Diabetic foot healthLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You understand the effects of diabetes on foot health.
You understand the importance of annual foot screening and the connection of the results to diabetic foot health.
You are able to apply your knowledge in professional activities and environments.
You can apply your foot health knowledge in guiding and counseling diabetics.
You understand the importance of multi-professional cooperation in promoting diabetic foot health.
You can guide other healthcare professionals in diabetic foot health from your own professional perspective .

Content

How does diabetes affect foot health?
What does annual foot screening include and what does it mean to foot health?
What does diabetic foot health knowledge mean in your own profession?
How do you apply your foot health knowledge in diabetic guidance and counseling?
What does multi-professional cooperation mean for diabetic foot health?
How do you guide other healthcare professionals in promoting diabetic foot health from your professional perspective?

Qualifications

Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the first and second academic year studies have been achieved.

Evaluation

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