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Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
Must have completed or be currently enrolled in PODR2001 - Lower Limb Medicine I
Unit aim
Introduces students to the concepts of lower limb assessment and diagnostics. Students will learn in a collaborative practical laboratory environment.
Unit content
Initial approach to assessment of a patient
- Obtaining and interpreting a client history
- Systemic health and chronic disease
Clinical assessment of the body systems in relation to lower limbs
- Vascular assessment
- Neurological assessment
- Musculoskeletal assessment
- Dermatological assessment
- Footwear assessment
Assessment of specific patient groups:
- Assessment of the paediatric patient
- Assessment of the older person
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | discuss relevance of patient history in assessment of the lower limb |
| 2 | perform clinical assessments of the lower limb |
| 3 | interpret physical assessment results with respect to the evidence base |
| 4 | interpret assessment results to inform diagnosis of lower limb conditions |
| 5 | develop evidence-based strategies to assess a patient’s health and presenting concerns |
| 6 | discuss roles of other health professionals in assessment of the lower limb. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- discuss relevance of patient history in assessment of the lower limb
- perform clinical assessments of the lower limb
- interpret physical assessment results with respect to the evidence base
- interpret assessment results to inform diagnosis of lower limb conditions
- develop evidence-based strategies to assess a patient’s health and presenting concerns
- discuss roles of other health professionals in assessment of the lower limb.
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.