Overview
In this unit students will explore a broad range of complex disorders and clinical scenarios relevant to podiatry practice. Students will be required to apply high-level clinical reasoning to arrive at appropriate diagnoses relating to complex clinical scenarios and to develop, justify, and evaluate appropriate assessment and management strategies. Students will apply principles of interdisciplinary practice and will further refine their skills in clinical reasoning and reflective practice.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
All units in Year 4, Term 1.
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).
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 SUTE qualitative feedback.
Students appreciated the expertise of the guest speakers who contributed to this unit.
It is recommended that experts from various fields continue to be invited to deliver guest lectures throughout this unit.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection.
The scheduling of the OSCE earlier in the term may contribute to a better assessment experience for students.
It is recommended that the OSCE be scheduled earlier in the term to allow students more time to consolidate OSCE feedback prior to the final in-class test.