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Unit Overview
- Description
This practicum unit focuses on pre-operative patient management and surgical planning based on clinical findings. During the practicum students will provide mentorship to general podiatry students as they attend surgical clinics as part of their training. Students are expected to attend hospitals and assist primary surgeons as well as perform basic surgical skills such as wart curettage, ingrown nail procedures, incision planning, soft tissue dissecting, wound closure and introduction to osseous procedures. In additions, students will develop their communication skills through various methods such as oral case presentations to their peers, reflective logbooks, written assignments as well as patient interaction and communication with various healthcare professionals. This unit continues to build on the therapeutic concepts taught in the foundations units of the course and aims to expose students to various clinical scenarios where therapeutic management is safely implemented.
- Credit
- 6 points
- Offering
(see Timetable) Availability Location Mode Semester 1 UWA (Perth) Face to face - Outcomes
Students are able to (1) anticipate the surgeon's needs by correctly passing instruments and retracting tissue
; (2) recognise pre-operative findings to develop a patient-centred surgical plan, with evidence-based clinical reasoning, including a provisional and differential clinical diagnoses.
; (3) apply theoretical instrumentation knowledge to surgical cases
; (4) identify common surgical nail (e.g. ingrown toenails) and skin (e.g. warts) conditions with proficiency; (5) describe in detail common forefoot podiatric procedures – including digital, 1st metatarsophalangeal joint and metatarsal procedures; (6) demonstrate surgical technical ability to an intermediate level ; (7) develop practical hands-on surgical skills and techniques for common forefoot podiatric surgical techniques; (8) consolidate knowledge of and clinical relevance of high risk patients including diabetics, geriatrics and paediatrics and its complications in the surgical setting ; (9) apply foundational AO fixation techniques
; (10) adhere to national infection control guidelines to minimize healthcare-associated infections according to the NSQHS standards; (11) demonstrate respect for and sensitivity to diverse cultural backgrounds in clinical and surgical practice; (12) demonstrate professionalism in direct patient interactions, including bedside manner and communication; (13) demonstrate structured preoperative assessments including risk stratification; and (14) Analyse their performance in surgical settings, using reflective practice to recognize both effective behaviours and areas needing growth, including technical, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Assessment
Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) assignment/s; (2) clinical assessment/s; (3) written assessment/s; and (4) professional behaviour assessment/s. Further information is available in the unit outline.
To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the clinical assessment/s, written assessment/s, and professional behaviour assessment/s components.
Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.
- Unit Coordinator(s)
- Dr Jamie Weaver
- Unit rules
- Prerequisites
- Enrolment inthe Doctor of Podiatric Surgery (91830)
and PODI5511 Foundations of Podiatric Surgery 1 (ID 3775) PODI5512 Foundations of Podiatric Surgery 2 (ID 3776) PODI5513 Concepts of Podiatric Surgery (ID 3777) PODI5514 Podiatric Medicine Practicum (ID 3778) PODI5515 Introduction to surgical skills (ID3779) PODI6531 Surgical Practicum 1A (ID 3787) - Co-requisites
- PODI6572 Podiatric Research 2 (ID 7930)
- Contact hours
- Clinical placement: ~100 hours / semester
- Texts
McGlamry’s foot and ankle surgery, 5th edition [Authors: Brian Carpenter. Editors: Michelle L. Butterworth, William D. Fishco, John T. Marcoux, Daniel F. Vickers, Ovid Technologies Inc.]
McGlamry’s comprehensive textbook of foot and ankle surgery, 4th Edition. [Authors: E. Dalton McGlamry, Joe T. Southerland]
The Foot and Ankle: Master Techniques in Podiatric Surgery, 1st Edition. [Author: Thomas K. Chang]
Foot and Ankle. 2nd Edition. [Author: David Thordarson]
- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.
- All students are responsible for identifying when they need assistance to improve their academic learning, research, English language and numeracy skills; seeking out the services and resources available to help them; and applying what they learn. Students are encouraged to register for free online support through GETSmart; to help themselves to the extensive range of resources on UWA's STUDYSmarter website; and to participate in WRITESmart and (ma+hs)Smart drop-ins and workshops.
- Visit the Essential Textbooks website to see if any textbooks are required for this Unit. The website is updated regularly so content may change. Students are recommended to purchase Essential Textbooks, but a limited number of copies of all Essential Textbooks are held in the Library in print, and as an ebook where possible. Recommended readings for the unit can be accessed in Unit Readings directly through the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Contact hours provide an indication of the type and extent of in-class activities this unit may contain. The total amount of student work (including contact hours, assessment time, and self-study) will approximate 150 hours per 6 credit points.
Face to face
Predominantly face-to-face. On campus attendance required to complete this unit. May have accompanying resources online.
Online flexible
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit is asynchronous delivery, with NO requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online timetabled
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit includes some synchronous components, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online Restricted
Not available for self-enrolment. Students access this mode by contacting their student office through AskUWA. 100% Online Unit.
NO campus face-to-face attendance. All study and assessment requirements are online only. Unit includes some timetabled activities, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times. In exceptional cases (noted in the Handbook) students may be required to participate in face-to-face laboratory classes when a return to UWA’s Crawley campus becomes possible in order to be awarded a final grade.
External
No attendance or regular contact is required, and all study requirements are completed either via correspondence and/or online submission.
Off-campus
Regular attendance is not required, but student attends the institution face to face on an agreed schedule for purposes of supervision and/or instruction.
Multi-mode
Multiple modes of delivery. Unit includes a mix of online and on-campus study requirements. On campus attendance for some activities is required to complete this unit.