Lower Limb Dermatology
Key information
Course Leader: Sara Burr
Level: 7
Credits: 30
School: Life & Medical Sciences
Available places: 40
Dates
- 21/05/2025
Fees and Funding
£1730.00
The price quoted above is per 30 credits and relates to students assessed as UK/home self-funded for fee purposes. Prices may differ for students that are assessed as EU Overseas/Overseas. Fees status will normally stay with the student for the remainder of their course. Here you can find further details along with, costs and when your fees need to be paid. You may be able to obtain a Post Graduate student loan, for which you must sign up for the whole MSc programme and not just individual modules or a Post Graduate Diploma, further details can be found at Gov.uk Master’s Loan
Entry Requirements
This course is suitable for practitioners with a special interest in dermatological conditions and wounds of the lower limb who want to develop & consolidate practical skills. The course will be of interest to GPs, Tissue Viability and Dermatology Nurses, Advanced Care Practitioners, Podiatrists etc. who are managing people with skin conditions on a regular basis.
It is available on the MSc Clinical Dermatology and on the MSc Skin Integrity and Wound Management programmes.
Course Overview
This module provides practitioners with the skills required to effectively diagnose and manage skin conditions affecting the lower limb including management of patients with diabetic foot disease. It will develop knowledge of assessment and management of a range of skin conditions by promoting critical awareness, understanding and application of the current evidence base. It examines current national and international guidelines, and best practice in the assessment, treatment and management of patients with skin conditions affecting the lower limb. This course aims to consolidate and enhance professional competence and skill in managing patients with dermatological skin and nail conditions that affect the lower limb and any associated complications including those related to systemic diseases such as diabetes.
Content
Includes the following:
• Assessment of the lower limb
• Leg ulceration and associated dermatological conditions including eczema and allergic contact dermatitis
• Skin infections include bacterial, viral and fungal infections
• Cellulitis including management of underlying causes
• Nail conditions
• Skin lesions, benign and malignant, commonly presenting on the lower limb
• Plantar pustulosis and plantar psoriasis
• Diabetic Foot Disease
• Systemic diseases presenting as skin conditions on the lower limb such as pyoderma gangrenosum
• Models of service delivery, referral criteria.
Assessment
The assessment will be via a case-based clinical skin integrity portfolio. 100% Coursework