Clinical podiatry IILaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You deepen your skills of making different treatments of ingrown toenails depending on the customer's need for foot therapy.
You deepen your skills of making different offloadings
You know the manufacturing process of liquid silicon orthoses and you can instruct the customer to use those.

Content

What kind of correcting treatments are there for ingrown toenails?
How do you instruct a customer after a podiatric intervention?
What kind of liquid silicon orthoses can you manufacture?

Evaluation

Entry-level, 3. term 5/a, b, c, d, e
Students can
a. use professional terminology systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as a goal-oriented team member.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Qualifications

Basics of foot health 5 ECTS credits
Clinical podiatry I 5 ECTS credits
Podiatry supporting musculoskeletal functions I 5 ECTS credits

Materials

Studies of the module ’Clinical podiatry and podiatry supporting musculoskeletal functions I’