Complex Clinical Management

Module overview

The Complex Clinical Management module provides final year students the opportunity to development their skills and knowledge of systemic medical and surgical conditions and the relationship with the lower limb. By integrating previous learning at level 4 and 5, students will explore complex cases and develop assessment, diagnostic and management strategies. Formulation of treatment planning and application will be grounded in contemporary critical analysis of the literature and applied as part of evidence based approach with measurable outcome criteria.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Examine the impact of medical and surgical management of pathologies manifesting in the lower limb.
Distinguish between the common systemic diseases and their manifestations in the lower limb.
Explain the processes involved in the assessment of patients that require surgical intervention.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Design appropriate care pathways that place the patient at the centre of health care planning.
Critique the contemporary evidence for podiatric interventions.
Appraise information gained from other modules to inform their clinical reasoning in the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with systemic disease.
Critically appraise the principles involved in both medical and surgical approaches to patient management (foot and ankle).

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Integrate information from written and electronic sources.
Assimilate evidence from a variety of sources related to health and social care research and present in an appropriate format.
Critically appraise health and social care evidence.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

The subject of applied podiatry and general medicine is vast therefore regular keynote lectures will serve to underpin and guide students’ learning. During the keynote sessions directed tasks, for example, complex case studies will be presented for students to reflect on during their independent study time. Student centred seminars/case conferencing sessions will provide the opportunity of discussing key issues from the directed case studies with the module leader.

Study time
Type	Hours
Independent Study	135.5
Teaching	52
Total study time	187.5

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Kumar and Clark (2016). Clinical Medicine. London: Elsevier.

Greenhalgh T (2014). How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Stuart Ralston Ian Penman Mark Strachan Richard Hobson (2018). Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. London: Elsevier.

Hicks C. Research Methods for Clinical Therapists. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Higgins C (2013). Understanding Laboratory Investigations for Nurses and Health Professionals. London: Wiley Blackwell.

Assessment

Assessment strategy

Students will be required to write a critique of the evidence available related to the podiatric clinical management of a self selected systemic disorder (3000 words).

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Written plan

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback:
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Essay	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Essay	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: External