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Abstract

This subject will enable students to further develop their professional practice as a podiatry practitioner, within a real clinical setting. Students will explore opportunities to reduce barriers and facilitate meaningful engagement in healthcare for diverse groups and particularly for First Nations peoples and older people. Students will explore prevailing social … For more content click the Read More button below.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics: Module 1 – Professional podiatric practice: assessment and treatment of routine podiatric and cutaneous presentations; management planning; understanding a person’s needs in relation to treatment with non-pharmaceutical interventions and prescribed medicines; medical history taking; medication history; referral for medication review; vascular assessment.Module 2 … For more content click the Read More button below.

Assessment items

1. Ageing Well

2. Cultural and Social Considerations & Health Impact

3. Podiatry Professional Capabilities

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1.
effectively apply neurological, vascular, musculoskeletal and cutaneous assessments for a range of clients and accurately record findings in a clinical setting;
2.
consistently review existing management plans for low risk podiatric presentations and communicate effectively with the patient and the healthcare team the continuation of that plan;
3.
demonstrate safe and sustainable practice in a clinical environment with due consideration of people, equipment, and the environment;
4.
gather relevant information with due consideration of a person’s cultural and social history, to explain their needs in relation to treatment with prescribed medicines and non-pharmaceutical interventions;
5.
identify potential barriers to meaningful engagement in healthcare for diverse groups and particularly for First Nations peoples and older people;
6.
analyse the issues facing older people in relation to health, wellbeing, choice and independence; and
7.
identify and develop health promotion opportunities to facilitate healthy ageing for people engaging with a podiatrist.

Work integrated learning

Placement Duration 52 hours Details The work-integrated learning is a combination of observation and supervised practice and will occur typically within the Community Engagement and Wellness Centre (CEW) on the Albury-Wodonga campus.The internal clinic will typically provide 52 hours of WIL (placement). The 6.5 days of WIL (placement) equates to … For more content click the Read More button below.

Learning resources

Additional resources required by students

Students will incur costs in association with clinical practice (purchase of clinic uniform and assessment equipment).