Màster en Cirurgia Podològica de l'Avantpeu

Target audience

Podiatrists

Duration

60 ECTS

Format

On-site

Calendar

From September 2025 to June 2026

• September 2025: 25, 26 and 27 (Manresa)
• October 2025: 24 and 25 (Manresa)
• November 2025: 21 and 22 (Manresa)
• December 2025: 12 and 13 (Barcelona)
• January 2026: 9 and 10 (Manresa)
• February 2026: 6 and 7 (Barcelona), 27 and 28 (Vic)
• March 2026: 20 and 21 (Barcelona)
• April 2026: 10 and 11 (Vic)
• May 2026: 8, 9, 29 and 30 (Vic)
• June 2026: 11, 12 and 13 (Manresa)

Schedule

Fridays and Saturdays, from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm and from 3:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
Includes one Thursday session exceptionally.

Location

Manresa Campus
University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia
Av. Universitària, 4-6
08242 Manresa (Barcelona)

Vic Campus, Faculty of Medicine
University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia
Ctra. de Roda, 70
08500 Vic (Barcelona)

Pere Virgili Health Park. Montseny Building
C/ Esteve Terrades, 30 ground floor
08023 Barcelona

Accreditation

Master’s Degree in Forefoot Podiatric Surgery awarded by the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia, worth a total of 60 ECTS credits.

Tuition Fee

€4,860 (Payment in three installments: 20% upon enrollment; 40% in October; and 40% in January 2026).

Discounts and funding

10% discount for UVic-UCC alumni.

This program may be eligible for company funding through the Fundación Estatal para la Formación en el Empleo, depending on the available credit. Alternatively, if the training takes place during working hours, companies may offset salary costs for the hours employees dedicate to their training through the Individual Training Permit (PIF).

Module 1. Pre- and Post-Surgical Protocols 1

1.1 Biomechanics and its implications in forefoot pathology.

1.2 Instrumentation in podiatric surgery.

1.3 Protocols in podiatric surgery.

1.4 Asepsis–antisepsis.

1.5 Laboratory tests and interpretation.

1.6 Podiatric Surgery: History, competencies, present and future.

1.7 Pharmacology applied to podiatric surgery: Prophylaxis and treatment. Antibiotic therapy. Antithrombotic therapy.

1.8 Wound management and care.

1.9 Hemostasis.

1.10 Sutures: simple, continuous, mattress, V-Y plasty, Z plasty.

Module 2. Pre- and Post-Surgical Protocols 2. Live Practicum at the University Clinic Operating Room

2.1 Clinical simulation: adverse effects in surgical procedures.

2.2 Sutures.

2.3 Anesthesia.

2.4 Infiltrations.

2.5 Anxiolysis.

2.6 Asepsis/antisepsis. Practical session: gowning, surgical hand washing and operating table setup.

2.7 Operating room. Live surgery on real patients.

Module 3. Nail Surgery

3.1 Surgical anatomy of the forefoot.

3.2 Classification of nail deformities.

3.3 Nail surgery.

3.4 Tumors of the nail apparatus.

3.5 Surgical approach to forefoot pathology.

3.6 Basic surgical principles: nail, soft tissue, and osteoarticular surgery.

Module 4. Exostosis and Soft Tissue Surgery

4.1 Principles of soft tissue surgery.

4.2 Repair of tissue defects.

4.3 Benign and malignant tumors of the foot.

4.4 Practice: flaps and grafts.

4.5 Surgical techniques for the fifth toe.

Module 5. Live Surgery Practicum at the University Clinic Operating Room

5.1 Operating room. Surgery on real patients.

Module 6. Digito-Metatarsal Surgery. Open 1

6.1 Digito-metatarsal pathomechanics.

6.2 Open surgery in digito-MTT pathology.

6.3 Instrumentation in open surgery.

6.4 Digital surgery.

6.5 Metatarsal surgery. Weil.

6.6 Morton’s neuroma surgery.

6.7 Clinical cases of digito-MTT surgery. Complications and management.

Module 7. Digito-Metatarsal Surgery. Open 2 / Surgery on Anatomical Specimens, Live at the University Clinic Operating Room

7.1 Videos of clinical cases in digito-MTT surgery.

7.2 Practice on skeletal models.

7.3 Practice on cadavers.

Module 8. Digito-Metatarsal Surgery. MIS

8.1 MIS surgery in digito-MTT pathology.

8.2 Instrumentation in MIS surgery.

8.3 MIS digital surgery.

8.4 MIS metatarsal surgery.

8.5 Practice on skeletal models with surgical motors. Clinical cases.

8.6 MIS Morton’s neuroma surgery.

Module 9. Digito-Metatarsal Surgery. MIS 2 / Surgery on Anatomical Specimens, Live at the University Clinic Operating Room

9.1 Digital surgery.

9.2 Metatarsal surgery.

9.3 Practice with bandaging.

9.4 Practice on skeletal models. Surgical motors.

9.5 Practice on cadavers.

Module 10. HAV and Tailor’s Bunion Surgery – Open / Surgery on Anatomical Specimens, Live at the University Clinic Operating Room

10.1 Pathomechanics of HAV.

10.2 Anatomy of the first ray.

10.3 Surgical approaches in MIS HAV surgery.

10.4 Pathomechanics of the fifth ray.

10.5 Anatomy of the fifth ray.

10.6 Surgical approaches in tailor’s bunion surgery.

10.7 Instrumentation in MIS HAV and tailor’s bunion surgery.

10.8 HAV techniques (capital procedures).

10.9 Tailor’s bunion techniques.

10.10 Technique description.

10.11 Practice on cadavers.

Module 11. HAV and Tailor’s Bunion Surgery – MIS / Surgery on Anatomical Specimens, Live

11.1 Pathomechanics of HAV.

11.2 Anatomy of the first ray.

11.3 Surgical approaches in open HAV surgery.

11.4 Pathomechanics of the fifth ray.

11.5 Anatomy of the fifth ray.

11.6 Surgical approaches in open tailor’s bunion surgery.

11.7 Instrumentation in open HAV and tailor’s bunion surgery.

11.8 HAV techniques (capital procedures).

11.9 Tailor’s bunion techniques.

11.10 Technique description.

11.11 Practice on cadavers.

Module 12. Clinical Simulation at the Centre for Innovation in Simulation (CISARC), a Pioneer in Spain at University Level

12.1 Clinical simulation.

12.2 Theoretical–practical evaluation.

12.3 Master’s Thesis presentations.

Module 13. Live Surgery Practicum at the University Clinic Operating Room

13.1 Operating room placements.

Module 14. Master’s Thesis