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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Unit aim
Introduces students to lower limb medicine and the pathology behind common foot and ankle conditions. Introduces students to disease processes and pathology.
Unit content
Topic 1: Cutaneous foot disease
- Normal and abnormal cutaneous structures
- Presentation of cutaneous foot disease
Topic 2: Abnormal foot structure and pathomechanics
- Defining abnormal structure
- Systemic and local influences on abnormal structure
Topic 3: Body systems and systemic diseases affecting the lower limb
- Epidemiology, mortality and morbidity
- Aetiology, signs and symptoms
- Management
- Multidisciplinary care, communication and referral
Topic 4: Role of the foot and ankle practitioner in evaluation and management of systemic diseases affecting the lower limb
- Lower limb clinical signs and symptoms
- Laboratory tests
- Role of the foot and ankle practitioner
- Evidence-based practice and clinical rationale for intervention
- Communication and case management (includes documentation review)
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 | discuss common presentations of cutaneous foot disease related to the pathomechanical foot | |||||||
2 | summarise the pathomechanical foot and related evidence based management | |||||||
3 | apply the theory pertaining to systemic disease and its effects on the lower limb | |||||||
4 | communicate a plan for the management of systemic disease | |||||||
5 | outline the specific approaches to the assessment and management of foot disease | |||||||
6 | explain the importance of multidisciplinary care for foot disease |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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discuss common presentations of cutaneous foot disease related to the pathomechanical foot
- GA1:
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summarise the pathomechanical foot and related evidence based management
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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apply the theory pertaining to systemic disease and its effects on the lower limb
- GA1:
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communicate a plan for the management of systemic disease
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA5:
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outline the specific approaches to the assessment and management of foot disease
- GA1:
- GA4:
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explain the importance of multidisciplinary care for foot disease
- GA1:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Frowen et al., 2010, Neale's Disorders of the Foot, 8th edn, Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.