Overview
This unit will focus on the study of childhood disorders related to the lower extremity and will include the expectations and variations in regards to development. Students will incorporate the psychosocial issues impacting in treating children and learn to develop history taking, physical examination and diagnosis specific to the paediatric patient. An evidence-based approach to clinical management of the paediatric patient in podiatry practice will be central to this unit.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
PODI13008 Clinical Biomechanics of the Lower Limb
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Feedback - Have Your Say
The course content was well thought out and methodical. All information was provided in a concise manner and in relevant weekly topics.
A great deal of planning went into this unit before the beginning of term. The weekly structure was revised and individual lectures were updated to capture any recent developments in the field of podopaediatrics. The structure of the unit was thought out in order to enable students to scaffold material from the earlier weeks of term (e.g. anatomical development), through to learning specific conditions relevant to podopaediatrics in the later part of the term. This thoroughly planned format will continue in subsequent terms of unit delivery.
Feedback from Student Feedback - Have Your Say
I feel that if there were specific clinic dates attached to this course that focused on paediatrics, this would have cemented our learning and put into practice a lot of the tools that we had learnt throughout the semester.
Whilst it is acknowledged that exposure to "real life" patients is important, the purpose of this unit is to expose students to podopaediatric theory. Student learning will be scaffolded during exposure to a paediatric patient sub group in final year. It is important that the theory surrounding podopaediatrics is understood prior to progressing to clinical consults with this patient group. However, in future, a paediatric screening day or similar may be considered to enable students to put theory into practice within the unit.
- Describe the developmental milestones of a child relevant to podiatry practice.
- Evaluate factors that can influence the paediatric consultation.
- Communicate effectively with the paediatric patient and parent/guardian in podiatric practice.
- Describe the common lower limb conditions seen in the paediatric patient.
- Analyse the varied clinical assessment and/or tests and interpret the results specific to the paediatric patient.
- Implement a safe and effective management plan in conjunction with evidence based practice for the paediatric patient.
- Discuss the role of interprofessional practice in regards to effective management of the paediatric patient.
- Apply an evidence based approach to podopaediatric practice.
Per NPC1312
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
No textbook required.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.hutchison@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Working with children in the clinical setting and prenatal development considerations
Chapter
Appropriate resources relevant to each week will be discussed during term and posted in Moodle.
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Foot and ankle development
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Knee, hip, pelvis and spine development
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Gait, gross motor development and milestones
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Neurology and sensory processing
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Paediatric syndromes
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Assessment of foot posture
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Imaging and pharmacological considerations
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Osteochondrosis of the lower limb
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Common presenting complaints and related management
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Complex pathologies
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Footwear and orthoses
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In practical classes, students are required to wear the nominated practical class uniform. The practical class uniform is a polo shirt embroidered with the CQUniversity logo and 'Podiatry Practice'. Students must purchase the polo shirt from the CQUniversity bookshop http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au
This nominated shirt is to be worn with either black or navy shorts, or three quarter or full length leggings/tights. If shorts are worn, they must be just above knee length. Shorts and/or leggings/tights must allow easy movement for the purposes of gait analysis and relevant podiatric assessments.
1 Written Assessment
You will be required to complete a clinical pattern regarding a pathology commonly seen in podopaediatrics. The aim of the assessment is to succinctly present the most relevant and current information regarding your topic. Further information, including the topic and specific areas to be covered will be provided at the beginning of term in Moodle.
Word count limit: 1500 words. If the word count limit is exceeded by more than 10%, any additional content exceeding 10% will not be assessed by the marker (excludes tables, appendices and references where applicable). In-text citations are counted as part of the word count.
No late submissions are permitted for this assessment unless an extension has been granted by the Unit Coordinator. Please refer to the CQUniversity Assessment Policy and Procedure for more information regarding extensions. If you are late submitting your assessment, penalties will be applied according to the CQUniversity Assessment Policy and Procedure.
Week 11 Friday (28 Sept 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Friday (12 Oct 2018)
The clinical pattern will be assessed based on content, academic writing and referencing. A detailed rubric will be made available to students at the beginning of term in Moodle.
- Describe the common lower limb conditions seen in the paediatric patient.
- Analyse the varied clinical assessment and/or tests and interpret the results specific to the paediatric patient.
- Implement a safe and effective management plan in conjunction with evidence based practice for the paediatric patient.
- Discuss the role of interprofessional practice in regards to effective management of the paediatric patient.
- Apply an evidence based approach to podopaediatric practice.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 In-class Test(s)
The in-class test will assess content covered during weeks 1-6 inclusive. Information from lectures, tutorials and practical classes may be assessed. The test may be comprised of multiple choice, short and long answer questions, and/or questions based on images or tables.
Week 6 Friday (24 Aug 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (7 Sept 2018)
The in-class test will be marked according to a purpose made mark sheet.
- Describe the developmental milestones of a child relevant to podiatry practice.
- Evaluate factors that can influence the paediatric consultation.
- Communicate effectively with the paediatric patient and parent/guardian in podiatric practice.
- Describe the common lower limb conditions seen in the paediatric patient.
- Analyse the varied clinical assessment and/or tests and interpret the results specific to the paediatric patient.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
