High risk foot clientsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You deepen your knowledge and skills concerning special groups in podiatry, that is, patients with exceptionally high tendency to suffer from foot lesions (the elderly, handicapped or people with an underlying disease such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis) which predispose foot problems. Other risk factors which cause feet strain are caused by burden of living such as poor nutrition, immobility, excessive alcohol and drug consumption, hobbies and sports that overload the feet.
You know the meaning of the international term "high risk foot". You master the preventive and conservative podiatric treatments and you also familiarize yourself with operative treatments.
You know the principles of wound care and you know how to apply the principles of offloading in the treatment of leg ulcers.

Content

What are considered special groups in podiatry?
What does "high risk foot" mean in an international perspective?
What are the preventive, conservative and operative procedures with high risk foot patients?
When and why do you implement vascular surgery, plastic surgery and radiology in high risk foot patients?
What are the principles of wound care?
How can you offload the foot ulcer?
Surgery, orthopaedics, exercises to the special groups

Evaluation

Students can

a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b. evaluate information sources critically.
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d. evaluate operations in customer, user and target group situations.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situa-tions.

Qualifications

Clinical podiatry I 5 ECTS credits
Podiatry supporting musculoskeletal functions I 5 ECTS credits
Clinical podiatry II 5 ECTS credits
Podiatry supporting musculoskeletal functions II 5 ECTS credits