Title
Code
Level
Credit rating
Pre-requisites
Type of module
Aims
Learning outcomes
Clinical Sciences
PP548
5
20
Progression to year 2 of BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Extensive over one semester
To enable students to:
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Determine the microbiological basis of a range of disorders relevant to podiatric practice.
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Identify and apply the principles behind a range of pathological processes relevant to podiatric practice.
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Identify and describe the principles behind pharmacology relevant to podiatric practice and explain the pharmacological management of commonly seen pathologies in podiatric practice.
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Recognise and appreciate the safe, legal and effective access & supply of approved anti-microbial agents
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Interpret and explain the pathological processes of diseases relevant to podiatric practice.
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Identify and appreciate the results of laboratory and hospital tests relevant to podiatric practice.
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
1. Describe and explain different types of pathological stimuli and their sequelae with particular relevance to Podiatric
Practice
2. Identify the following pathological processes and recognise clinical signs & symptoms associated with them - alterations in cell function and growth, neoplasia, immune defence mechanisms, tissue oxygenation and body fluid balance
3. Identify the role of micro-organisms in health, disease and the relevance of these to the prevention of cross infection in podiatric practice
4. Identify the mechanisms underlying adverse drug reactions and recognise the potential for, and the implications of, drug interactions in Podiatric Practice,
5. Appreciate their role and the legal implications of administration and supply of approved POM’s to patients
6. Integrate different types of pathological stimuli and their sequelae with particular relevance to Podiatric Practice.
7. Compare, contrast & evaluate the pathogenesis of commonly seen pathologies and comprehend their relevance to podiatric practice.
8. Comprehend fundamental pharmacological principles and demonstrate knowledge of the pharmacology of medicaments important to the safe practice of podiatry.

Content
Teaching and learning strategies
Learning support
Cellular response to trauma; neoplasia; Pain and analgesic pharmacology
Normal flora & micro-organism classification; immune defence mechanisms; bacterial resistance; cutaneous, subcutaneous, and deep infections; cross infection risks and infection control; infections of the Heart, Nervous System and Gastrointestinal Tract.
Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals drugs. Arterial and venous pathology; oedema; drugs to treat vascular disorders. Haematological problems and disorders, drugs used to treat blood and nutritional problems. Hospital and laboratory assessment of health and disease. Seropositive and seronegative inflammatory arthropathies, crystal deposition arthropathies, degenerative joint disease. Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, Antirheumatic drugs & ‘Biologic
Agents Osteoporosis, Immune Defence mechanisms, Inflammation,
Antibodies, Auto-immune disease. Disorders of the endocrine system
Student centred and problem based learning, key note lectures, small group work and case histories
Module team and personal tutor. Use of UoB and Hospital libraries together with online learning resources including student central.
Module reading list
Black J G 2005 Microbiology – Principles and Explorations 6 th Ed J
Wiley & Sons, Inc
S Gillespie K Bamford 2003 Medical Microbiology and Infection at a Glance 2 nd Ed Blackwell Scientific Oxford
C Mims , et al 2004 Medical Microbiology 3 rd Ed Mosby St Louis
B Bannister S Gillespie J Jones 2006 Infection: Microbiology and
Management 3 rd Ed Blackwell Publishing Oxford
Shamley D 2005 Pathophysiology – An Essential Text for the Allied
Health Professions Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann
Porth C; 2005 Pathophysiology – Concepts of Altered Health
States 7 th Ed Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Karp G; 2005 Cell and Molecular Biology – Concepts and
Experiments 4 th EditionJ Wiley & Sons, Inc
Coico R et al 2003Immunology - A Short Course 5 th Ed J Wiley &
Sons, Inc
Roitt, I. Brostroff, J. Male, D. 2002 Immunology Mosby London
JHL Playfair B Chain 2001 Immunology at a Glance 3 rd Ed Blackwell
Scientific Oxford
Delves P et al 2001 Roitt's Essential Immunology 10 th ed Blackwell
Scientific Oxford
V Kumar A.K. Abbas N Fausto 2002 Robbins and Cotran
Pathologic Basis of Disease 7 th Ed Saunders Philadelphia
JCE Underwood 2004 General and Systematic Pathology Churchill
Livingstone Edinburgh
R Mitchell V Kumar N Fausto A.K. Abbas 2002 Pocket Companion to Robbins and Cotran 2010 Pathologic Basis of Disease 7 th Ed
Saunders Philadelphia
Hakim A & Clunie G; 2002 Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology
Oxford University Press
Foster AVM; 2006Podiatric Assessment & management of the
Diabetic foot Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier Edinburgh
Helliwell P et al; 2007 The Foot and Ankle in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier Edinburgh
Neal MJ 2004 Medical Pharmacology at a glance (3 rd ed) Blackwell
Scientific Oxford

Assessment tasks
Brief description of module content and/or aims (maximum 80 words)
Area examination board to which module relates
Module coordinator
Module team
Semester offered, where appropriate
Site where delivered
Date of first approval
Date of last revision
Date of approval of this version
Version number
Replacement for previous module
Field for which module is acceptable and status in that field
Course(s) for which module is acceptable and status in course
School home
External examiner
Page, Curtis, Sutter, Walker, Hoffman 2002 Integrated
Pharmacology' Mosby St Louis
Rang HP Dale MM 2011 Pharmacology 10 th Ed Churchill
Livingstone Edinburgh www.fleshandbones.com; www.freemedicaljournals.com; www.bnf.org
1. 2 hour online ex amination (50%) (LO’s 1-4)
2. Student selected case-based viva (up to 20 minutes) (50%)
(LO’s 5-8)
Students are required to achieve a mark of 40% in both elements of this module.
This module will enable students to build on their level one physiology and apply that knowledge to the pathological processes
& microbiological basis of disease in conjunction with the pharmacological basis of disease management. Pharmacological principles will be explored with emphasis on drug groups of particular relevance to Podiatry. Additionally, this module will provide grounding for further study at level three in the fields of general medicine & surgery.
Podiatry
James Coughtrey & Full-time academic team.
Year 2, semester 2
Eastbourne
June 2012
June 2012
1
PP242 & PP244
Podiatry
Mandatory
BSc (Hons) Podiatry
Mandatory
School Health Professions
Ms Margaret Bruce 2011-2015
Mr Andrew Bridgen 2012-2016

Allocation of study hours to activities
10 credits = 100 learning hours
Activity
SCHEDULED
Lectures, seminars, tutorials, project supervision, demonstrations, practical classes and workshops, supervised time in workshop/ studio, fieldwork, external visits, work-based learning
GUIDED INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent study including wider reading/ practice, follow-up work, completion of assessment tasks, revision etc
PLACEMENT
Learning away from the University that is not a year abroad or work-based learning
Study hours
52
148 74
Assessment tasks
Type of assessment tasks
Summative assessment tasks which lead to the award of credit or which are required for progression (expressed as a %)
Activity
WRITTEN
Written exam
COURSEWORK
Written assignment/ essay, report, dissertation, portfolio, project output
PRACTICAL
Oral assessment and presentation, practical skills assessment
OTHER
Set exercises assessing application of knowledge, analytical, problem-solving or evaluative skills
Further details
2 hour on line examination
Case based viva
%
50
50
%
26