6891 (v.6) Podiatric Practice 258

Area:

Department of Podiatry

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

8.0

** 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. **

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.4) 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.3) 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.

** 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 2	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