Overview
This unit focuses on the management of chronic wounds of the foot. You will analyse the factors that enable identification of the high-risk foot. Prevalence of disorders that contribute to disease susceptibility will be considered, along with associated pathophysiological and neurological impacts. Biomechanical factors and client education associated with management and care of infection of the foot at risk for amputation/ulceration will also be considered in the context of prevention and ongoing client health.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: PODI13011 Podiatry Clinical Practice 3 and PODI13014 Diabetes in Podiatry Practice and Corequisites: PODI14008 Podiatry Clinical Practice 4 and PODI14009 Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine in Podiatry Practice. To be enrolled in this unit, students must be enrolled in CB86 Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course.
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 1 - 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 Staff reflection
This course was well placed in the curriculum. It provided the students the ability to apply the knowledge they have learned to the high risk foot. The ability to have the course work online meant flexibility in the teaching delivery for the students. The tutorials could then be targeted and where more valuable as some had pre-read and thought about the topics before attending.
Continue with current topics and modes of delivery. Though Moodle site navigation ratings were lower than other indicators, they were still at an acceptable level. Moodle site navigation will need to be reviewed in 2017.
- Critically evaluate the issues impacting the identification of a high-risk foot
- Implement active learning strategies (including evidence-based practice) for continually improving knowledge and skills specific to the high-risk foot and chronic wound care
- Analyse the factors impacting on chronic wound management from both the patient and podiatrist perspective
- Synthesise and analyse a safe management plan for patients with chronic wounds
- Critically analyse the issues associated with behavioural interventions in the treatment of the high-risk foot.
Per NPC1309
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | |||||
| 4 - On-campus Activity - 0% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Podiatric Assessment and Management of the Diabetic Foot
1st edition (2006)
Authors: Alethea V.M. Foster
Churchill Livingstone
United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780443100437
Binding: Other
Clinical Guide to Skin and Wound Care
7th edition (2012)
Authors: Cathy Thomas Hess
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
USA
ISBN: 9781609136796
Binding: Other
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.
j.nguyen@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
This lecture provides an introduction to the high-risk foot. Epidemiology of high-risk foot complications are explored. The lecture will also cover the socioeconomic burden of the high-risk foot and the impact on the Global and Australian health care system.
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This lecture will cover the disease processes associated with the high-risk foot (i.e. Diabetes mellitus and arthropathies).
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This lecture will cover all clinical assessments required to assess a high-risk foot. This includes assessments such as dermatological, vascular, neurological, biomechanical, footwear, and wound.
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This lecture will build on previous units and cover principles of wound healing. Classification and pathogenesis of ulcerations will also be covered.
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This lecture will cover common foot pathologies of the high-risk foot. This will include conditions such as Charcot neuroarthropathy and Osteomyelitis.
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Vacation week.
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This lecture will cover the type and use of diagnostic imaging in the context of high-risk foot.
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This lecture will cover the type and use of laboratory diagnostics in the context of high-risk foot.
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This lecture will cover the management plan for patients with high-risk foot complications.
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This lecture will cover immobilisation and off-loading interventions used to treat patients with high-risk foot complications. You will have the opportunity to participate in a workshop to explore different off-loading devices and techniques.
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This lecture will cover all aspects of wound management. You will have the opportunity to participate in a workshop to explore a range of wound care products.
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This lecture will cover systemic therapeutics used in the treatment of patients with high-risk foot complications.
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This lecture will cover interprofessional skills required in the treatment of patients with high-risk foot complications. This will include patient education, referral pathways in high-risk foot management, working in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team.
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Unit Coordinator: Julie Nguyen; Tel.: (07) 4930 9196; Email: J.Nguyen@cqu.edu.au
Attendance: As per the University’s 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 to support your learning. Attendance will be recorded.
Uniform: In all practical classes, students are required to wear the nominated uniform. Students must purchase their uniform from the bookshop. This uniform is separate to the mandatory clinical uniform. Please refer to the Podiatry Course Handbook for further detail.
1 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
There will be four (4) Objective Structured Clinical Examination stations each designed to assess your knowledge and practice skills acquired during this unit. There will be a mix of station types involving a combination of written answer stations and observer assessed stations. Competencies will be assessed in accordance with the Podiatry Competency Standards developed by the Australian and New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Council (2015). You are required to present at the relevant CQUniversity Health Clinic, wearing your full clinical uniform. Further details of the assessment task will be made available via the Moodle site during the term.
Week 9 Tuesday (8 May 2018) 1:00 pm AEST
Week 9- Date and time to be confirmed.
Week 11 Tuesday (22 May 2018)
Results will be released following the finalisation of grading of all student OSCEs.
Podiatry unit OSCE conditions section:
In order to be eligible to PASS the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) you must:
1) achieve a minimum overall grade of 50% for the OSCE.
If you do not meet the above criterion of a minimum overall grade of 50%, you may be eligible for a supplementary assessment providing you meet the requirements as stipulated in the CQUniversity Grades and Results Procedure and this will be determined by the Unit Coordinator.
- Critically evaluate the issues impacting the identification of a high-risk foot
- Synthesise and analyse a safe management plan for patients with chronic wounds
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
You will be required to submit a written assessment in the form of a report pertinent to the high-risk foot and related wound care management. You will be required to explain, describe and explore a particular case from the use of multiple sources of evidence. Further detail regarding this assessment task will be provided at the commencement of term.
Week 7 Tuesday (24 Apr 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Week 9 Tuesday (8 May 2018)
Results will be released following the finalisation of grading of all student assessments.
The marking guide (rubric) and feedback sheet will be made available under the 'Assessment' tab in Moodle at the commencement of term.
- Critically evaluate the issues impacting the identification of a high-risk foot
- Implement active learning strategies (including evidence-based practice) for continually improving knowledge and skills specific to the high-risk foot and chronic wound care
- Analyse the factors impacting on chronic wound management from both the patient and podiatrist perspective
- Synthesise and analyse a safe management plan for patients with chronic wounds
- Critically analyse the issues associated with behavioural interventions in the treatment of the high-risk foot.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 On-campus Activity
The activities covered in this unit cover professional podiatry skills, which are inherent requirements to meet the professional standards and are integral to your achievement of learning outcomes and assessment in this unit. At least 85% attendance at tutorial, practicals and/or workshops is therefore required to satisfactorily PASS this unit. The Unit Coordinator will keep attendance records for all classes. If you are unable to attend class, you must notify the Unit Coordinator (in writing/by email) as soon as possible, with a medical certificate or statutory declaration supporting any absence. Failure to maintain a satisfactory attendance record may seriously undermine your ability to complete the unit.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Attendance is recorded throughout the teaching term.
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018)
At the completion of term.
At least 85% attendance at tutorial, practicals and/or workshops is therefore required to satisfactorily PASS this unit.
- Implement active learning strategies (including evidence-based practice) for continually improving knowledge and skills specific to the high-risk foot and chronic wound care
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?
