Our highly regarded Diabetic and Vascular Assessment and Management Course has been comprehensively updated to include a unique hands-on clinical component, providing delegates with direct experience of diabetic foot screening in a live clinical setting. Delivered at our dedicated, state-of-the-art training clinic in Southport, this course combines theoretical learning with supervised clinical practice, ensuring participants leave with both the knowledge and confidence to deliver high-quality diabetic foot care in line with current professional standards and guidelines. This course is ideal for HCPC-registered podiatrists, Foot Health Practitioners, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals involved in diabetes care, as well as clinicians seeking to refresh or expand their knowledge of diabetic and vascular assessment within a structured and supportive learning environment.

Course Aim

To enhance the clinicians’ understanding of diabetes-related foot pathology, vascular assessment, and evidence-based management strategies, while providing practical experience in performing and interpreting diabetic foot screenings.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Demonstrate practical competency in diabetic foot screening under supervision in a clinical setting.  

• • Explain the pathophysiological effects of diabetes on the vascular and nervous systems of the lower limb.

• Identify and assess key risk factors associated with diabetic foot complications, including neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease.

• Conduct comprehensive diabetic foot and vascular assessments using current evidence-based screening tools and techniques.

• Interpret clinical findings to accurately stratify patient risk and inform treatment and referral decisions.

• Apply current national and international guidelines to diabetic foot care and management.

• Deliver effective patient education and self-care advice to support long-term foot health and prevention of complications.

Course Content

• • Theoretical Component Overview of diabetes and its systemic complications
• • Pathophysiology of diabetic foot disease
• • Review of vascular and neurological anatomy of the lower limb
• • Evidence-based diabetic foot risk assessment models
• • Current guidelines for diabetic foot screening, monitoring, and referral
• • Understanding ulceration, infection, and amputation risk factors
• • Review of treatment pathways, multidisciplinary care, and prevention strategies
• • Patient communication, education, and documentation best practices  

Practical Component

• Reflective discussion and feedback on individual clinical performance

• Structured hands-on sessions within a working diabetic foot screening clinic

• Supervised diabetic foot and vascular screening of real patients

• Use of monofilament testing, Doppler ultrasound, Thermal Imaging

• Risk stratification exercises and case-based learning

• Clinical documentation and communication of findings

Course Tutor

Somuz Miah, CFPodM, BSc (PodM), Dip Sp.I, PGC IP, MFPM RCPS (Glasg),is a qualified Sports Practitioner & Podiatrist (Diploma Sports injuries &Electro Therapy).  

Somuz is a highly respected podiatrist specializing in a variety of foot health and lower limb conditions including diabetic foot care. With over 24 years of experience in preventing and treating diabetes-related foot complications. Somuz has an established history in expertise of wound management, neuropathy assessment and treatment, helping patients maintain mobility and prevent amputations.

Members of the College of Foot Health who are undertaking the Higher Diploma can use attendance credits for this course towards completion of their HD.

Lunch and refreshments are provided.