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Clinical podiatry II (5 cr)

Code: JT00AE82-3002

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019

Timing

26.08.2019 - 21.12.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Podiatry

Teachers

  • Anni Issakainen
  • Marjo Heikkilä

Teacher in charge

Marjo Heikkilä

Groups

  • JTSA18KM
    Podiatry, part-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?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Basics of foot health 5 ECTS credits
Clinical podiatry I 5 ECTS credits
Podiatry supporting musculoskeletal functions I 5 ECTS credits