Module overview
The Clinical Practice 1 module provides the preclinical and preparatory academic component integrated with the clinical placement experience at level 4 of the podiatry programme. The module provides students with the opportunity to develop and apply their knowledge and skills in a supervised clinical environment, commensurate with level 4 clinical requirements.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Adhere to underlying health and safety, risk assessment and clinical emergency protocols within the clinical setting
- Use a problem-solving approach to identify the findings gathered from patient history taking and assessment to formulate a diagnosis and implement a negotiated podiatric treatment plan
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Exercise a duty of care to patients/clients/carers in the context of independent single handed practice within the NHS, private practice and the industrial setting
- Understand the roles of other health care professionals and how they can support patient progress.
- Implement health education and promotion in podiatry practice
- As part of an informed and collaborative process, record patient information in line with professional statutory and medico-legal requirements
- Develop a range of basic operative and psychomotor skills utilising appropriate clinical tools, medicaments, materials and therapies
- Communicate effectively with patients, clinical educators and other members of the multidisciplinary health care team
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate reflective practice in relation to clinical and professional development
- Demonstrate time management skills including the ability to prioritise competing demands
Syllabus
- Recording patient histories, conducting assessments, formulating diagnoses and implementing / evaluating management plans.
- Conducting basic operative skills utilising appropriate clinical tools, medicaments, materials and therapies.
- Health and safety policies, the process of risk assessment and clinical emergency protocols.
- Interdisciplinary approaches to patient care and care planning.
- Patient interactions, health promotion and time management.
- Professional development, communication skills and reflective practice.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Clinical practice is supported by clinical tutorials, clinical action sets and case conferences before and after placements. Further support is provided through discussion of placement experiences and specific case scenarios via the Blackboard discussion forum. Learning is also driven through the production of a clinical development record (CDR) that aims to strategically link theory with practice. Students will have the opportunity of presenting the CDR informally for discussion at the end of the placement block within their peer group.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Clinical Practice | 167.5 |
| Teaching | 20 |
| Total study time | 187.5 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Turner W and Merriman, L.M (2005). Clinical Skills In Treating the Foot. New York: Churchill Livingstone.
Yates B (2012). Merriman's Assessment of the Lower Limb. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
To pass this module you must achieve a weighted mean average of 40% or more AND also you must pass both the components at 40% or more.
This module is based within a clinical environment and can only be attempted in-person. Only two total attempts are allowed, irrespective of the regulatory conditions under which it is attempted. Any student who must re-attempt this module in a subsequent academic year must do so in attendance, as there is no external option.
If this is the only module taken in a specific academic year then the student will be suspended when not directly on placement. The attempt will be subject to pro-rata fees liability, which will be calculated based upon the credit total of the module. Any student choosing to re-attempt the module accepts the conditions described above and the fees liabilities defined, this includes any student who attempts this module as part of the conditional progression policy.
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Written plan
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Clinical Portfolio | 50% |
| Assessments of Clinical Competence | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Clinical Portfolio | 50% |
| Assessments of Clinical Competence | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal