you say you are already providing some kind of a service to patients so why do you need any more training ?

CF

 

Um...because he could unwittingly cross - infect someone, cause another injury, miss a, undiagnosed diabetic, be unaware of the added considerations of health, disease and medication, be unaware of waste management legislation...and I'm sure we can add to the list...:rolleyes:

 

Hi Footsie,
Yes you are correct, but it is difficult to advise this person as we do not know what they mean by "footcare".
If their supervisors think they are OK to provide "footcare" then who are we to argue?!

CF

 

Hi
Have you thought of contacting your podiatry dept to see if you could get some basic training from them. Describe it as interprofessional working that might have a little more clout, also you could perhaps reciprocate with your experience on the mental health ward. You might have to do this in your own time but am sure it would be a worthwhile experience.
Best of luck

 

Then presumably the 'buck' stops with his line manager, who no doubt has faith in his skills and knowledge?:pigs:

 

footsie,
Absolutely - who are we to argue ?? :pigs: