Unit Synopsis
In this unit students will explore a broad range of complex disorders and clinical scenarios relevant to podiatry practice. Students will be required to apply high-level clinical reasoning to arrive at appropriate diagnoses relating to complex clinical scenarios and to develop, justify, and evaluate appropriate assessment and management strategies. Students will apply principles of interdisciplinary practice and will further refine their skills in clinical reasoning and reflective practice.
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 |
All units in Year 4, Term 1. 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) | 50% |
| 2. In-class Test(s) | 50% |
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%).
Past Exams
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No previous feedback available
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: SUTE qualitative feedback.
Students appreciated the expertise of the guest speakers who contributed to this unit.
It is recommended that experts from various fields continue to be invited to deliver guest lectures throughout this unit.
In 2025, experts from various fields continued to be invited to deliver guest lectures throughout this unit.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection.
The scheduling of the OSCE earlier in the term may contribute to a better assessment experience for students.
It is recommended that the OSCE be scheduled earlier in the term to allow students more time to consolidate OSCE feedback prior to the final in-class test.
In 2026, the OSCE was scheduled earlier in the term to allow students more time to consolidate OSCE feedback prior to the final in-class test.
Source: Informal feedback from students; feedback from staff
Live face-to-face content delivered from Week 7 to 11 could be delivered in a more flexible online format to address the currently high Term 2 on-campus requirement for fourth-year students
It is recommended that the unit coordinator explores strategies to transition live face-to-face content delivered from Week 7 to Week 11 to more flexible online delivery methods.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Use complex case studies to explain the processes required to reach complete diagnosis and safe management of the patient in podiatric practice
- Prepare and evaluate goal-oriented evidence based management strategies recognising holistic and interdisciplinary management
- Integrate evidence based practice into the structure of complex case management
- Apply clinical reasoning, reflective practice, and clinical judgement in the management of the patient in podiatric practice.
Per NPC1305
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - In-class Test(s) | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 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 | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |