POD5370 Podiatry clinical practice 7
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
POD5370 Podiatry clinical practice 7 is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Peninsula. It needs POD5301 and POD5203 and unlocks 2 units, leading on to 3 units in all.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- Exam 50%
- and 2 other tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before POD5370
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After POD5370
2 units list POD5370 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
You must submit valid preclinical documentation (e.g. Hand Hygiene for Clinical Healthcare Workers certificate), as listed in the course handbook, to Administration staff by the deadline specified and communicated to you. Failure to submit these mandatory documents will result in you being unable to complete the unit.
Must be enrolled in the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (M6043) course.
Overview
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in quality improvement and client education, through supervised practice and working as part of a private practice health care team.
You will be exposed to professional, ethical and legal aspects of podiatry care and have opportunities to develop technical, clinical, personal and professional skills.
This unit will help you develop your role as a quality manager. You will complete a clinical placement in a private practice setting, where you will identify and develop a quality improvement activity relevant to the setting.
Further to this, you will build your knowledge and experience to develop the competencies required for independent practice.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Peninsula | Immersive |
Assessment
- Portfolio: Clinical skills and communicationArtefactCompetency hurdle-
- Quality improvement portfolio (10 min presentation and 5 min Q&A)ArtefactCompetency hurdle50%
- Viva (3 x 10 min stations)ExaminationCompetency hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify challenges/contemporary issues in the provision of safe health care to mitigate risk
- 2
Communicate appropriately and effectively across written and verbal mediums, with patients, staff, and other health care stakeholders;
- 3
Develop a quality initiative and evaluation plan relevant to clinical practice
- 4
Present and adapt the quality initiative based on setting specific feedback from industry
- 5
Apply key concepts in population health, epidemiology and measurement of health and disease relevant to lower limb health
- 6
Identify, critically appraise and apply evidence-based practice to patient care in different clinical settings and contexts.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials6 hours
Contact hours per semester
On campus and online:
Up to 6 hours of case presentations during the semester
Off campus:
Up to 96 hours of off-campus WIL placements supervised by clinical educators based at various placement providers.
Non-contact hours per semester:
Up to 42 hours of self-directed study and preparation of assessment tasks
Total: 144 hours per semester.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Cylie Williams
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Daryl Susigan
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for POD5370?
You need POD5301 and POD5203 before you enrol; and POD5350 and POD5360 before or alongside it. Enrolment rules also apply.
What can I take after POD5370?
POD5370 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 2 units, including POD5350 and POD5360. Those lead on to 3 units in all.
When is POD5370 offered?
In 2025, POD5370 runs in Semester 2 at Peninsula.
How much work is POD5370?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does POD5370 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 50% of the final mark, alongside 2 other tasks.