6891 (v.6) Podiatric Practice 258


Area: Department of Podiatry
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
 
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Tutorial: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice: 2 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 6890 (v.6) Podiatric Practice 257 or any previous version
AND
8247 (v.8) Podiatric Orthopaedics 257 or any previous version
AND
13129 (v.5) Podiatric Medicine 257 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s): 8246 (v.8) Podiatric Medicine 258
AND
8248 (v.8) Podiatric Orthopaedics 258
AND
302524 (v.4) Podopaediatrics 258 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Podology - rearfoot pathologies - heel spur syndrome, fasciitis, apophysitis, haglands deformity, tarsal tunnel syndrome, coalitions and accessory bones. Specific foot fractures, Jones fracture, posterior process fracture, stress fractures. Clinical - supervised clinical practice. Assessment and examination techniques, therapeutic modalities, case management and clinical discussions. Supervised clinical practice. Interviewing, examination, diagnosis and treatment of common podiatric pathologies. Clinicaltutorials. Concept of total foot care. Relationship of structure and function to dysfunction. Nail surgery - assessment and treatment methodologies, post operative care regimes and management.
 
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Field of Education: 061713 Podiatry
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
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
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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