Study Guide

Objective

The student identifies the most common functional disabilities of the knee, hip and pelvic area, the differential diagnostics, and the principles of their rehabilitation. The student is able to apply joint mobilisation, therapeutic training and taping to promote the operation of the knee, hip and pelvic area. The student is able to apply their guidance skills with customer groups. The student is able to apply therapeutic training as part of the customer's daily activities.

The student is able to describe the therapeutic effects of massage, to provide massage and to apply massage as part of other aspects of podiatry. The student is able to provide physical therapy and is familiar with its therapeutic indications.

The student is able to provide a variety of pain relief methods for lower extremities. The student is able to describe the principles of pain epidemiology and to explain the basis of pain sensation and classification in a biopsychosocial frame of reference. The student is able to evaluate pain by a number of methods.

The student is familiar with child development at different ages and also the different stages of the human life. The student is able to describe changes in the human body with age and how they relate to functional capacity. The student is able to describe the most common deviations in lower extremities, positions and functions, and how they can be examined, rehabilitated and treated. The student is able to interact with customers of different ages. The student is able to select appropriate podiatry methods to support growth and development and the functional capacity of people of different ages.

The student is familiar with the most common injuries in the lower extremities that are treated by orthopedic means. The student is familiar with the main causes and symptoms of orthopedic and surgical problems and the principles of examination and treatment methods, and understands the significance of podiatry to support surgical treatment. The student is familiar with surgical treatment methods for injuries and malpositions of the lower extremities.

The student is able to describe the most common imaging methods and their indications. The student understands the basic principles of lower extremity imaging and findings.

Content

- Structural and functional disabilities of the knee, hip and pelvis and their rehabilitation
- Differential diagnoses
- The therapeutic effects and applicability of massage in podiatry
- Use of hands in massage, and giving a massage of the lower extremities
- Instructing groups to do therapeutic exercises
- Pain treatment and pain treatment method
- Physical treatment methods in podiatry
- Application of taping, mobilisation and therapeutic training in the rehabilitation of various disabilities
- Podiatry for people of different ages
- Development of the lower extremities of babies before and after birth
- Main stages of a child's growth and development
- Key aspects of the growth and development of the lower extremities
- Effect of motor development on the child's upright position and basic movement
- Children, young people and old people as podiatrist customers
- Specific aspects in the evaluation of the functional capacity of children, young people and old people
- Commonest problems and disorders among children and old people with the lower extremities, and their rehabilitation and treatment
- Evaluation and support of the functional capacity of customers of different ages
- Rehabilitation and treatment of problems with the lower extremities among children and old people
- Footwear for people of different ages
- Multidisciplinary cooperation in the treatment of customers of different ages
- Gerontology and geriatrics
- Theories of aging and changes caused by aging in different organ systems
- The commonest problems of the lower extremities and their surgical treatment
- Different imaging methods
- Imaging of the lower extremities
- The commonest imaging findings

Prerequisites

Alaraajojen rakenne, toiminta ja kuntoutus 1 (5op)
Biomekaniikka ja toimintakyvyn arviointi (5op)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student can search for knowledge resourcefully utilizing sources of the field and uses the knowledge base of the field
- Student is familiar with the knowledge base and core components of the profession

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student has adequate professional skills to work in the profession
- Student can work in a client-oriented way
- Student solves professional tasks and problems

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student works safely and in accordance with the ethical principles of the field
- Student displays competence benefiting groups or projects
- Student is able to evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses and development needs

Assessment criteria, good (3)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student searches for knowledge and justifies the use of sources
- Student uses the professional knowledge base consistently
- Student justifies actions by means of evidencebased knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills to different situations
- Student can act responsibly and in a clientoriented way
- Student can work in various tasks in diverse operating environments

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student justifies professional activities according to the ethical principles of the field and evaluates the safety of these activities
- Student can work in work groups and projects in a goal-oriented way
- Student develops oneself

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student applies the professional knowledge base fluently and in a versatile way
- Student evaluates and uses evidence-based knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills in different situations and can evaluate the results of these actions
- Student can act responsibly and in a clientoriented way
- Student applies alternative solutions to professional decision-making

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student evaluates professional activities and safety according to the ethical principles of the field
- Student can work in different groups and projects with persons with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student develops the work community and oneself

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Failed

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student does not know or know how to use the concepts of the profession adequately
- Student uses the professional knowledge base one-sidedly

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student does not have the required professional knowledge or skills, and the level of professional competence proves inadequate
- Student does not reach the level of client

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student does not consider safety or ethical principles of the field sufficiently
- Student does not show adequate readiness to develop oneself or to participate