Clinical podiatry II (5 cr)
Code: JT00AE82-3001
General information
Enrollment
20.08.2018 - 07.09.2018
Timing
01.08.2018 - 31.12.2018
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Sports and Rehabilitation
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
15 - 30
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Podiatry
Teachers
- Marjo Heikkilä
Teacher in charge
Marjo Heikkilä
Groups
-
JTSA17KPPodiatry, full-time studies
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?
Qualifications
Basics of foot health 5 ECTS credits
Clinical podiatry I 5 ECTS credits
Podiatry supporting musculoskeletal functions I 5 ECTS credits