Podiatrain

Implementation

High Education: Curriculum of PODIATRAIN course

1. Definition of the training preferences for PODIATRAIN course (UCV, Xamk, UoM, IBV )

2. Generation of the High Education curriculum of PODIATRAIN course (UCV, IBV)

3. Formative contents and complementary materials of PODIATRAIN course

4. Elaboration of the session contents (Xamk. UoM)

5. Elaboration of complementary materials (UCV, IBV)

6. Layout of the contents (IBV)

7. Improvement and translation of the contents from English into other languages (IBV  and UCV into Spanish, XAMK into Finnish, UoM

into Maltese)

Validated PODIATRAIN on-line course

8. First prototype of the course in English implemented into the e-learning platform (IBV)

9. Pilot test to validate the course (IBV, UCV, Xamk, UoM)

CONTENT, THE TOPIC

UoM=University of Malta, UCV=University of Valencia, IBV=Institute de Biomecanica, XAMK=South-Eastern Finland University

Session 1: Introduction to Podiatric Biomechanics, UoM

Session 2: Pharadigms and Theories, UCV

Session 3: Application paradigms, strengths and weaknesses, UCV

Session 4: Technlogies for the biomechanical assessment for the patient  PART 1, IBV

Session 5: Techlogies for the biomechanical assessment for the patient  PART 2, IBV

Session 6: CAD/CAM systems and 3D printing, IBV

Case study 1 Assessing a normal foot, XAMK

Case study 2 Diabetic foot, UoM

Case study 3 Rheumatoid foot, UoM

Case study 4 Metatarsalgia, UoM

Case study 5 Sport injuries, UCV

Case study 6 Plantarfasciitis, XAMK

Case study 7 Paediatric foot, UCV