PODI14008 - Podiatry Clinical Practice 4

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will continue your honours research project and complete an internal clinical placement. During your internal clinical placement, you will refine your skills in patient assessment, diagnostic decision-making, management and prevention of complex clinical cases. You will be required to manage a diverse caseload including patients who differ in age, cultural/ethnic/socioeconomic status, mental health status, and physical capabilities. Your external clinical placement will give you the opportunity to work in metropolitan, regional and/or remote clinical settings. This unit is also the second unit in the formal requirements for the completion of your honours research project.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
To be enrolled in this unit, students must be enrolled in CB86 Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course.

Pre-requisites: PODI13011 Podiatry Clinical Practice 3; PODI13012 Paediatrics in Podiatry Practice; PODI13014 Diabetes in Podiatry Practice; PODI13015 Advanced Pharmacology in Podiatry Practice.
Co-requisites: PODI14009 Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine in Podiatry Practice; PODI14010 High Risk Foot and Chronic Wound Care; PODI14014 Surgery in Podiatry Practice.

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Project (research) 40%
2. Presentation 20%
3. Professional Practice Placement 0%
4. Practical Assessment 40%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 66.67% response rate.

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.

Source: Clinical supervisor feedback
Feedback
The introduction of a Practical Assessment improved the authenticity of assessment in this unit
Recommendation
It is recommended that this unit continues to include a Practical Assessment (clinical examination) to effectively assess the clinical skills, clinical reasoning, and podiatry knowledg of fourth-year students
Action Taken
The Practical Assessment (clinical examination) was utilised again in 2024.
Source: SUTE comments; informal feedback from students
Feedback
Students found working with their honours supervisor to be a positive and well-supported experience
Recommendation
It is recommended that students continue to have the opportunity to work with, and meet regularly with, a dedicated Honours project supervisor
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback
Students reported that there were instances where clinical vascular assessment protocols did not match their classroom learning
Recommendation
It is recommended that new vascular assessment resources are developed to clarify for students how classroom learning is integrated into clinical decision making during internal Work-Integrated Learning
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE comments and quantitative data
Feedback
Unit learning materials should be reviewed and updated where required
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator reviews and enhances the unit learning materials prior to the next delivery of this unit, including the learning activities used to prepare students for clinical assessments
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate graduate competency in clinical reasoning during the assessment and management of specific clinical problems
  2. Assess and evaluate a diverse range of complex podiatric cases including biomechanics, sports injury, diabetes and high risk cases
  3. Develop, implement and evaluate interventions for standard and complex podiatric cases including referrals to other relevant health professionals
  4. Communicate professionally as an individual and as a member of a team
  5. Conduct ethical research, including data management and academic writing, to produce a research project.

Per NPC1317

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Project (research) •
2 - Presentation •
3 - Professional Practice Placement • • • •
4 - Practical Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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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 • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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