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Unit of Study PDT30001 - Management and Treatment of the High Risk Foot (2020)

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  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains laboratory activities and/or professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. As some of these can take up to 5 months to complete, you must prepare now. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Laboratory Activity and/or Professional Experience Learning which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/clinicalplacements

Unit description

Builds on student’s knowledge of lower limb neurovascular disease and pathomechanics. Students learn about assessment and treatment of the at-risk foot including wound management. Includes engagement with case-based scenarios and placement experiences.

Unit content

  • Epidemiology and socioeconomic burden of the at risk foot
  • Underlying pathologies of the at risk foot
  • Assessment and risk stratification of the lower limb
  • Wound prevention and management
  • Biomechanics and offloading of the at risk foot
  • Interprofessional skills in the prevention and management of the at risk foot

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Session2
Session2

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 critically appraise the evidence pertaining to the assessment and management of the high-risk foot
2 assess foot complication risk in at-risk populations
3 assess the clinical presentation of the acute and chronic high-risk foot
4 apply practical skills to assess, prevent and treat the high-risk foot
5 safely and appropriately manage acute foot wounds and those in remission
6 demonstrate competence in a clinical multi-disciplinary high-risk foot setting

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. critically appraise the evidence pertaining to the assessment and management of the high-risk foot
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. assess foot complication risk in at-risk populations
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. assess the clinical presentation of the acute and chronic high-risk foot
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. apply practical skills to assess, prevent and treat the high-risk foot
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. safely and appropriately manage acute foot wounds and those in remission
    • GA4:
  6. demonstrate competence in a clinical multi-disciplinary high-risk foot setting
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.