Overview
In this unit, you will gain an understanding of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of chronic and acute sports related injuries of the lower limb. You will develop practical skills regarding the assessment and management of common podiatric sporting injuries using patient-centered evidence-based practice. You will also develop an understanding of the role of podiatry in a multi-disciplinary sports management team.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: PODI12010 Advanced Anatomy and Podiatric Biomechanics. To be enrolled in this unit, students must be enrolled in CB86 Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course. Co-requisite: PODI13008 Clinical Biomechanics of the Lower Limb
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflection
The orthopaedic assessment manual could be enhanced by the inclusion of more images as well as linked video demonstrations.
It is recommended that the podiatry orthopaedic assessment manual be updated to include more images and links to video resources to better prepare students for their OSCE and other related assessments.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflection
Additional class time dedicated to orthopaedic assessment of the lower limb may better prepare students for their OSCE.
It is recommended that the unit schedule is updated to include additional practicum hours, so that students have more time to practice their hands-on orthopaedic assessment skills and receive feedback.
- Describe and interpret the aetiology and clinical presentation and apply appropriate examination techniques required to determine a common sports related injury in podiatric practice
- Design and implement safe and effective management plans, including appropriate referral, for common sports injuries in podiatric practice
- Critique published literature to apply an evidence based approach to the assessment and management of common sports injuries in podiatric practice
- Demonstrate continuous professional development of skills relevant to common sports injuries in podiatric practice.
Per NPC1321
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 20% | ||||
| 2 - On-campus Activity - 0% | ||||
| 3 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 30% | ||||
| 4 - In-class Test(s) - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Textbooks
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Authors: Authors: Peter Brukner & Karim Khan
McGraw Hill
ISBN: ISBN: 9781743761380
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- ZOOM
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
b.peterson@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Unit overview
Introduction to sports podiatry and musculoskeletal injury
Self-directed reading: RICE and electrophysical therapies
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sporting injuries affecting the foot part 1
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 43 'Forefoot pain' pp 958-972
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sporting injuries affecting the foot part 2
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 43 'rearfoot pain' and 'midfoot pain' pp 937-958
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sporting injuries affecting the ankle
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 42 'Ankle pain'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sporting injuries affecting the leg
Practicum: Thursday 9am to 5pm
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 38 'leg pain'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No lecture or tutorial during vacation week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sporting injuries affecting the knee
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 35 'acute knee injuries'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Student presentations (Assessment 1, 20%) during lecture time
No scheduled lecture or tutorial
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 36 'anterior knee pain'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sporting injuries affecting the thigh
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 33 'anterior thigh pain' and 34 'posterior thigh pain'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sporting injuries affecting the hip, pelvis, and low back
Practicum Thursday 9am to 5pm
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 29 'low back pain' and Chapter 32 'groin pain'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Sports footwear and Mock OSCE
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Chapter 30 'buttock pain' and 31 'hip pain'
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
OSCE (Assessment 3, 30%) scheduled during lecture time
No scheduled lecture or tutorial
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lecture and tutorial:
Conditions masquerading as sports injuries
Term review and feedback session
Chapter
Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine: Injuries, Volume 1
Edition: 5 (2017)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Self-directed revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
In-class test (50%)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
This unit will be coordinated by Dr Benjamin Peterson and jointly taught by Dr Peterson and a sessional academic staff member. Students with questions related to content and assessment should contact the unit coordinator at b.peterson@cqu.edu.au.
Lectures and tutorials will occur live and face-to-face unless notified otherwise and will also be livestreamed via zoom. Students are encouraged to attend all scheduled classes.
1 Presentation
Students will be required to develop a PowerPoint presentation which critiques the accuracy and appropriateness of information elicited from Generative AI regarding the aetiology, assessment strategy, and management strategy of a specific lower extremity sporting injury in a specific sporting context. The sporting injury and sporting context will be provided to students by their unit coordinator via Moodle at the beginning of the term. To complete this task, students should use a Generative AI platform, such as but not limited to ChatGPT, to elicit information about the prescribed sporting injury using prompts provided by the Unit Coordinator. These prompts and responses must be submitted in a word document along with their PowerPoint presentation. Students should then critique this information, cross-checking it against current clinical guidelines, relevant publications, and PODI13010 unit materials. Students should then develop a presentation which outlines the following:
1. the prompts used to elicit the required responses from the Generative AI platform
2. the information elicited from the Generative AI platform regarding the aetiology, assessment strategy, and management strategy of the prescribed injury
3. the sources of information which were used to cross-check the information provided
4. the adjustments which were required in order to ensure that the injury's aetiology was correctly described and to ensure that assessment and management strategies were consistent with the best available evidence
5. the students' final assessment and management strategy of the prescribed injury in the prescribed sporting context, as developed through a combination of critical analysis of the literature and responses elicited from Generative AI.
The oral presentation will be a minimum of 15 minutes long and not longer than 20 minutes. Material delivered beyond 20 minutes will not be assessed. Following the presentation, there will be five-minutes of assessable question and answer time.
This is an individual assessment task. Use of Generative AI in any manner other than what has been described above is not permitted in this assessment task.
Week 7 Tuesday (29 Apr 2025) 12:30 pm AEST
Students are to submit their PowerPoint presentation slides by 12:30pm AEST 29th April, 2025. Presentations will occur during the lecture and tutorial time..
Week 9 Tuesday (13 May 2025)
Results and feedback will be released via the Moodle page within two weeks of the assessment submission due date.
This assessment will be marked according to a rubric which will be made available to students via Moodle. The rubric will assess criteria related to critical use of resources as well as the quality, accuracy, and completeness of the presentation and the critique of the response elicited from the Gen-AI platform.
- Critique published literature to apply an evidence based approach to the assessment and management of common sports injuries in podiatric practice
- Demonstrate continuous professional development of skills relevant to common sports injuries in podiatric practice.
2 On-campus Activity
During practicums, students will be expected to complete a series of tasks linked to the Sports Practical Manual according to a checklist on Moodle. The manual and checklist will be made available to students via moodle early in the term vie the 'Assessment' tab on Moodle. Students are required to satisfactorily complete all tasks in order to pass this assessment item, with all items signed by their supervisor and/or unit coordinator.
Week 9 Friday (16 May 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
The completed on-campus activity checklist is to be submitted via Moodle by 5pm Friday April 10th, 2024
Week 11 Friday (30 May 2025)
Students will receive continuous feedback on their attempts during the term. Following submission of the on-campus activity checklist, grades will be processed within two weeks via Moodle.
Students are required to satisfactorily complete each of the tasks in the 'on-campus activity schedule and checklist' under the supervision of their educator by the assessment due date. Your supervisor will sign-off satisfactory completion of each task and will provide feedback for unsatisfactory performance. Failure to satisfactorily complete each of the tasks will receive a Fail grade for this assessment item.
- Demonstrate continuous professional development of skills relevant to common sports injuries in podiatric practice.
3 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
This assessment task will assess your practical and theoretical skills in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of a range of musculoskeletal conditions covered throughout the term. This assessment task will occur during the usual lecture and tutorial time in Week 11 according to an assessment schedule which will be made available via Moodle. A minimum mark of 50% is required for this assessment task. Students will have the opportunity to practice the hands-on skills examined in this OSCE throughout the term, and will have the opportunity to attend a practice session ('mock OSCE') before the assessment due date.
Week 11 Tuesday (27 May 2025) 12:30 pm AEST
This OSCE will occur during class time in Week 11 according to a schedule made available via Moodle.
Week 12 Friday (6 June 2025)
OSCE results will be made available via Moodle by Friday Week 12.
Students will be marked against a marking guide designed specifically for this assessment task.
- Describe and interpret the aetiology and clinical presentation and apply appropriate examination techniques required to determine a common sports related injury in podiatric practice
- Design and implement safe and effective management plans, including appropriate referral, for common sports injuries in podiatric practice
4 In-class Test(s)
The in-class test will be in the form of a closed book test covering content across the term. There will be a combination of multiple choice, short-answer, and long-response questions. The in-class test will be 120 minutes long.
Exam Week Tuesday (17 June 2025) 12:30 pm AEST
This test will be completed on-campus,
In-class test results will be made available via Moodle
Students will be marked according to an answer sheet specific to this test.
- Describe and interpret the aetiology and clinical presentation and apply appropriate examination techniques required to determine a common sports related injury in podiatric practice
- Design and implement safe and effective management plans, including appropriate referral, for common sports injuries in podiatric practice
- Critique published literature to apply an evidence based approach to the assessment and management of common sports injuries in podiatric practice
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