Preventive podiatryLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the significance and impact of the medicines used by the client.
You know the medicines used to treat the foot problems and their mechanism.
You know the principles of prevention in the national diseases and in particular those that affect the foot health.
You know different ways of lifestyle counselling.
You know and recognize the problems in lower limbs circulation and key treatment principles and the prevention.
You know the basics of offloading and orthosis therapy.

Content

What are typical medicines and their mechanics of influence, used in podiatry?
What are the national diseases and medicines used in them?
What methods can be used for lifestyle counseling?
What are the treatment principles of circulatory problems in lower extremities?
How do you produce a variety of off-loadings and orthoses?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary 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.

Qualifications

Basics of foot health

Materials

Studies of the module ”Health-promoting podiatry”.