Unit of Study PODR2004 Lower Limb Medicine II (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

PODR2001 - Lower Limb Medicine I

Enrolment information

Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

Builds upon student learning from Lower Limb Medicine I. Introduces students to the disease processes and pathology behind advanced foot and ankle conditions. Introduces students to concepts of population health as it relates to the foot and ankle.

Unit content

Topic 1: Population health and the foot and ankle

Evidence in practice
Understanding the differences in ageing
Communication, multidisciplinary and inter-professional care

Topic 2: The adult foot

Assessment and management of common adult foot conditions
Case presentations

Topic 3: Gerontology

The ageing body
The ageing foot

Topic 4: Normal and abnormal paediatric pathology

Common paediatric pathology of the lower limb
Assessment and management of common paediatric conditions

Topic 5: Sports medicine for the lower limb

Clinical signs and symptoms
Assessment and management of sporting injuries
Evidence-based practice and clinical rationale for intervention
Multidisciplinary care, communication, case management and referral

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

evaluate the assessment, management and presentation of foot disorders in the adult population with consideration of evidence-based practice

evaluate the assessment, management and presentation of foot disorders in the geriatric population with consideration of evidence-based practice

evaluate the assessment, management and presentation of foot disorders in the paediatric population with consideration of evidence-based practice

critique the assessment, management and parameters of acute and chronic lower limb sports injuries

discuss the importance of multidisciplinary care in the assessment and management of foot disease.

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