Overview
This unit focuses on the management of chronic wounds of the foot. You will analyse the factors that enable identification of the high-risk foot. Prevalence of disorders that contribute to disease susceptibility will be considered, along with associated pathophysiological and neurological impacts. Biomechanical factors and client education associated with management and care of infection of the foot at risk for amputation/ulceration will also be considered in the context of prevention and ongoing client health.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: PODI13011 Podiatry Clinical Practice 3 and PODI13014 Diabetes in Podiatry Practice and Corequisites: PODI14008 Podiatry Clinical Practice 4 and PODI14009 Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine in Podiatry Practice. To be enrolled in this unit, students must be enrolled in CB86 Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours) course.
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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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 Staff Feedback
Scheduling the Written Assessment and the date earlier in the term may enhance students ability to implement feedback prior to their in-class test.
It is recommended that there is a minimum of two weeks scheduled between the due date of the Written Assessment and the date of the In-Class Test.
Feedback from Staff Feedback
Consideration should be made to maximise exposure to active learning opportunities and clinical case studies throughout unit delivery.
It is recommended that opportunities for active learning and cased-based learning scenarios be considered in the unit design.
- Critically evaluate the issues impacting the identification of a high-risk foot.
- Implement active learning strategies (including evidence-based practice) for continually improving knowledge and skills specific to the high-risk foot and chronic wound care.
- Analyse the factors impacting on chronic wound management from both the patient and podiatrist perspective.
- Synthesise and analyse a safe management plan for patients with chronic wounds.
- Critically analyse the issues associated with behavioural interventions in the treatment of the high-risk foot.
Per NPC1309
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - On-campus Activity - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - In-class Test(s) - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Zoom access for weekly meetings
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.
s.purvis@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
This week you will be introduced to the high-risk foot and diabetes related foot disease (DFD). Information presented will build on the knowledge you already have around neurovascular assessment. Together, we will explore the national and global economic burden that the high-risk foot has on the health industry.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
This week we will explore the complex interface between high-risk foot development and management. We will explore the role of the podiatrist as part of the multidisciplinary team in the management of high-risk feet and discuss poor health outcomes amongst marginalised groups in Australia in part, from health inequities related to social and structural determinants of health.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
This week you will learn about infections of the high-risk foot including cellulitis and osteomyelitis. You will be expected to draw on your knowledge of systemic therapeutics from pharmacology studies.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
This week's focus will be on arterial complications of the foot and lower limb and the impact that arterial compromise has on foot health and wound development.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
PODI14010 Practical session Friday - Allied Health Lab ROK 7/1.15
You are required to attend a compulsory on-campus full day accommodative orthotic workshop. Further details around this will be made available to you at the commencement of term.
Module/Topic
This week you will learn about chronic venous insufficiencies/chronic venous disease including a risk factors, signs, symptoms, dermatological presentation and the associated management and its complexities.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No lectures this week.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
This week we will extend on your knowledge from prior learning around laboratory diagnostics and imaging commonly encountered in the high-risk setting. We will explore Australian and international guidelines around this and learn to adapt this into everyday clinical practice.
This will be a pre-recorded lecture due to easter Monday
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
This week we begin a deep dive into wound assessments, classification systems and appropriate documentation.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Labour Day public holiday - there will be no lecture this week. Ensure you utilise this time to work on assessment items or revise learnt content.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
This week will have a heavy focus on wound care. You will incorporate your knowledge on wound classification and determine appropriate wound management principles.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
This week you will get to explore offloading modalities commonly utilised in the high-risk foot space including total contact casts and pressure relieving boots.
Chapter
Readings or textbook chapters for each week will be posted in Moodle. Please note that information from readings may be assessed during the examination.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
You will have the opportunity to apply what you have learnt throughout the term to clinical scenarios.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
You are invited to attend campus or join via zoom to revise any content you are unsure about. You will be provided with revision questions during this week to assist you in your studies. Feedback for assessment item 2 will be provided this week with the opportunity to enhance your understanding provided.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
In-class test location will be made available to you closer to the date.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
This unit will be coordinated and taught by Sally Purvis. Students with questions related to content and assessment should contact the unit coordinator at s.purvis@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.
All other term specific information will be provided to you via the PODI14010 Moodle site.
1 On-campus Activity
You will be required to appraise four (4) separate Journal articles relevant to your studies in this unit. Each Journal article appraisal will equate to 5% of allocated marks, for a total of 20% unit weighting across the four (4) tasks. Students must meet the minimum grade (50%) for this assessment item in order to pass the unit.
Further details and the Journal articles will be made available to you on the PODI14010 Moodle site at the commencement of term 1.
Satisfactory completion of these journal activities on campus are integral to your achievement of learning outcomes and assessment of this unit and other units within the course. Participation in all journal reviews is required for you to satisfactorily PASS this unit and will be conducted during tutorial time in class. Journal appraisals will take place during tutorial time in week 2, 4, 6 and 7 with the submission of each following class.
If you are unable to attend campus for scheduled classes, you must notify the Unit Coordinator (in writing/by email) as soon as possible and provide a medical certificate or statutory declaration supporting any absence within five (5) working days. If the required documentation is not provided to the Unit Coordinator within the stipulated time frame, you will be marked as ‘Absent’ for the session. Failure to maintain a satisfactory competency record for on campus activities may seriously undermine your ability to complete this unit and will result in a ‘Fail’ grade.
This assessment task is to be completed during tutorial time and submitted to the unit coordinator before leaving. There will be no access to AI during this time. All journal articles will be uploaded to moodle for you to review prior to each scheduled week so that you are able to appropriately utilise your time. Clear instruction and outlines are provided for you to apply to this task.
Week 7 Monday (28 Apr 2025) 12:59 pm AEST
All journal appraisals must be submitted by this due date.
Week 9 Monday (12 May 2025)
Feedback will be returned to you within 2 weeks from submission.
This assessment item will be marked against a marking rubric specifically designed for this assessment task.
- Critically evaluate the issues impacting the identification of a high-risk foot.
- Implement active learning strategies (including evidence-based practice) for continually improving knowledge and skills specific to the high-risk foot and chronic wound care.
2 Written Assessment
Students will be required to critically evaluate the accuracy and appropriateness of an assessment and management plan elicited from Generative AI related to a case study. Students will also be required to analyse the case study provided and draw links, supported by the best current evidence, to analyse the factors impacting on chronic wound management from both the patient and podiatrist perspective as well as the issues associated with behavioural interventions in the treatment of the high-risk foot. Students will be provided with the full case study and the AI generated assessment and management plan.
In 2000-2500 words, you are required to critically evaluate the accuracy and appropriateness of the AI generated document with reference and cross-checking to international and Australian guidelines specific to the management of the diabetes-related foot disease (2023 IWGDF and 2021 Australian evidence-based guidelines for diabetes related foot disease). Clear articulation of what are errors or omissions must be clearly identified according to those guidelines. Supported by the best current evidence, students are required to justify all elements of the assessment and management plan to demonstrate the local and case specific barriers to accessing appropriate high-level care for this patient. These may include, but are not limited to geographical, social, cultural, and specialist availability. Students are to research what services are available locally to the patient’s place of residence and service delivery and what this may mean to the patients wholistic management. Reference to the complexities around this case must be integrated throughout this critique to demonstrate an ability to individualise the assessment and management relevant to this case.
This task will require you to critically analyse the evidence-based guidelines relevant to the management of the high-risk foot, ensuring wholistic application. This will shape your understanding of how to assess and manage a complex case synonymous to the role of the podiatrist working with complex and chronic disease impacting the foot.
This is an individual assessment item and the use of Generative AI other than what has been described above is not permitted.
This assessment item will be marked against a specifically designed marking rubric which will be made available to you at the commencement of term.
Week 11 Monday (26 May 2025) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 12 Monday (2 June 2025)
Results and feedback will be provided to you during the revision session scheduled for this unit to allow adequate feedback consolidation prior to your in-class test.
This assessment will be marked against a marking rubric specifically designed for this assessment task. The marking rubric will be made available under the 'Assessment' tab in Moodle early into term 1 and will be accompanying more detailed instructions regarding this assessment task.
- Critically evaluate the issues impacting the identification of a high-risk foot.
- Implement active learning strategies (including evidence-based practice) for continually improving knowledge and skills specific to the high-risk foot and chronic wound care.
- Analyse the factors impacting on chronic wound management from both the patient and podiatrist perspective.
- Synthesise and analyse a safe management plan for patients with chronic wounds.
- Critically analyse the issues associated with behavioural interventions in the treatment of the high-risk foot.
3 In-class Test(s)
The In-class test (50%) will be in a form of a closed book class test covering content from Week 1- 12.
Students will be required to attend on-campus to complete this class test. The class test will be 120 minutes long.
Details regarding the room location for the assessment will be made available to you closer to the date.
This is a real time assessment as consequently there will be no access to AI throughout.
Review/Exam Week Monday (9 June 2025) 1:00 pm AEST
Room location will be made available to you prior to the assessment via Moodle.
Results will be made available when grades are released.
No Assessment Criteria
- Analyse the factors impacting on chronic wound management from both the patient and podiatrist perspective.
- Synthesise and analyse a safe management plan for patients with chronic wounds.
- Critically analyse the issues associated with behavioural interventions in the treatment of the high-risk foot.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
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