Podiatric Surgery of Foot & Ankle I

Catalog description

The second-year podiatric foot and ankle course will consist of weekly lectures on the usual standards of care and practice guidelines utilized in surgical procedures to treat pathologies of the fore and mid foot. Lectures will stress definition, evaluation and rationale for surgical procedures. The course will introduce problem solving case workouts for the fore and midfoot. At the completion of the course, the student will have gained the knowledge and understanding of podiatric surgical principles and techniques related to the fore and mid foot. In addition, this course will prepare the second-year student for the third-year clinical rotation. Prerequisite: PCLP 611; Corequisite: ORTP 617