Unit aim
Introduces students to lower limb medicine and the pathology behind common foot and ankle conditions. Introduces students to disease processes and pathology.
Unit content
Topic 1: Cutaneous foot disease
- Normal and abnormal cutaneous structures
- Presentation of cutaneous foot disease
Topic 2: Abnormal foot structure and pathomechanics
- Defining abnormal structure
- Systemic and local influences on abnormal structure
Topic 3: Body systems and systemic diseases affecting the lower limb
- Epidemiology, mortality and morbidity
- Aetiology, signs and symptoms
- Management
- Multidisciplinary care, communication and referral
Topic 4: Role of the foot and ankle practitioner in evaluation and management of systemic diseases affecting the lower limb
- Lower limb clinical signs and symptoms
- Laboratory tests
- Role of the foot and ankle practitioner
- Evidence-based practice and clinical rationale for intervention
- Communication and case management (includes documentation review)
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discuss common presentations of cutaneous foot disease related to the pathomechanical foot | Intellectual rigour | ||||||
| 2 | summarise the pathomechanical foot and related evidence based management | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 3 | plan management of systemic diseases and their effects on the lower limb | Intellectual rigour | ||||||
| 4 | communicate a plan for the management of systemic disease | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 5 | outline the specific approaches to the assessment and management of foot disease | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 6 | explain the importance of multidisciplinary care for foot disease | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- Frowen et al., 2010, Neale's Disorders of the Foot, 8th edn, Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Teaching and assessment
Gold Coast
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (6 weeks) |
| Workshop on-site 2 hours (6 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Clinical Pattern | 30% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
| Quiz | 20% |
Fee information
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