Ireland opens first undergraduate podiatry school
Thursday 18th December 2008
Aspiring podiatrists based in Ireland no longer have to come to the UK to receive their qualifications, thanks to a new school at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway).
The state's first school of podiatry has been open to students since last September and shares facilities with NUI Galway's schools of speech and language therapy, nursing and occupational therapy.
According to the Irish Times, before this year, students wishing to study podiatry in Ireland needed to attend one of the 13 UK institutions offering the subject as a BSc honours degree.
However, since the new course began at NUI Galway, some 20 entrants - seven of whom are mature students - have enrolled in the four-year programme, which offers instruction on conditions such as sports injuries, diseases affecting the feet and lower limbs, posture problems, mechanical correction of gait and skin and nail pathologies.
"Students undertake minor surgical training such as toenail removal and soft tissue surgery performed under local anaesthetic," said Dr Caroline McIntosh, head of the podiatry school.
According to the university, a total of 1,400 students currently attend NUI Galway's college of medicine, midwifery, and health science.
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