Practical training: Podiatry IILaajuus (10 cr)

Objective

You make use of interviews, observation and palpation as part of clients' podiatric examination.
You are able to assess clients’ need for podiatry and plan and implement podiatry in a client-oriented way.
You develop your manual skills and expertise in clinical podiatry.
You are able to implement and justify client-oriented clinical podiatry.
You are able to fabricate various off-loading solutions and silicone orthoses and guide your clients in their use.
You know how to make chair side insoles and justify their use for the client.
You are able to carry out lower extremity massage with a client-oriented approach using the basic techniques of massage.
You can assess the muscular strength of the lower extremity by manual muscle testing and various functional tests.
You are able to guide clients in exercises to support the lower extremities’ function.
You develop your interaction skills when encountering different kind of clients.
You know the importance of communication and interaction in client situations and in the core communication of the workplace.
You develop your skills in podiatric documentation.

Content

How do you asses your clients’ podiatric needs?
How do you implement and assess podiatric processes?
What knowledge do you need when implementing clinical podiatry?
What kind of offloadings and silicone orthoses can you prepare for clients and provide guidance for?
How do you make chairside orthoses according to client needs?
What are the basic techniques of massage and how do you use them?
How do you assess muscular strengths by different ways?
How do you guide clients in exercises which support lower limbs?
How do you document and make records of podiatric processes?

Qualifications

Practical training: Podiatry I

Materials

other studies in the module of Professional basics of podiatry

Evaluation

Students can
- use professional vocabulary systematically.
- look for information in the key information sources of the field.
- identify interrelated tasks.
- work together with clients, users and target groups.
- use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
- work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
- justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.