SUR 80224 INTRODUCTION TO PODIATRIC MEDICINE SURGERY 4 Credit Hours
This is a core course designed to present the 2nd year student with the full spectrum of pathology, which they encounter during their clinical training, podiatric medical boards and eventually in podiatric practice. Topics include infectious disease, wound care, rheumatology, vascular medicine, surgery and the diabetic foot. Students are instructed in the evaluation of foot and ankle pathology including signs, symptoms and differential diagnosis. Laboratory and radiographic evaluation are discussed when appropriate. Students are instructed in the treatment alternatives available in each case.
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Podiatric Medicine program.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 4.8 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SUR 80313 PODIATRIC SURGERY 2 Credit Hours
A comprehensive working knowledge of common deformities of the foot is essential to the podiatric physician in providing comprehensive care of patients. This course provides the 3rd year podiatric medical student with the knowledge of surgical management of patients and their foot deformities. The course includes material on the etiology, clinical and radiographic evaluation, indications and contraindications, as well as postoperative considerations and care. These courses discuss the surgical management of deformities of the foot, ankle and lower leg and include surgical complications. In addition, several lectures are dedicated to special topics, such as AO/ASIF Fixation, Bio-materials, Arthroscopic surgical procedures and reconstructive foot and ankle procedures. Weekly skills workshops will be held in the surgical skills laboratory. Emphasis is placed on current and prevailing concepts and techniques employed by the podiatric physician.
Prerequisite: Enrolled in the college of podiatric medicine.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SUR 80323 PODIATRIC SURGERY 2 Credit Hours
A comprehensive working knowledge of common deformities of the foot is essential to the podiatric physician in providing comprehensive care of patients. This course provides the 3rd year podiatric medical student with the knowledge of surgical management of patients and their foot deformities. The course includes material on the etiology, clinical and radiographic evaluation, indications and contraindications, as well as postoperative considerations and care. These courses discuss the surgical management of deformities of the foot, ankle and lower leg and include surgical complications. In addition, several lectures are dedicated to special topics, such as AO/ASIF Fixation, Bio-materials, Arthroscopic surgical procedures and reconstructive foot and ankle procedures. Weekly skills workshops will be held in the surgical skills laboratory. Emphasis is placed on current and prevailing concepts and techniques employed by the podiatric physician.
Prerequisite: Enrolled in the college of podiatric medicine.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 2 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
SUR 80325 TRAUMATOLOGY 3 Credit Hours
Course provides third year podiatric medical students with a broad overview and appreciation of the major trauma areas of the foot, including the midfoot, rearfoot, ankle and lower leg. A strong effort is made to correlate the mechanical, surgical, physiologic and anatomic principles of surgery with emphasis on their implications and applications in major reconstructive surgery and the management of the trauma patient who presents with foot and or ankle trauma. Surgical procedures for the management of specific trauma situations are discussed, as well as indications, contraindications, and post-operative management. An overall view of the trauma patient as viewed in a level I trauma center are included as this is a major responsibility for the podiatric physician treating the trauma patient.
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Podiatric Medicine program.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Contact Hours: 3.6 lecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter