POD212 Podiatric Medicine 3 (Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Pathology) (8)
Prerequisite: POD111
This subject reviews and extends the students? knowledge of a broad range of topics including pain; rheumatology; musculoskeletal pathology.
Students review the assessment of pain and explore pain as a diagnostic indicator.
The study of rheumatology illustrates a spectrum of conditions ranging from pathology characterised by arthropathy, to soft tissue rheumatological conditions.
Musculoskeletal pathology involving the lower limb is studied in detail, and analysis of a range of management strategies is incorporated.