2024
Evaluation and therapeutic options for people with diabetic foot
Name: Evaluation and therapeutic options for people with diabetic foot
Code: ENF14789O
2 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/52 hours
Scientific Area:
Nursing
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Objectives
• To contribute to the development of technical and scientific skills for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetic foot syndrome.
• To train nurses and doctors for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infection.
Skills
• Shows clinical reasoning skills in the context of interventions to promote the healing of diabetic foot ulcers.
• Reveals clinical reasoning competences for the differential diagnosis and decision making in the approach to the person with diabetic foot.
• Shows skills of prevention, diagnostic assessment and treatment of the Diabetic Foot, supported by the latest scientific evidence.
• To contribute to the development of technical and scientific skills for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetic foot syndrome.
• To train nurses and doctors for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infection.
Skills
• Shows clinical reasoning skills in the context of interventions to promote the healing of diabetic foot ulcers.
• Reveals clinical reasoning competences for the differential diagnosis and decision making in the approach to the person with diabetic foot.
• Shows skills of prevention, diagnostic assessment and treatment of the Diabetic Foot, supported by the latest scientific evidence.
Contents
• Scientific evidence in the differential diagnosis and treatment of the Diabetic Foot
• Epidemiology of the Diabetic Foot and impact on health care and quality of life for people with complex wounds
• Prevention of diabetic foot ulcers
• Classifications of Diabetic Foot ulcers
• Pressure relief from Diabetic Foot ulcers
• Diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease in people with Diabetic Foot Syndrome
• Diagnosis and treatment of Diabetic Foot infection.
• Interventions to promote healing of Diabetic Foot ulcers.
• Epidemiology of the Diabetic Foot and impact on health care and quality of life for people with complex wounds
• Prevention of diabetic foot ulcers
• Classifications of Diabetic Foot ulcers
• Pressure relief from Diabetic Foot ulcers
• Diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease in people with Diabetic Foot Syndrome
• Diagnosis and treatment of Diabetic Foot infection.
• Interventions to promote healing of Diabetic Foot ulcers.
Teaching Methods
Priority will be given to methodologies that encourage the personal and professional development of students, based on work that encourages clinical reasoning and the training of skills and practical skills, through workshops and discussion of clinical cases.
The course evaluation method is continuous evaluation, with participants participating in sessions and carrying out the proposed activities. Being a b-learning course, online (8 hours) and face-to-face (7 hours) sessions will be held. To complete the course, it is mandatory to attend at least 75% of the contact hours and carry out practical activities (workshops).
The course evaluation method is continuous evaluation, with participants participating in sessions and carrying out the proposed activities. Being a b-learning course, online (8 hours) and face-to-face (7 hours) sessions will be held. To complete the course, it is mandatory to attend at least 75% of the contact hours and carry out practical activities (workshops).
Assessment
To complete the course, it is mandatory to attend at least 75% of the contact hours and carry out practical activities (workshops).
Continuous assessment will consist of an individual written test (100%)
The student cannot have an evaluation lower than 10 on a scale of 0 to 20.
Continuous assessment will consist of an individual written test (100%)
The student cannot have an evaluation lower than 10 on a scale of 0 to 20.
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