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Unit of Study PDT30003 - Lower Limb Medicine II (2016)

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Unit description

Builds upon student learning from Lower Limb Medicine I. Introduces students to the disease processes and pathology behind advanced foot and ankle conditions. Introduces students to concepts of population health.

Unit content

Topic 1: Population health and the foot and ankle

  • Evidence in practice
  • Understanding the differences in ageing
  • Communication, multidisciplinary and inter-professional care

Topic 2: The adult foot

  • Assessment and management of common adult foot conditions
  • Case presentations

Topic 3: Gerontology

  • The ageing body
  • The ageing foot

Topic 4: Normal and abnormal paediatric pathology

  • Common paediatric pathology of the lower limb
  • Assessment and management of common paediatric conditions

Topic 5: Sports medicine for the lower limb

  • Clinical signs and symptoms
  • Assessment and management of sporting injuries
  • Evidence-based practice and clinical rationale for intervention
  • Multidisciplinary care, communication, case management and referral

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2

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 apply the theory of evidence-based practice to population health
2 evaluate the presentation of foot disorders in relation to paediatric, adult and elderly populations
3 critique the assessment, management and parameters of acute and chronic lower limb sports injuries
4 outline the varying approaches to assessment and management of foot disease in different populations
5 explain the importance of multidisciplinary care for foot disease

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

  1. apply the theory of evidence-based practice to population health
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. evaluate the presentation of foot disorders in relation to paediatric, adult and elderly populations
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. critique the assessment, management and parameters of acute and chronic lower limb sports injuries
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. outline the varying approaches to assessment and management of foot disease in different populations
    • GA4:
  5. explain the importance of multidisciplinary care for foot disease
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

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