This is the link to the FIVE day boot camp.

Did you lose out on practical days training because of Covid?

Have you not been able to start up your practice after your training?

Do you need to practice your skills?

Join us for a 5-day Podiatrist led Clinical Skills Boot Camp.

Monday 13th to Friday 17th September 2021

With live in clinic examinations, question and answer sessions, training, and exams we offer a safe, friendly, and constructive environment for honing skills, enhancing skills and advancing skills.

Sign up for all five days and receive the first year’s basic membership to the Stepping up Community.

This is the beta test of the course, this course will be rolled out in 2022 for £1099.00 for five days. All we ask for offering you this course at less than 50% is that you complete the feedback form at the end of your course.

Places are limited. Sign up soon to reserve your space.

Course cost for ALL FIVE DAYS is £495.00

Monday

Spend the day in the clinic with a POD

An introduction to professional practice

How to meet and greet your patients

                Professional standards and conduct

An introduction to consent

An introduction to H&S

Policies, procedures, and templates

Safe Clinical practice

How to handle your instruments safely

How to decontaminate

Focus on nail cutting – the do’s and don’ts

CPD on nail structure and anatomy

CPD on differential diagnosis of nail conditions

 Different nail cutting techniques

                Use of different types of nippers

Using burrs for filing nails

Tips and tricks of the trade

See how a clinic runs in real life

Talk to and ask patients questions in real time

Ask questions as treatments are being done

3 – 5 pm Optional Q&A

 Tuesday

Spend the day in the clinic with a POD

An introduction to professional practice

How to meet and greet your patients

                Professional standards and conduct

An introduction to consent

An introduction to H&S

Safe Clinical practice

How to handle your instruments safely

How to decontaminate

Focus on corns and callouses – the do’s and don’ts

                CPD on callous formation

                Differential diagnosis of corns and callouses

                Starting to perfect your bladework

Enucleating corns with blade and burrs

Safe use of 15’s, 11’s and 10’s, Gauge and Beaver blade

Callous softners

Different types of burrs and Moorsdiscs for callous reduction

                Why I don’t use a paddlefile

Introduction to paddings and offloading techniques

with semi compressed felts and fleecy web.

Pressure offloading

Tips and tricks of the trade

See how a clinic runs in real life

Talk to and ask patients questions in real time

Ask questions as treatments are being done

3 – 5 pm Optional Q&A

 Wednesday

Spend the day in the clinic with a POD

An introduction to professional practice

How to meet and greet your patients

                Professional standards and conduct

An introduction to consent

An introduction to H&S

Safe Clinical practice

How to handle your instruments safely

How to decontaminate

Introduction to Fungal nail infections

                Differential diagnosis of fungal nail

                How to test

                Dermatophyte Test kits

Sending off samples to labs

Treatment options

Lacuna Method

Nail reconstruction

Cover ups

Removal and Applying Nail colour

Tips and tricks of the trade

See how a clinic runs in real life

Talk to and ask patients questions in real time

Ask questions as treatments are being done

3 – 5 pm Optional Q&A

Thursday

Spend the day in the clinic with a POD

An introduction to professional practice

How to meet and greet your patients

Professional standards and conduct

An introduction to consent

An introduction to H&S

Safe Clinical practice

How to handle your instruments safely

How to decontaminate

Focus on Pathophysiology of human papilloma virus (HPV) aka Verrucas

Recognising a verruca – different sub types

Understanding and managing Verruca treatments

Examples of using Verritop and other modalities

Tips and tricks of the trade

See how a clinic runs in real life

Talk to and ask patients questions in real time

Ask questions as treatments are being done

3 – 5 pm Optional Q&A

 Friday

Spend the day in the clinic with a POD

Safe Clinical practice – diabetic patient

Mono filiments – spotting neuropathy

Simple Diabetic Assessment skills

Safe Clinical Practice – skin care

Commonly see skin conditions

Hypertrpophic  and Anhidrosis skin

Skin infections – tinea pedis

Creams lotions and potions – keeping diabetic skin safe

Wound care dressings – how to dress a wound

How to spot the wound

How to monitor the wound and the recommended dressings

Onward referral

Template referral letters

How to speak to the GP AND be noticed

Use of moldable devices

Otoform

Blandrose

Tips and tricks of the trade

See how a clinic runs in real life

Talk to and ask patients questions in real time

Ask questions as treatments are being done

3 – 5 pm Optional Q&A

FOOT NOTE:
This course is Online, Nicola will be in the clinic and your sessions will be via zoom.

You can enhance your experience further by attending the 2- or 5-day in person clinical experience from £500.00.