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Diabetic foot health (5 cr)

Code: FJ00DW20-3003

General information


Enrollment

06.04.2023 - 21.04.2023

Timing

01.08.2023 - 31.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

(Department of Sports and Rehabilitation)

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Health Care
  • Degree Programme in Podiatry
  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
  • Degree Programme in Nursing

Teachers

  • Marjo Heikkilä

Groups

  • FTSA20SM
    Physiotherapy, part-time studies
  • FTSA21KP
    Physiotherapy, full-time studies
  • FTSA21SM
    Physiotherapy, part-time studies

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?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

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