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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
School/College
Pre-requisites
PDT20001 - Internal Clinical Placement AND must have completed or be currently enrolled in PHA00315 - Introductory Pharmacology
Unit aim
Presents advanced pharmacology and its relationship to podiatric disorders. Students learn about the requirements to become an endorsed prescriber with the Podiatry Board of Australia, using case-based learning.
Unit content
Overview of drug classes in podiatric prescribing
- Regulatory framework
- Classes available and their indications and contraindications in podiatric practice
- Evidence-based approach to prescribing
Advanced pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
- Of podiatric drug classes
- Polypharmacy and comorbidities
Pain management
- Indications and contraindications in podiatric practice
- Drug dependency
Managing podiatric infections
- Clinical scenarios
- Drug resistance
Medical management of adverse drug effects and interactions
- The importance of case management and communication
- Appropriate emergency protocols in the podiatry clinic
Medico-legal and regulatory requirements of podiatric prescribing
- Registration standards following endorsement for scheduled medicines
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 | apply their knowledge of pain management and management of infection in advanced podiatric practice | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
2 | evaluate and interpret indications and contra-indications for individual drugs and drug classes available to podiatrists, management protocols for safe use and dealing with complications | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
3 | identify and evaluate the issues surrounding prescribing drugs, awareness of drug prescription protocols, knowledge of the restricted schedule drug formularies and Podiatry Board of Australia’s requirements for endorsement | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
4 | apply their knowledge of adverse drug reactions, pharmacological principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, classification of drugs and pharmacological principles of drugs and effects as it relates to the drug formulary available to Australian podiatrists | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
5 | devise management plans that appropriately communicate their knowledge of the Podiatry Board of Australia's requirements for registration as an endorsed prescriber. | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- apply their knowledge of pain management and management of infection in advanced podiatric
practice
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- evaluate and interpret indications and contra-indications for individual drugs and
drug classes available to podiatrists, management protocols for safe use and dealing
with complications
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- identify and evaluate the issues surrounding prescribing drugs, awareness of drug
prescription protocols, knowledge of the restricted schedule drug formularies and
Podiatry Board of Australia’s requirements for endorsement
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- apply their knowledge of adverse drug reactions, pharmacological principles of pharmacokinetics,
pharmacodynamics, classification of drugs and pharmacological principles of drugs
and effects as it relates to the drug formulary available to Australian podiatrists
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- devise management plans that appropriately communicate their knowledge of the Podiatry
Board of Australia's requirements for registration as an endorsed prescriber.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- Rang, HP, Dale, MM, Ritter, JM & Flower, RJ, 2007, Rang & Dale Pharmacology, 6th edn, Churchill Livingstone.