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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
PDT20004 - Lower Limb Assessment AND PDT20002 - Orthoses and Bracing
Unit aim
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
Topic 1: Introduction to the high risk foot
- Epidemiology of foot wounds and amputations
- Socioeconomic burden
- Impact on the health care system
Topic 2: Disease processes that leave the foot at risk
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Arthropathies
- Neuropathies
- Obesity
Topic 3: Assessment and risk stratification
- Vascular assessment
- Neurological assessment
- Deformity and footwear assessment
- Biomechanical assessment
- Use of technology in assessment
- Evidence-based guidelines
Topic 4: Wound care
- Normal and abnormal wound healing
- Classifying and describing wounds
- Identifying and treating infection
- Adjunct treatments
- Dressings and wound care products
- Offloading
- Amputation
- Wound prevention
Topic 5: Interprofessional skills
- Patient education
- Referral pathways in managing at-risk feet
- Medical management
- Surgical management
- Allied health management
- Multi-disciplinary team approach
Learning outcomes
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 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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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:
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critically appraise the evidence pertaining to the assessment and management of the high-risk foot
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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assess foot complication risk in at-risk populations
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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assess the clinical presentation of the acute and chronic high-risk foot
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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apply practical skills to assess, prevent and treat the high-risk foot
- GA1:
- GA4:
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safely and appropriately manage acute foot wounds and those in remission
- GA4:
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demonstrate competence in a clinical multi-disciplinary high-risk foot setting
- GA1:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Frowen et al., 2010, Neale's Disorders of the Foot, 8th edn, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh; New York.