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 - 2019
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
Guest speakers provided valuable perspectives from other health disciplines who are also involved in treating paediatric patients.
It is recommended that this format be continued into future deliveries of this unit to benefit student knowledge of multidisciplinary team care and referral pathways in paediatrics.
Feedback from Staff reflection
Although the student performed well in the examination, questions involving clinical reasoning were generally not answered as well as some of the other questions.
Although more practical sessions were added to this unit in 2018 as well as one clinical session, it is recommended that the amount of case scenarios and clinical reasoning integrated into teaching be increased in subsequent deliveries.
- 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 | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
2 - In-class Test(s) - 30% | ||||||||||
3 - Examination - 50% |
Textbooks
Pocket Podiatry: Paediatrics
Edition: First (2010)
Authors: Angela Evans
Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 9780702030314
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
This textbook may be difficult to purchase. An online version is available via the CQUniversity library.
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
Chapter
Appropriate resources relevant to each week will be discussed during term and posted in Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Working with children in the clincial setting
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Knee, hip, pelvis and spine development
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Public Holiday NSW
Block practical teaching in ROK
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Gross motor milestones and gait development
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Neurology and sensory processing
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Paediatric syndromes
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Osteochondroses of the lower limb
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Podopaediatric conditions
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Podopaediatric conditions continued
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Complex pathologies
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Public Holiday NSW
Block practical teaching in ROK
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Sydney students will attend weekly practical classes (where scheduled). Rockhampton students will not attend practical classes each week. Instead, Rockhampton students will have two block sessions of practical teaching, in the regular scheduled PODI13012 class times in weeks 4 and 12. In weeks 4 and 12 in NSW, Monday is a public holiday, so Sydney students will have no scheduled classes.
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.
As per the university recommendation that 'all on campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes', students should also be aware that there is clear evidence to show that attendance rates are directly related to academic progress. It is therefore in your best interest and strongly recommended in the Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course, that you attend all scheduled learning activities. If you are unable to attend scheduled classes, it is expected that you inform the Unit Coordinator in writing as soon as possible. You will also be required to present the Unit Coordinator with a medical certificate or statutory declaration supporting any absences, no later than five business days after the missed class.
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. The marker will stop marking the assessment once the word count limit is exceeded by more than 10% (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 (4 Oct 2019) 11:59 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (25 Oct 2019)
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.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical 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.
2 In-class Test(s)
The in-class test will assess content covered during weeks 1-5 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 Monday (26 Aug 2019) 9:00 am AEST
Week 8 Monday (9 Sept 2019)
The in-class test will be marked according to a purpose made mark sheet.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- 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.
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.