High risk clients in podiatryLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You deepen your knowledge and skills concerning clients with special needs in podiatry and clients with exceptionally high tendency to suffer from foot lesions (the elderly, handicapped or people with an underlying disease causing feet strain, burden of living such as poor nutrition, immobility and excessive alcohol consumption and hobbies and sports that overload the feet).
You know what "high risk foot" means in international terminology.
You know high risk clients’ preventive and conservative treatments for foot injuries and familiarize yourself with operational and orthopedic actions.
You know the effects of the lymphatic system on the lower limbs.
You identify new technologies for the management of high risk clients.

Content

Who are high risk clients 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?
How does the lymphatic system affect the lower extremities?
What new technologies are in use?

Qualifications

Preventive podiatry and project
Practical training: Podiatry I and II

Materials

other studies in the module of Podiatric specialty

Evaluation

Students can
- use professional vocabulary systematically.
- look for information in the key information sources of the field.
- identify interrelated task.
- 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.