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Clinical practice I (10 cr)

Code: JT00DL00-3003

General information


Enrollment

07.11.2022 - 18.11.2022

Timing

17.04.2023 - 28.05.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Podiatry

Teachers

  • Anni Issakainen
  • Laura Saar
  • Marjo Heikkilä

Groups

  • JTSA21SM
    Podiatry, part-time studies

Objective

You understand how podiatric processes work in working life.
You are able to counsel clients individually as part of podiatric processes.
You can consider clients’ diseases, medication, functional ability when planning and performing podiatric processes.
You can support clients’ participation in promoting foot healt according to their ability to function in their own living environment.
You collect practical experience of the treatment principles, methods and clinical practices of podiatry.
You become familiar with the professional environment and learn about multidisciplinary cooperation with other specialists.

Content

How does the podiatric process work?
How do you counsel cöients individually?
How do you pay attention to clients’ background information in podiatric processes?
How can you support clients’ involvement in foot healt and account for their living environment?
What are the most common podiatric interventions and therapeutic principles?
What kind of operating environments do podiatrists work in?
Which multi-professional teams do podiatrists belong to?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Qualifications

studies of the I-III semesters