Overview
The unit will be divided into two main components: pharmacotherapeutics and anaesthesia, specific to podiatry practice. In pharmacotherapeutics, you will gain an understanding of Schedule 2, 3, 4, and 8 medicines administered in common diseases seen in podiatry practice and learn further about their role in the management of disease. In anaesthesia, you will gain advanced knowledge of anaesthetics pertinent to podiatry practice. Topics covered will include pre-surgical history and physical assessment, informed consent, charting, maximum safe dose, and injection instrumentation. You will also begin to practice injection techniques in a simulated setting.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: PODI13007 Clinical Practice 2; BMSC13010 Pharmacology; MPAT12001 Medical Pathophysiology - and Corequisite: PODI13011 Clinical Practice 3
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 2 - 2026
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).
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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 Informal feedback from students.
Students appreciated the content expertise brought by the sessional lecturer.
It is recommended that educators who hold endorsement for scheduled medicines continue to be engaged to deliver the face-to-face teaching in this unit.
Feedback from Staff feedback.
The quality of lecture content is sound, but could be more concise.
It is recommended that the unit coordinator works with podiatrists with endorsement for scheduled medicines to streamline some of the more content-heavy lectures in this unit.
Feedback from Staff feedback.
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodyamics teaching should be delivered across two-weeks instead of one week.
It is recommended that the Week 1 lecture (pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics) be delivered over two weeks to allow for sufficient time for the complexity of these topics to be effectively explained to, and understood by, students.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection.
The volume of work required for the 'on-campus activity' could be reduced.
It is recommended that the volume of work required for the 'on-campus activity' (medications review) be reduced to be more commensurate with the assessment weighting (20%).