Basics of foot health (5 cr)
Code: JT00DK90-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 19.08.2019 - 31.12.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- (Department of Sports and Rehabilitation)
- Campus
- Savonlinna Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Podiatry
- Teachers
- Laura Saar
- Marjo Heikkilä
- Teacher in charge
- Marjo Heikkilä
- Groups
-
JTSA19SMPodiatry, part-time studies
- Course
- JT00DK90
Objective
You understand the process of podiatry and the legislation regulating it.
You are familiar with foot self-care and related guidance.
You understand the areas affecting foot care and their importance for human wellbeing.
You understand the tissue damage healing process.
You know the most typical skin and nail problems.
You can assess patients' foot condition, including abnormalities of the foot structure.
You know the basics of aseptics.
You understand the significance of microbiology and pathology in podiatry.
Content
What does the podiatry process consist of?
How do laws regulate podiatry services?
What does foot health involve?
How is foot health promoted?
What are the phases of tissue damage healing processes and what happens during them?
What factors influence tissue damage healing processes?
What are the most typical skin and nail problems?
How do you assess the condition of patients' feet?
How do you pay attention to aseptics in podiatry?
What is the significance of microbiology and pathology in podiatry?
Evaluation
Students can
- use professional vocabulary systematically.
- look for information in the key information sources of the field.
- identify interrelated tasks.
Course material
Liukkonen I. & Saarikoski, R. 2010. Jalat ja Terveys. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Duodecim Oy.
Moodle-materiaalit.
Study forms and methods
Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Osallistuminen opetukseen ja käytännön harjoituksiin lähitunneilla
Suoritat sovitut oppimistehtävät ja osallistut keskusteluihin tunneilla
Osallistut opintojakson tentteihin.
Lähiopetusta n. 40 tuntia
Opintoja nopeuttava oppimisväylä:
Mikäli työskentelet terveysalalla jalkaterveyteen liittyen, voit mahdollisesti suorittaa kurssin osittain omassa työpaikassasi. Tällöin sovellat mahdollisuuksien mukaan työtehtäviäsi jalkaterapian näkökulmaan. Sovit opettajan kanssa osa-alueista jotka voit suorittaa työssäsi ja loput osa-alueet suoritat verkkoympäristössä. Kurssin lopuksi annat koululla näytön vastaavalle opettajalle.
Student workload
5 x 27 h= 135 h, josta n. 40h on lähiopetusta.
Evaluation scale
1-5