Complex Clinical Management

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Appraise information gained from other modules to inform their clinical reasoning in the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with systemic disease.
• Critically appraise the principles involved in both medical and surgical approaches to patient management (foot and ankle).
• Design appropriate care pathways that place the patient at the centre of health care planning.
• Critique the contemporary evidence for podiatric interventions.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Examine the impact of medical and surgical management of pathologies manifesting in the lower limb.
• Explain the processes involved in the assessment of patients that require surgical intervention.
• Distinguish between the common systemic diseases and their manifestations in the lower limb.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically appraise health and social care evidence.
• Assimilate evidence from a variety of sources related to health and social care research and present in an appropriate format.
• Integrate information from written and electronic sources.

The topics embraced by this module include the following speciality areas:

• Diabetology
• Wound management
• Dermatology
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Rheumatology
• Neurology
• Paediatrics
• Podiatric Surgery
• Laboratory Investigations
• Critical Appraisal of Literature
• Integrating research skills into complex case management
• Autism package

Teaching and learning methods

The subject of applied podiatry and general medicine is vast therefore regular keynote lectures will serve to underpin and guide students’ learning. During the keynote sessions directed tasks, for example, complex case studies will be presented for students to reflect on during their independent study time. Student centred seminars/case conferencing sessions will provide the opportunity of discussing key issues from the directed case studies with the module leader.

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Hicks C. Research Methods for Clinical Therapists. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Greenhalgh T (2014). How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Kumar and Clark (2016). Clinical Medicine. London: Elsevier.

Stuart Ralston Ian Penman Mark Strachan Richard Hobson (2018). Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. London: Elsevier.

Higgins C (2013). Understanding Laboratory Investigations for Nurses and Health Professionals. London: Wiley Blackwell.

Assessment strategy

Students will be required to write a critique of the evidence available related to the podiatric clinical management of a self selected systemic disorder (3000 words).

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: External