Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
The Faculty of Podiatric Surgery (FoPS) is the advisory body for the practice of podiatric surgery and podiatric surgery training. It supports the development of podiatric surgical practice and advises on strategic direction. Its role is:
- To be the advisory body on all matters relating to the educational needs of podiatric surgeons and trainees
- To ensure a governance framework is applied to podiatric surgeons, including appropriate indemnity insurance
- To assure governance of practical podiatric surgery training and fair and equitable access to podiatric surgery training
- To support clinical updates, new skills, knowledge, and techniques
- To support evidence-based changes to practice
- To facilitate changes to practice resulting from research, audit, government policy, and other sources of reliable information and policy
Find out more about the work of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
Faculty of Podiatric Surgery Committee
The Faculty of Podiatric Surgery is led by a Committee made up of:
- An elected Dean and Vice-Dean who chair and oversee its work
- Six elected holders of the Fellowship in Podiatric Surgery
- The chairs of the three regional deaneries (North, Central and Wales, and South)
- An elected member of Council
- An elected registered trainee in podiatric surgery
- Co-opted members invited onto the committee for task and finish activites
- RCPod staff members including:
- Clinical Director and/or Head of Education
- Professional Support officers
- Education and CPD officers
The Committee meets three times a year. Meetings are open to all members of the Faculty on application to the College staff team, although sections of the meeting will be confidential. See meeting dates.
Find out more about the Committee members here
Fellowship
Members who choose the podiatric surgery career route can follow our Fellowship programme, leading to the award of the FRCPodS (Fellow of the Royal College of Podiatry in Podiatric Surgery), one of our highest possible forms of professional recognition.
To become a FRCPodS, qualified podiatrists undertake postgraduate training, starting with an MSc in the Theory of Podiatric Surgery. Successful candidates then apply for a podiatric surgical training post in the NHS. At the same time, they enrol on a three-year Master of Podiatric Surgery (MOPS) programme. During this time, training is delivered via long-term clinical placements and in the classroom.
On successful completion of the MOPS programme, the candidate gains an extra annotation on the HCPC register and is awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Podiatry (FRCPodS).
Fellowships are presented at our annual awards ceremony, and entitle the recipient to use the postnominal FRCPodS, in place of MRCPod.