PDTY3028
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course is the first of four podiatry clinical practice courses. Building on previous core and podiatry specific theory courses, this course introduces students to basic and general clinical skills, including history taking, patient communication, assessment, diagnosis, management and documentation in the clinical environment of common foot disorders under supervision. The student will also be introduced to basic skills in mechanical therapy as part of the clinical therapies component of the subject. Clinical activities will include Clinic sessions, Clinical Therapies and an External Clinical Placement.
Availability
Not currently offered.
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): PDTY2204. Students who have successfully completed PDTY2204 are not eligible to enrol in PDTY3028.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate and apply principles of professional behaviour in the clinical environment
2. Demonstrate and apply competencies in infection control procedures for use in a patient consultation
3. Develop and apply clinical skills in taking, presenting and documenting a patient history using Clinic assessment forms and SOAPE format in the clinical environment
4. Develop and clinically apply competencies in undertaking cursory vascular, neurological, dermatological an biomechanical assessment techniques for use in the patient consultation in the clinical environment
5. Develop and demonstrate skills in clinical reasoning, using consolidation of podiatric theory, for use in goal orientated management plans in the patient consultation
6. Develop and demonstrate basic clinical competencies in nail cutting, scalpel technique, application of dressings using aseptic technique and undertaking sterilisation procedures
7. Develop competencies in documenting patient consultations and corresponding with other health professionals using SOAPE format, Clinical assessment forms, patient's records and referral letters in the clinical environment
8. Demonstrate ability to self-evaluate and appreciate limits of one's own competence, including willingness to consult with peers and staff
9. Develop and clinical apply skills in manual fabrication of basic mechanical therapy techniques including taping techniques, chair-side devices and non-cast orthoses
10. Demonstrate and distinguish work health and safety (WH&S) competencies in the clinical environment and whilst using machinery in the orthotic therapy laboratories
Content
- Patient Clinics (Clinic)
- All students must be deemed competent in their safety OSCE prior to commencing patient clinics, where students will be closely supervised by registered practitioners
- Clinical Tutorials
- General Information
- Compliance with immunisation, first aid and advanced resuscitation CPR certificates, criminal record and working with children checks, bulk compliance checks, inherent requirements for the Clinic.
- Professional Behaviour
- Student Clinical Handbook Procedures
- Dress code
- Professional behaviour
- Infection control
- Infection Control Handbook Procedures
- Sterilisation room
- Clinical protocols
- Sterilisation procedures
- Preparing a work area
- Applying a dressing using aseptic technique
- Documentation
- Legalities
- Responsibilities
- Clinic assessment forms and patient record keeping
- SOAPE format
- Goal Orientated Management Planning
- Clinical Checklists
- Referrals and responses
- Clinical Protocols
- Principles and procedures of clinic
- Consultation thought processes
- History gathering concepts and skills
- Assessment and Diagnosis
- Cursory neurological
- Cursory vascular
- Cursory dermatological
- Cursory functional and biomechanical
- Developing basic clinical skills
- Handling sharps
- Needle-stick injuries
- Scalpel work
- Nail treatments
- Padding and strapping
- Silicon devices
- Braces and supportive devices
- Footwear assessment
- Taping techniques
- Non-cast orthoses
- Occupational/Work Health and Safety Practical Issues
- Patient safety
- Practitioner safety
- Managing a changing environment
- Risk assessments
- External placement
- External placement orientation
- Developing learning objectives for placement
- Professional and ethical issues associated with placement
- Assessment and feedback on placement
- General Information
- Clinical Therapies
- Principles of mechanical therapy
- Safety factors within the workshop area and using machinery
safely - Non-cast devices and the introduction to off the shelf devices
- Historical aspects on orthoses
- Review of foot posture, foot function and neutral foot position
- Neutral casting and pouring of casts
- Negative and positive casts
- Fabrication custom-made functional orthoses and simple devices
- External Clinical Placement
- Placements will take place in private practice and public sectors.
Requisite
Student must be active in program [50021] Bachelor of Podiatric Medicine or [50022] Bachelor of Podiatric Medicine (Honours).
Students must have successfully completed PDTY2007 and PDTY2003.
If you have successfully completed PDTY2204 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Demonstrated competency: Clinical Examination (OSCE) - Clinical Safety
Compulsory Requirement: Demonstrate competency - Must demonstrate competency in all required professional skills.
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case Study
Practical Demonstration: Orthotic Manufacture and practical examination
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.
Formal Examination: Final Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.
Demonstrated competency: Clinical Placement
Compulsory Requirement: Demonstrate competency - Must demonstrate competency in all required professional skills.
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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