School Of Biomedical And Health SciencePodiatric Practice 6Western Sydney University Unit Code: 400158.1
Discipline: PODIATRY
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 5
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
As students will be involved in functional assessment clinics an understanding of the content in units: Podiatric Medicine; Pathomechanics of Human Locomotion and Paediatrics and Sports Medicine for Podiatry is assumed.
Prerequisite
400152 Podiatric Practice 4 AND 400150 Surgery for Podiatrists AND 400151 The High Risk Foot
About this Unit
This unit will be replaced by 400932 - Podiatric Practice 4 from Spring 2011. The aim of Podiatric Practice 6 is to further develop assessment techniques. This will include foot pathologies of people with good general health and high-risk patients through patient management at weekly public sector placements. At the University’s clinic, the student will further develop assessment and management skills associated with the treatment of functional assessment patients at the University’s clinic and consolidate specialist diagnostic and surgical skills.