| CODE | POD3019 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Footwear in Health and Disease | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Podiatry | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is a theoretical based study-unit. This study-unit will help students develop a background on basic shoe styles and construction, footwear for specific foot conditions, aspects of therapeutic footwear and its prescription. Aspects of footwear as diagnostic, therapeutic and forensic media will also be investigated. Through this study-unit the students will understand and appreciate the role of the podiatrist in advising and prescribing an appropriate shoe in health and disease. Health behaviour change theories will also be discussed as changing footwear styles is one of the most challenging aspects of podiatry. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to provide students with specific knowledge ranging from the basic skills on advising a patient buying a good pair of shoes to footwear prescription and adaptations aimed at reducing discomfort and improving gait in specific foot pathologies and high risk populations. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1] Describe the basic anatomy of a shoe and understand the function of individual components of a shoe. 2] Develop a general understanding and appreciation of the materials' properties used in the manufacturing of shoes. 3] Describe the processes involved in the manufacture of shoes. 4] Discuss the relationship between footwear and the development of lower extremity pathology. 5] Demostrate the basis of utilising shoe modifications as a therapeutic modality. 6] Recognize the importance of behavioural change theories and models to help motivate patients to change lifestyle patterns. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1] Judge the suitability of specific footwear. 2] Evaluate its influence on foot pathologies. 3] Advice on an appropriate footwear. 4] Prescribe therapeutic footwear in the high risk population. 5] Apply behavioral change theories and models in their practice. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Tyrrell W & Carter G (2009) Therapeutic Footwear: A comprehensive guide.1st edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Liningstone. - DeMello M (2009) Feet and footwear: A Cultural Encyclopedia. 1st edition. California: ABC-Clio. - Williams A and Nester C (2010) Pocket Podiatry: Footwear & Foot Orthoses. 1st edition. New York: Churchill Liningstone. - Valmassy R (1996) Clinical Biomechanics of the lower extremities. 1st edition. Missouri. Mosby Inc. - Tollafield DR and Merriman LM (2005) Clinical Skills in Treating the Foot. 1st edition.Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. - Merriman LM and Turner W (2002) Assessment of the Lower Limb. 2nd edition. London: Churchill Livingstone. - Lorimer DL, French G, O'Donnell M, Burrow JG and Wall B (2004) Neale's Disorders of the Foot. 6th edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jesmond Attard Cynthia Formosa Stephen Mizzi Andrew Scicluna |
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