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Area/Catalogue
REHB 3070

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
173276

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

Course aim

To consolidate and further develop clinical skills in the assessment, diagnosis and management of lower-limb issues including an introduction to surgical practice, management of the high-risk patient and advanced therapeutics.

Course content

Supervised clinical practice. Clinical techniques in the management of the routine and ‘at-risk’ patient. Clinical Pharmacology in podiatry practice; Assessment techniques for surgical management; Operating room procedures and protocols; Development of surgical skills including use of local anaesthetics, administering and removal of sutures; Introduction to the assessment and management of the ‘at-risk’ and ‘high-risk’ patient; Management of arthritidies and other chronic conditions; Clinical case studies to consolidate knowledge in the management of patients with differing condition groups in a variety of settings.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
REHB 3069 Clinical Podiatry Practice 300
REHB 3067 Applied Podiatry Studies 300

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
REHB 3068 Applied Podiatry Studies 301

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Tutorial 1 hour x 12 weeks
Clinical 54 hours x Over 13 weeks
Workshop (Pre Clinical) 4 hours x 3 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Case study, Clinical assessment/OSCE/OSCA, Placement

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

Degrees this course is offered in

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