Available in 2012
| Ourimbah | Semester 2 |
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Previously offered in 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009
This is a fulltime 8 week professional practice course in which students undertake complex management of podiatry cases in a supervised clinical context in the health system. This course will focus on high risk management, especially for patients with diabetes, but will also include limited experience in surgery and in managing complex conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Students will also undertake the planning and development of a research project addressing a need for evidence based practice within an aspect of the podiatry profession.
Objectives1. Apply comprehensive assessment skills to the high risk foot 2. Consolidate and improve skills in patient documentation and management plans for high risk clients 3. Demonstrate competence in communication skills within the clinical setting to entry level standard 4. Demonstrate an ability to work as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary health care team 5. Provide competent clinical treatment across the scope of podiatry practice including podiatric minor surgery 6. Implement evidence based practice into the clinical setting 7. Demonstrate appreciation of the need to refer to other health professionals when required 8. Integrate evidence based practice into the health care setting 9. Demonstrate an ability to retrieve, collate and analyse recent literature relevant to the podiatry profession 10.Demonstrate the ability to design a valid research project contributing to the development of evidence based practice within the podiatry profession | |||
Content8 weeks of combined internal and external block clinical placement Research project development | |||
Industrial Experience0 | |||
Assumed KnowledgeAdvanced podiatric clinical and theoretical knowledge | |||
Modes of DeliveryInternal Mode | |||
Teaching MethodsClinical Self Directed Learning Student Projects | |||
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Contact HoursClinical: for 38 hour(s) per Week for 8 weeks | |||
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