POD306 Advanced Clinical Podiatric Practice (16)
CSU Discipline Area: Allied Health (ALHEA)
Duration: Two sessions
Abstract:
This subject further develops skills and knowledge in podiatric clinical practice with a focus on case management of a range of problems from a holistic perspective.
Students will assess, diagnose and manage a range of clients. Students will be expected to be able to present clinical cases and explain the underlying pathophysiology and their clinical reasoning with respect to assessment, diagnosis and management. While the focus will be on biomechanical, musculoskeletal and cutaneous pathology, students will be expected to manage a wide range of clients and to integrate the knowledge gained from previous and concurrent subjects, particularly the medicine and pharmacology subjects, into their clinical practice.
Throughout this subject students will be expected to be developing their professional skills including practice management, communication skills, and generic health professional skills.
Students will develop and extend their skills and knowledge of the prescription, manufacture and modification of lower extremity orthotic devices. Student learning will be facilitated through participation in clinical sessions, tutorials, and on line interactive activities.
As a significant component of this subject students will complete a minimum of 182 hours in the Allied Health Clinic and a minimum of 35 hours on external placement; initially under direct supervision from clinical educators, moving towards negotiated practice by the end of the subject.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga | Session 2 |
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: POD306
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
Enrolment restrictions:
Bachelor of Podiatry
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Be able to:
appropriately prescribe, fabricate and modify a range of ortho-mechanical devices;
demonstrate the ability to work independently within a defined scope of practice with indirect supervision and subsequent review by a clinical educator in a time efficient manner;
demonstrate safe working practices in the clinical setting with due consideration of the practitioner, clients and other personnel;
utilise collaborative and leadership skills to function effectively as part of a health care team;
consistently demonstrate practice management skills that contribute to the efficient management of a health clinic;
demonstrate an ability to utilise principles of reflective practise to address self-learning needs;
efficiently and safely conduct assessment, propose diagnoses, develop and implement comprehensive and holistic management plans in clients, with cutaneous pathology, with indirect supervision and subsequent review by a clinical educator and be able to justify the underlying clinical reasoning;
demonstrate a defined skill set with respect to the assessment and management of biomechanical and musculoskeletal pathology;
conduct client assessment, interpret the local and systemic findings relating to biomechanical, musculoskeletal, vascular and neurological pathology, justify the relevance of those findings in the specific context of individual clients and appropriately verbally report and document those findings;
propose and justify appropriate diagnosis or differential diagnosis based on assessment findings;
propose with comprehensive justification, a holistic management plan, including likely outcomes, that has been modified to acknowledge client specific systemic and local factors for clients with biomechanical, musculoskeletal, vascular and neurological pathology with direct negotiation between clinical educator and client; and
implement a given management plan , appropriately modifying specified interventions, as required, subsequent to discussion with a clinical educator.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
The student is transitioning from a limited scope of practice towards the diagnosis and management of a wider range of pathology. Students will continue to develop an ethos of critical thinking, safe and appropriate practice, and taking responsibility for case management. Students will be active participants in a clinical setting, with a focus on assessment, diagnosis and management of clients. Students will develop skills in interpretation of local and systemic factors from a holistic perspective. The skills and knowledge acquired in previous and concurrent theoretical studies, including diagnostic and therapeutic sciences, will be explored and applied in clinical practice. Students should be moving towards managing clients, with reducing dependence on the clinical educator. As such the syllabus will alter according to the needs of students and the clients and the pathological entities that are encountered in the clinical setting.
The following topics will be further explored in this subject:,
Infection control procedures.
Clinical problem solving
Principles of case management
Shoewear Fitting/advice/evaluation
Systemic conditions and impact on client's health and management issues
Client education
Referral of clients
Case conferencing
Effective and appropriate communication and record keeping strategies and procedures, including the selection of appropriate language and communication strategies
Ethical and Medico Legal issues in podiatric practice
Students will practice the prescription, fabrication, modification and dispensing of orthotics and adjunctive devices as required
Case management of commonly encountered pathologies
Workplace Learning
This subject contains a Compulsory Workplace Learning component of 41 days duration.
The workplace learning will occur within the Allied Health Clinic or Community Engagement and Wellness clinic on the Albury campus under supervision of CSU clinical educators. This internal clinic will provide 192 hours of workplace learning. The remaining hours will be done as external workplace learning in a variety of podiatry industry placements.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.