13129 (v.4) Podiatric Medicine 257

Area:

Department of Podiatry

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** 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:

4 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

13126 (v.4) Podiatric Practice 158 or any previous version
AND
13127 (v.4) Podiatric Orthopaedics 158 or any previous version
AND
302517 (v.3) Podiatric Medicine 158 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

6890 (v.6) Podiatric Practice 257 or any previous version
AND
8247 (v.8) Podiatric Orthopaedics 257 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Practical - clinical use of local analgesics. Pharmacy systemic - pharmacology of drugs used in treating systemic disease and their relevance to podiatry pharmacology of local anaesthetics. Medicine - immunological factors in disease, disorders of the central nervous system, cardiovascular, endocrine and musculoskeletal system. Clinical pathology - causes of disease, principles of surgery in treating disease. Ulcer classification. Hypertrophy, necrosis and gangrene, osmotic balance, allergies, haemorrhage and shock.

** 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:

61700 Rehabilitation Therapies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Essential

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area