13136 (v.3) Podiatric Medicine 358

Area:

Department of Podiatry

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

13131 (v.4) Podiatric Medicine 357 or any previous version
AND
13132 (v.5) Podiatric Orthopaedics 357 or any previous version
AND
13133 (v.3) Podiatric Practice 357 or any previous version
AND
13134 (v.4) Podiatric Studies 357 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

13137 (v.4) Podiatric Orthopaedics 358
AND
13138 (v.3) Podiatric Practice 358
AND
13139 (v.3) Podiatric Studies 358

Syllabus:

Health care models, medical and nursing. Health care provision. Psychology of the patient and communication skills. The role of peer disciplines in the care and management of the foot. Health contract, charters, heuristic management and accountability of service. Clinical audit, quality assurance, health funds, Medicare and DVA. Professional indemnity, public liability insurance, financial planning and accounting.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

061700 Rehabilitation Therapies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External